<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359351142813310927.post8500570217287171129..comments</id><updated>2010-08-29T17:15:00.186-07:00</updated><category term='romance'/><category term='subway'/><category term='travel'/><category term='New York'/><category term='serendipity'/><category term='dublin'/><title type='text'>Comments on amantes sunt amentes: Don't You Forget About Me</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.ex-nihilo.net/feeds/8500570217287171129/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8359351142813310927/8500570217287171129/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.ex-nihilo.net/2010/08/dont-you-forget-about-me.html'/><author><name>-cj-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10247301127828318418</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_Pldm-e98sos/SJTcH6-525I/AAAAAAAABDg/Xhbw3mM9_qM/S220/siena_jay.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359351142813310927.post-2144739653506787025</id><published>2010-08-29T17:07:38.764-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-29T17:07:38.764-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ooh, interesting table.  I work 3 or 4 days a week...</title><content type='html'>Ooh, interesting table.  I work 3 or 4 days a week, and I take at least 6 weeks vaction, so I work 46 weeks a year.  So, 1100 to 1450 hours a year.  Pretty cush.  I spend nearly as much time on hobbies and volunteering as on work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;ve generally heard 2000 hours a year as standard for American professionals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I try *not* to make a distinction between work and self-actualization, since I fear it makes a rift in my life - how could I spend over a thousand hours a year at activity that&amp;#39;s somehow &amp;quot;not me&amp;quot;?  And wouldn&amp;#39;t that attitude make it easier to behave unethically at work, even if I think I&amp;#39;m an ethical person?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That said, I often make the distinction anyway, but I&amp;#39;m trying to integrate it all.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8359351142813310927/8500570217287171129/comments/default/2144739653506787025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8359351142813310927/8500570217287171129/comments/default/2144739653506787025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.ex-nihilo.net/2010/08/dont-you-forget-about-me.html?showComment=1283126858764#c2144739653506787025' title=''/><author><name>A. Jesse Jiryu Davis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14350978847550662665</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://emptysquare.net/images/me.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.ex-nihilo.net/2010/08/dont-you-forget-about-me.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359351142813310927.post-8500570217287171129' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8359351142813310927/posts/default/8500570217287171129' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1397570796'/></entry></feed>
