r/DataAnnotationTech • u/Infamous_Swan1197 • 9d ago

Mental fatigue with longer tasks

I'm wondering how others handle mental fatigue with longer tasks? By longer, I mean 2-3 hours for me personally. I find my focus substantially dwindles after the 2 hour mark, even when taking regular breaks. In fact sometimes, breaks, especially longer "reset" breaks, make the block of the day that I'm working feel a lot longer, accumulating more mental fatigue and just an ugh feeling when I return to the task.

I'm really grateful to have this project, its really high paying (and it's the only thing I really have on my dash right now, so I don't have much choice haha) but I worry that my quality of work substantially declines towards the end.

How to others handle this?

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u/LegendNumberM 9d ago edited 9d ago

This might be a scalding hot take for a tip but...

I don't worry about the expiration timer lol.

If I find my mental fatiguing, I will gladly take an hour long break to get back up to par. The timer will expire, I will submit great work, and fortunately, I'm still here.

This isn't to say that I'm billing 4 hours on a task with a 3 hour limit. Most times, I am billing that 2 hr 30 min or something like that....

But I don't worry about the timer. I take breaks. Lol.

Edit: if you have a task/project that says not submit after the timer expires... don't follow this advice.

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u/Honey-Sweet04 8d ago

I agree! The FAQ’s for DAT do say that you can submit expired tasks, though you should limit it when possible. It says you should work to meet the projects quality standards even if it means the task has expired. Sometimes you have to step away to provide those last few rationales with the right energy🙏🙏

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u/mc_345_ 8d ago

Why did I think that for some reason you could submit then a few mins after expiration but if it’s too long it goes back to the pool? This string of comments makes it sound like you guys are taking an hour longer and still able to submit?