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Isabela ([personal profile] good_for_six) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2025-01-20 09:06 pm
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Habits of Highly Efficient People [Monday, Period Three]

Today class was meeting for, well, technically you couldn't really call it brunch in the middle of the afternoon, but it was a distinctly brunch-equse affair. Because they would not have their class ideas appropriated like that!

"To be a truly efficient person you need to avoid burn out," Isabela said as she poured herself a mimosa that was decidedly light on the juice.

"You see it all the time in academia," Aphra added. "You get all these people who are used to being the smartest one in the room but who never learned out to properly moderate their efforts so they push themselves to hard they never actually even finish their degrees. Tragic." As opposed to those who had to take unorthodox methods of securing theirs.

"So really we're looking our for you when we tell you to slow down and enjoy the nicer things in life, like this meal," Isabela added. Nobly.