How Do You Guys Manage The Whole 9-5 Thing?

[Javid]

Man, this whole work thing has got me confused. I'm out of school for the summer but I ended up getting a co-op job for the summer, which is mandatory to graduate for me. Anyways, this is where things start to suck(and don't get me wrong I know others have it worse than me).

I work 8:30 to 5 Monday to Friday. Only on Mondays I also have to take a night school class from 6:30 to 9:30. So yeah Mondays are awesome.:wasted:

Now, granted that I get up at 6 and leave at 7 in the morning due to rush hour traffic, and it takes me about an hour to get home. Also I end up going to bed at about 10 or 11. So that just leaves me with about 4 hours a day to do shit.

Now as many of you know, I used to work at a dollar store and work random shifts and go to school also, which I liked a lot. But this shit is hard. It's mentally tiring. Yeah, I'm going back to my old job in September and back to school, but fuck is this how life is going to be?

Granted that I get out in the work force in a couple of years, how the fuck is one supposed to make time for friends, family and hobbies and what not. No wonder people are so fucking stressed out and shit day in and day out. Weekends are all good and all, but they really don't amount to a lot if you think about it.

I haven't posted or visited here for a couple of days now due to all this. I've also noticed that I get more agitated easily around the house.

I know a lot of you guys have been doing this for some time now, so any advice to make things easier?

EDIT:

Did I miss any epic threads in the making or anything exciting in the last couple of days? SRK has always given me a good laugh when I needed so I'm gonna try to be around as much as I can.:tup:

[gemdoom]

bah. youll get used to this in time. i used to work way early and got out almost at the same time plus the train ride. youll manage if you sleep at the same time everyday

as for comp/ game practice. do it right after you come back and then go to sleep.

[fishjie]

by having a nice salary and benefits as compensation

[bear]

It's just how it is. You either have time, or you have money. It's rare that you have both. So either get a job you really enjoy, or get good at being broke. The in-between is rarely very satisfying, in my personal experiences.

An old saying on the topic:

"Choose your job more carefully then you choose you're wife -- you're going to see a hell of a lot more of it."

[ckrazy]

Jobs that are 9-5 usually give you the weekend off unlike other jobs with random hours well for me at least.

[VruS]

yeah man, just get something you like to do , or find something that pays better.

[Beast of Fire]

Benefits are important. I work a 9 to 5 but I get hella good benefits plus I earn a lot of paid time off.

Also, make your weekends count. Unless something is fucking vital, leave that shit in the trash where it belongs and use your weekend to relax, recover and enjoy yourself.

[FallingEdge]

by having a nice salary and benefits as compensation

BAM!

I don't think that anyone "gets use to the 9-5" process. The steady paycheck and doing what you enjoy (somewhat) will help you out in the long run.

[SlothHands]

by having a nice salary and benefits as compensation

this

9-5 sucks ass unless you are making good dough

[Javid]

by having a nice salary and benefits as compensation


That may be true there, I wouldn't know since I'm only going to be working at this job for the summer. However, it is a nice paying job and has benefits. As for if I like it, I don't know yet. It's only my second week. Fixing and trouble shooting A/V equipment for major broadcasters isn't the most exciting thing in the world.

However, what good is all that shit if it's work all the time...that's what's got me thinking these past couple of days.

[somelurker]

prepare for sacrifices

even with the benefits and packages - though, more likely those benefits include longer time offs compared to others - your time is still stripped - and even more so during peak and overtime hours, which could be grueling when you want to spend that time on things you want to do

i work a 9-5 job as a temp employee for, i think for 2 years now, and i haven't had vacation during those times. i've gotten use to it but the sacrifices i made were pretty dam unfortunate. i don't play video games and go on the internet much anymore, which made a bulk of my time after tiring out from reading and writing. all i do now is write and read, including the weekends, and use monday and friday as my 'free days' which includes laundry, bills and other essential shits we all go through.

i guess you could blame much of it on my hobby for having the lack of time but lacking a social life does give me more time to work on what i like doing most, and, despite that, i still don't have enough!

enjoy the working world, and hope you could save enough for an early retirement. i think i got another 25 years left.:wasted:

[Atomic #]

My job is 7 to 4 unless there is a big event which ranges from 6 to 8 everyday for an average of 8-12 days (weekends included).

