Gemma Speck
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6,373 appearances
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 13 Jun
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I like the idea of the rule of three evenings.
Every week you need one evening to do something with yourself, one evening to do something with your friends, one evening to do something for your development.
This is about injecting novelty back into the monotony of the nine to five routine by forcing yourself to fill your calendar deliberately with other things.
One more rule, big rule episode, but another one that helps bring novelty back into the boringness of full-time work is the rule of 2-2-2.
This is, funnily enough, a tip I actually stole from relationship maintenance research.
It says every two weeks, you've got to go out for a novel fun evening.
Every two months, you have to go away for a weekend.
Every two years, you have to go away for two weeks.
Two weeks, a month, something like that.
Can't remember.
The brilliance of this, yes, obviously it comes from relationships.
but the brilliance of this is that you have something to look forward to.
Part of the pessimism around the nine to five is that when we imagine the future, it looks awfully like the present and awfully a lot like the near past.
And that loss of expectation and anticipation also means a loss of curiosity and optimism.
I know it can feel like, God, I have to have all these rules.
It's an upward battle to like have a life that I actually enjoy, but it does work.
And I think having the nine to five not be the only present structure in your life is how you bring back meaning to your life because it is not the only priority.
It is not the dominant force.
Finally, before we get into the, should I just quit advice?
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