Work and Church

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I know we are supposed to be servants of God and in our duties to our physical occupations, we must not practice minimalism, hedonism, or individualism when carrying out these duties. One of my daily struggles is that I cannot keep on task (hedonism) and end up doing other stuff that is unrelated to my occupation. Other times, I just try to do the minimum at work (minimalism), knowing well enough that I am capable of more.

One of the things that I think may attribute to this is my lack of long periods of attention - like ADHD - but I don’t know if that’s to blame.

My questions are this, then:
  1. Is it sinful to not be on task at work?
  2. How can I fulfill my work duties, keep spiritually sound, and tend to my attention issues?
 
Since you struggle with ADHD, you probably will always have to work harder to remain on task in any job you do. If your aim is to remain on task and do your best, don’t be so hard on yourself when you sometimes fail at that due to ADHD. You also seem alittle scrupulous so it might be helpful to you to find a spiritual director to help you in these areas.
 
Most employers build “downtime” into the work day and understand that it’s nearly impossible to stay focused on one task for 8 straight hours. My employer is very good about this, supplying us with break rooms, game rooms and even “quiet rooms” for taking naps. It benefits the company by increasing employee retention and makes us much more focused when we are working.

Certainly we should give our employers a fair days work for a fair days wage, but I think there needs to be a balance.

God bless
 
injenn00 said:
I know we are supposed to be servants of God and in our duties to our physical occupations, we must not practice minimalism, hedonism, or individualism when carrying out these duties. One of my daily struggles is that I cannot keep on task (hedonism) and end up doing other stuff that is unrelated to my occupation. Other times, I just try to do the minimum at work (minimalism), knowing well enough that I am capable of more.

One of the things that I think may attribute to this is my lack of long periods of attention - like ADHD - but I don’t know if that’s to blame.

My questions are this, then:
  1. Is it sinful to not be on task at work?
  2. How can I fulfill my work duties, keep spiritually sound, and tend to my attention issues?
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Being human everyone is subject to distraction. Tho ADHD is larger problem than a distraction,but it is along the same lines. I can’t say it better than Mother Terese when she said that God dosen’t look at our successes but only our efforts.

Just a thought.
 
Thank you to all who have replied! I have found insight in every post that was made and I will use these words to help guide me.

I will speak to my local priest about a spiritual director as I am not sure that he is already providing me assistance in this department.

Thank you and God bless 😛
 
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