How I manage it is simple: A shot of Southern Comfort and a whole pack of Shiner Bock / Guinness...

[angryliberal]

i work 5:30am-2pm, i LOVE it. i get into my office and have like 2 hours till anyone really starts to show up...

basically, you just get used to all of it. i remember being so worn by the traffic, the hours, everything, but pretty soon, it just became habit...

[maxx]

id be happy wit a 9-5, it would give me time to workout at nights/go to gymnastics and go to bboy jams/martial arts tournies on weekends.

[Alzarath]

I'd rather work a 9-5 and have less personal time than not work at all and end up a homeless hippie @_@

[JustB]

I work 7pm-7am, 3 days one week, 4 days the next. I keep going because I need the money. The days off may sound nice, but the days your on... I have no time for anything else but sleep and work.

[catchafire]

You do it to eat...

[coffeerox]

truth is, you don't get to have much of a life with a 9-5 and I used to have it worse with an 11-8 with 1.5hr commutes to/from work. At the middle of the month that I started my 11-8 (my training was 7-3:30), I started WoW back up because I now had stability, which meant I could raid, but I was way wrong. Factoring commute times, dinner and all that, by the time I got back, I didn't want to do anything else because I'm so tired.

Even when I moved to my 9-5 after the shift-bid, that didn't really make too much of a difference (like +1-2hrs more of free time). Big, huge staples for me, was my PSP, MP3 player, and TV. Anything else was just non-existent. MP3 player went around with me everywhere, and played PSP while on the bus on the way back helped a lot. When I came back home, some TV is nice, and recorded all my big shows to watch on my day off. It gets very stressful so thats why on the weekends, people who work full-time don't want to be bothered, kids especially make that a lot worse. You just don't realize how much of a burden they are.

[OrangeCat]

8-4 for me bitches. Too bad you pussies need a fucking lunch break that eats up valuable personal time.

OC

[Grits'N'Gravy]

I work retail (jewelery) 40 hrs a week. Random days all 1-9:30pm I don't see the sun much. I am on a 2 day break after working 7 days straight.

With work you do it one day at a time, repeat until dead.

[OrangeCat]

With work you do it one day at a time, repeat until dead.
Sounds very much like masturbation but much more clean, far more time consuming and extremely less satisfying. I don't think I like this idea of this...."work".

OC

[Faight]

I currently work a 45 hour week, but it often spills over to 50+. Everyone in my office works one weekend a month in addition to our normal weekly schedule. Luckily my commute is only 20 minutes, and there are people here with less than a 5 minute commute.

And I don't take lunch. I eat at my desk.

It's just something you get used to. For the last two years I've work 12-16 hour days, 7 days a week, in a hostile environment. So coming back and getting shorter days (9 hours) and weekends off (woo hoo!) as well as having real internet, roads, restaurants, and not having to wear body armor? Kick ass. Also being able to say "Yeah I need this week off" and not having to deal with an international flight that could be 3-4 legs and take upwards of 36 hours to complete depending on layovers? Yeah, I'll take the "9-5" job.

[jaded]

go read 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss.

no really.

[catchafire]

Not to mention, if you have a desk job, your limbs are going to waste if you don't work out. The more I work, the more I want to start working for myself...

[Million]

It's fine to me...I just wish the pay was better, but I have the average day job as well...8:30 to 5pm. You value the weekends much more after you've entered the Working World. There's also breaks and lunch...we get a 15-minute break in the morning, 1 in the afternoon, and 1 hour for lunch. It's good enough for me. Those little breaks + a good 1 hour lunch time(PSP time! Portable gaming has reached a true Golden Age) keep us from truly going crazy. Then again, I have what's possibly the easiest job there as of late last year. (*I'm one of the guys that answers emails. It's so easy I almost feel guilty. I still take calls though, usually in the afternoon to help clear the system out.)

