Sometimes when you're rebuilding the entire world its good to get distracted with jumping into some firefighting (even when "not on call") to get the dopamine hit of fixing a problem and being the goddamn hero.
Then you can go back in two or three days or something to being Sisyphus.
As the currently top voted comment points out that sometimes going off and doing other things can also help "unstick" you when you're feeling overwhelmed and burned out on one particular problem.
It is actually kind of annoying to have a manager that ALWAYS wants you to be not distracted and ALWAYS perfectly focused on whatever is your top priority. That just gets exhausting after awhile, even if you technically agree that's the highest priority thing you should be working on at any given time.
If only management would use their inflation in statistics to realize, if monthly contributions are consistent, there is nothing to worry about having a bad week.
Sometimes when you're rebuilding the entire world its good to get distracted with jumping into some firefighting (even when "not on call") to get the dopamine hit of fixing a problem and being the goddamn hero.
Then you can go back in two or three days or something to being Sisyphus.
As the currently top voted comment points out that sometimes going off and doing other things can also help "unstick" you when you're feeling overwhelmed and burned out on one particular problem.
It is actually kind of annoying to have a manager that ALWAYS wants you to be not distracted and ALWAYS perfectly focused on whatever is your top priority. That just gets exhausting after awhile, even if you technically agree that's the highest priority thing you should be working on at any given time.