title: Average week
lang: en

> One of the working relationships we need to define is ours. The following is a user guide for me and how I work. It captures what you can expect out of the average week, how I like to work, my north star principles, and some of my, uh, nuance. My intent is to accelerate our working relationship with this document.
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> <cite>*[How to Rands](http://randsinrepose.com/archives/how-to-rands/)* ([cache](/david/cache/0ffca91d87b825c9e6155c12973283a8/))</cite>

Clearly inspiring, even if kept private I should try to do the exercise to better understand how I work. I feel so lucky to deal with my time as I want, to be payed for what I “need” and to have colleagues I can fully rely on. My relation to *work* looks really apart now, to the point I cannot understand anymore — and as such give empathy to — some of my friends.

She said I couldn’t go back to a 9-5 office. I denied it. But I know she’s right and it somehow scares me a little.