Desk jobs also beat the hell out of any hard physical labor jobs. I'll take this over crap like FedEx and UPS or random factory any day. I get to sit down most of the day, listen to mp3s, graze on some snack food.

I don't see how some of you folks do the school + work thing....that's terrible. I couldn't imagine working full time and still having to deal with homework, essays, projects, etc. The most work I ever did while in school was "workstudy", which we all know are bullshit (and thus, awesome) jobs where you don't really have to do anything.

One thing most jobs have over school besides money is that there's usually no homework. Once 5pm hits I'm completely done....anything that goes on after that time of day is up to me. There's no upcoming exam or presentation to worry about. There's no urgency to get started on that paper instead of playing a game....heh, there's no essay or anything. I like being completely separated from the very concept of "work" once I have come home.

*haha...I just remembered....at my old job we only had 30 minutes for a lunchbreak. What the hell is that?! Nigga please™.

[magnus]

I work 7am to 6pm daily with a 1hr lunch Monday thru Thursday. 3 day weekends are nice, 4 days with holiday. Working for city government sure is nice:) working fulltime and enjoying it depends on how much you like it, the people you work with, and what it offers.

[BBQ]

I have yet to experience a 9-5. I could bring up the time I was in the Army, but that shit wasn't truely a 9-5. Dunno, I dont' think I could pull an office type job or majority of any average man type jobs, it would get way too repetitive and it would suck the life out of me.
And as of now I'm satisfied doing crappy jobs or jobs that give inconsistant hours, because I don't have plans on buying a house or settling down.

[sambao]

I always thought the real world was 9 to 5...

until I got an office job where I was working 7-6...

PLUS commute X_X

corporate ppl are crazy

[rush down]

I dont wanna hear it. I work 7:30-5 and its an hour commute each way.

[pherai]

I dont wanna hear it. I work 7:30-5 and its an hour commute each way.

Isn't that considered part time in Japan? :arazz:

If you guys can manage, get a job with some flexible hours. Some days I go in at 6:00 AM, some days I roll in at 10:00 AM, but as long as I finish my work its chill. It helps that I live 10 minuets away too.

[dakkonmc]

Sometimes I wish I have a 9-5 job... some of us are working 50-60 hours per week

[Tsumuri]

5 A.M. to 1 P.M. here. Commute is 15 minutes and easy because no one takes the streets that early.

[zerodotjander]

I work 9:30 to 6:00, about 20 minute commute each way. I generally go to bed around 1 or 2 AM, so that's still like 6 or 7 hours a day of free time, which isn't bad, plus weekends.

How much free time do you really need? When I get days off I spend most of my time just messing around on the internet, sleeping, and generally not doing anything - it's not like the extra free time I have during the day gets applied to fun activities.

Having a job enables me to do the things I want and to buy the things I want, and if I didn't have my job, I don't think I'd be using that time to have fun anyway.

[Septimus Prime]

Answer: $$$

And yeah, I do 9-6, with an hour (or more, depending on traffic, so it's often longer) commute each way.

[FallingEdge]

Work is about 5 minutes away. I'll be doing the 7-3:30/4 thing. Plenty of time to do the things I want to do at night (workout/games/learning how to salsa).

FIESTA!

[bridgypoo]

Not to mention, if you have a desk job, your limbs are going to waste if you don't work out. The more I work, the more I want to start working for myself...

Yeah, I walk to work. Takes an hour, but beats lazily getting to work and sitting around doing nothing.

[coffeerox]

seems to me from the posts here that commute is the key to having more free time

[C_2]

i can't get use to the 9-5 thing at all. the longest 9-5 job i ever held was 6 months. right now my job starts 5pm and im a much happier person.

[Gouki7]

I work 7pm-7am, 3 days one week, 4 days the next. I keep going because I need the money. The days off may sound nice, but the days your on... I have no time for anything else but sleep and work.
Nurse?

