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ember
25
för 3 dagar sedan

How do you all get through boring tasks?

I like my job and for the most part I’m very productive, but I have one task. I have to do every day that boards made a tears. I keep stopping and looking at my phone or doing other things cause I just don’t wanna do it.


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Inlägg och kommentarer här delar personliga erfarenheter — inte medicinsk rådgivning. För behandlingsfrågor, prata med en kliniker.


Illia from Numos avatar
Illia from Numo
25
för 2 timmar sedan

we use AI to handle repetitive tasks, especially anything with data or pattern recognition. Huge productivity boost.


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imback
14
för 10 timmar sedan

Some people time themselves and see if they can beat their times. Like you just use a regular stopwatch to track how quickly you can get through it. But in all honesty, work can be boring. That’s why they have to pay you to do it! 😂😂


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Meow-Meow
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för 3 dagar sedan

Depends what it is, but sometimes music, gamify it, pretend I’ve got my own cooking channel (lol, if I’m cooking). I think the thing is best to figure out what ignites you and to reverse engineer it into boring stuff. Is there anything you specifically need help with?

embers avatar
emberför 3 dagar sedan

I do quality assurance in an office. So I basically check the work of each department. This one department is data entry and I have to make sure it’s done correctly and it bores me!

embers avatar
emberi förrgår

No, I have to do it. It is tedious.

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Meow-Meow i förrgår

Ah, so, is it that it is repetitive? It’s to slow,m? It’s too easy? If you gamified it you could change it into a treasure hunt, looking for errors. But maybe there is someone on your team who loves this task and hates one that you love!? Are you able to delegate? Or swap?