{"id":57408,"date":"2019-11-20T22:58:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T20:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.erdalbora.com\/?p=57408"},"modified":"2019-11-20T22:58:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T20:58:06","slug":"is-it-better-to-work-4-10-hour-days-or-5-8-hours-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erdalbora.com\/en\/2019\/is-it-better-to-work-4-10-hour-days-or-5-8-hours-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it better to work 4 10 hour days or 5 8 hours days?"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ inner_width=”90%” inner_max_width=”1200px”][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ custom_padding__hover=”|||” custom_padding=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.3″ text_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”text_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ text_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” text_text_shadow_vertical_length=”text_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ text_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” 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The \u2018better\u2019 you seek actually changes with your ability to be happy, not with how much you work.<\/p>\n

When you are truly happy, you won\u2019t care a damn thing about how much you work. This doesn\u2019t mean you will work yourself to death and this doesn\u2019t mean you will be a lazy jelly.<\/p>\n

The only reason you try to come up with the best work plan is that now your mind is dictating how and when you can be happy and you are trying to find the best form of thinking so that you can apply it and finally be happy.<\/p>\n

There is no best form of thinking though that will give you happiness. You are searching for the source of happiness within your thinking mind and in your search you are trying to organize it. You are contemplating how you can organize your mind so that you can be happy.<\/p>\n

Understand what you are truly trying to create here: Happiness.<\/p>\n

Yes, you are trying to experience happiness. You may say that you are trying to become more productive. But ask yourself: Why am I trying to become more productive? Will producing a thousand \u2018items\u2019 give you greater happiness than producing a hundred \u2018items\u2019? How about a million \u2018items\u2019 then? A billion? What about the happiness of a child who plays in a garbage dump?<\/p>\n

4×10 = 40. 5×8 = 40. See.. no matter how you organize it, it is the same. The answer to happiness is not in organizing your mind. It is in surrendering the idea that the answer is in the mind. It is in seeing life as it is, with full presence, in this very moment. With full attention. Because you are not fully present here, you are missing life. And your mind is seeking everywhere what you are missing\u00a0here. You are missing this moment because you are day dreaming somewhere else, in your mind.<\/b><\/p>\n

To resolve your questions, contemplate on why you are asking them. Really focus on the core reason of why you are asking them. You will find out you are seeking some experience that you are missing. You are searching for your super happiness, you are searching for the experience of your true self.<\/p>\n

I could create a whole theory of work duration\/productivity for you and it wouldn\u2019t satisfy your mind because you used the word \u2018better\u2019. Better means, you are trying to feel good about your work, your life, so your mind will only be satisfied when you learn how to experience happiness, how to experience existence as it is. Surrender in this moment and experience this. Don\u2019t think about it. Really surrender. No, don\u2019t escape. Stay here and now. Don\u2019t let go of yourself like a sack of potatoes, either. Surrender isn\u2019t that. Be alert, fully alert, in this moment. Keep this up. This is a door that is always open.<\/p>\n

Do<\/b>\u00a0you have a taste of it\u00a0now<\/b>?\u00a0This is a door that is always open.<\/b><\/p>\n

This answer was intended to give you an insight. Your life is your creation.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> The \u2018better\u2019 you seek actually changes with your ability to be happy, not with how much you work. When you are truly happy, you won\u2019t care a damn thing about how much you work. This doesn\u2019t mean you will work yourself to death and this doesn\u2019t mean you will be a lazy jelly. 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