[MAGUS1234]

I dont do 9-5, then again I dont have money :^

[themachinist]

I've yet to graduate college so I don't have a 9-5 job yet but I remember during highschool I had a full time internship one summer (40 hrs a week in a cubicle in front of a monitor being a code monkey) and it was a slow, slow torture in hell. I only got paid a stipend that calculated out to way less than minimum wage but then again I wasn't doing it to get money but to "BOOST my college app" :ROLLSEYES:. 16 year olds should not work full time in a cubicle!

[kill2this]

9-5 > scattered shift patterns, Only problem I have is staring at a screen for so long...

[PozerWolf]

I don't see the issue in this, 9 - 5 is very good.
I guess it just all depends at where you work (of course).

[Jamerson]

Last year I went in from 4:30 AM-6 PM, did 36 hour shifts every 4-5 days, and only had 1 day off a week (did this for a few months).

I'm doing more or less the same starting this summer :-(.

To the OP, you get used to it. Really. You may be more tired later, but believe me when I say working such and such hours a week becomes less of a shock and more an accepted reality.

[The Mullah]

Well i'm i usually work 7 - 6.30 then go gym straight after and its a 35 min commute.

It's tough, the secret is to work hard and invest your money into property etc so that after you've worked for 5-10 you can ease up and enjoy your thirties a little more.

[rush down]

Isn't that considered part time in Japan? :arazz:

If you guys can manage, get a job with some flexible hours. Some days I go in at 6:00 AM, some days I roll in at 10:00 AM, but as long as I finish my work its chill. It helps that I live 10 minuets away too.

Sadly, some teachers (not ALTs like me)work from like 6:30 to 7 or 8. But they do much. Its more of a content between teachers to see who stays the longest. Normally the closest gay who is in an unhappy marriage wins.

[fP_tHuG]

my motivation is the $18/hour rate.

[Taito]

You don't work, you don't eat or live shielded from the elements. That's what keeps the rat race going.

[JustB]

Nurse?

Dedicated Support in a data center. I basically make sure that you guys get your internet porn. :rolleyes:

[CSS]

Dedicated Support in a data center. I basically make sure that you guys get your internet porn. :rolleyes:

i would just like to thank you for all the great work you've put in throughout all these years.

i'd rep if i could.

i love you.

[dn3000]

How do i do it? repetition, routine and a internal body clock honed by getting up early when i kid to watch toons.

[maxx]

i would just like to thank you for all the great work you've put in throughout all these years.

i'd rep if i could.

i love you.

lol i also would like to take a moment to thank him for my interweb porn

[JustB]

lol i also would like to take a moment to thank him for my interweb porn

Aw, thanks guys. Just send money :tup:

[KrassHole]

Im getting $12 to sit in a chair all day long and spam srk. Sometimes I have to do work though.


I'm just blasting music videos off of youtube today.

[Pablo_the_Mex]

Usually, the pay check is worth it.

[DaliPicard]

Federal employees dont make as much as our private sector counterparts, but we sure are spoiled. If you have the opportunity -- check out Alternative Work Schedule... you basically work an hour extra every day and get a 3 day weekend every other week (with pay). It's an absolute God send. Also having tax payers subsidize 75% if your health insurance premium ain't bad either.

[NeREMIXED]

You'll get used to it.

I used to work 7 - 4 and then night class from 6 - 9.

[fishjie]

o yeah and actually my schedule is more like 11-7

been doing so for years, havent been fired yet

i like to sleep in late

[R | C]

For me it's actually 8-5 'cause there's a 1hr lunch that i don't get paid for.

I've been in this routine for a few years now, and yes you'll get used to it. There's a lot of adjustments and sacrifices you'll have to make, and the transitioning will really take some getting used to. I used to stay up all night playing cvs1/2 in college and not really have to worry much. but now, I only have a few hours of free time on the weekdays, so everything I do really becomes selective. prioritizing what activities to do becomes daily routine.

on the plus side, i don't go out often on weekdays, so I have a lot of extra money to burn on video games and weekend activities.

