Help Increase my Marginal Product!
By Kevin
My marginal and total products have been decreasing in practically every task lately--in particular at my paid job. Some people would call it a bad slump; I call it a dangerous one.
I know I'm overextending myself with the job, baby, dissertation, and blogs, but I find myself unwilling to lower voluntarily my committment to any of them. Hence, economic law has stepped in, and nature is lowering my productivity at all of them--except perhaps the routine tasks and pleasures of taking care of a baby.
This is most dangerous at work, where I used to pride myself on productivity and achievement--leaving me ample time for the grad school coursework and blogging. But now I find myself wasting more and more time every day, and I'm getting further behind.
Hence, expect my posting to be pulsating and bizarre for the next two weeks or so, as I try out various work/home schedules, so that I may once again try to write a dissertation without quitting my job, or driving my wife nuts, or never seeing my son.
Also, I'd like for your assistance in my quest for a higher marginal product. Truck and Barter could use an additional blogger or two. If you'd like to blog about economics on T&B, email me. Novices welcome. Experts will be given a laurel and hardy handshake. I'll even give you an email account @truckandbarter.com, if you want.
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