Hi there. I recently started a job as a community manager, and I feel like I only do about 3 to 4 hours of real work per day –the rest is a performance, or me being tired and taking forever to do relatively simple tasks. In spite of my best anti-work efforts, I do feel a bit guilty about not being more productive.
I compare this to uni, where I got great grades, while never studying more than 6 hours per day (and that was few, adrenaline packed days). I feel like it's not humanly possible to do 7-8 hours of deep work every day for weeks on end, or at least not the somewhat monotonous, homogeneous work that I do. What are your experiences with office jobs? I have read that according to some studies, only doing 3 to 4 hours of “real work” is normal.