[SIMPLY_HUGO]

i work 9pm-9am lol. One day off a week. 9-5 be a day off:rofl:

[catchafire]

Federal employees dont make as much as our private sector counterparts, but we sure are spoiled. If you have the opportunity -- check out Alternative Work Schedule... you basically work an hour extra every day and get a 3 day weekend every other week (with pay). It's an absolute God send. Also having tax payers subsidize 75% if your health insurance premium ain't bad either.

I'm federal as well, and the three day weekends are real nice :rock:

[HeaT]

i think the point is the work day should not be 8-5pm or whatever 8 hour block, cause most of the time you know damn well you aint doing shit most of the day...to be honest, i can do 4 hours a day of work and be done...

im outi

Roberth

[DarthTrey]

Copious amounts of alcohol.

[Red_venom]

Benefits are important. I work a 9 to 5 but I get hella good benefits plus I earn a lot of paid time off.

Also, make your weekends count. Unless something is fucking vital, leave that shit in the trash where it belongs and use your weekend to relax, recover and enjoy yourself.

Man I guess everyone has whatever makes them happy but I find the lifestyle of hardcore 9-5 all week then come home and sit in your house all weekend doing nothing particularly productive just sad. Its like you are just giving in that you are no longer growing as a person.

A lot of my friends are getting like this in their mid-late 20s now and i have started to find them unrelatable. They can talk about work, maybe weather or movies and then its like "Welp, I'm thinkin about having a kid.. Just gotta see how this 6 month review is gonna turn out."

Im just about to move next week to take a decent paying job that is very standard 9-5 and its killing me thinking about how I can deal with this type of scenario. I have a feeling I will just chimp out after a month and move back to California.

But I went as far as figuring out what my hours in a the week will break down to. And just the straight up numbers not accounting for getting ready for work, driving to work, doing housework, cooking leave you with like 50 hours a week to do your own thing, and its all truncated time between days with 32 hours of it on the weekends.

I guess this type of thing is cool if you get a job that makes you happy or you love money more than anything else, and you just wanna grind out those middling positions. But damn I dont wanna get old and feel miserable about how ive spent my years. I really do have some clarity that I think i prefer being broke with time to do what I want to do to working a thankless monotonous job regardless of the money. :wasted:

[BustaWolfe]

You learn to "live your life a weekend at a time"

Fridays are good cuz you think about what you're going to do on the weekends, even if it's just sleeping in. You spend the most of Sunday dreading Monday; when 5pm hits on Sundays, you're like damn i'm back in the same situation as tuesday.

[FatalFuryD]

Fukken love what I do.
In garrison, it's 6:30 ~ 6PM but it's really not because 6:30~7:30 is excercise, then breakfast. So the real work only starts at 9 and ends at 11:30 for lunch. THEN we get a hour and a half break for lunch. I'm chillin in my room for lunch break right now browsing shoryuken on a fukken work day. Then it's 1~6PM afterwards is free.

I have enough time to read couple books, comics, and play games.

Down range is a lot busier from what I hear, but right now, with the pay I get, it's some good shit.

[headnshoulders]

I post on here. Then I listen to music on Imeem, and sometimes I just draw. I smoke a lot of cigarettes too. Sometimes I'll even do work.

[Okazaki III]

It's not that bad, the 9-5 thing. Your time becomes a commodity so you consider carefully how you spend it outside of working hours. Personally I lose a lot of travel time, easliy adds up to another 20-30 hours a week.

And you get money for it. Small or big money, you're getting paid. Atleast you're doing something.

Remember kids, C.R.E.A.M

[HeaT]

Man I guess everyone has whatever makes them happy but I find the lifestyle of hardcore 9-5 all week then come home and sit in your house all weekend doing nothing particularly productive just sad. Its like you are just giving in that you are no longer growing as a person.

A lot of my friends are getting like this in their mid-late 20s now and i have started to find them unrelatable. They can talk about work, maybe weather or movies and then its like "Welp, I'm thinkin about having a kid.. Just gotta see how this 6 month review is gonna turn out."


i agree, but your weekends and spare time doesnt need to be retarded like your friends chose it to be...i workout, play sports (tennis), play videogames, travel, outdoor shizzle...a lot of other cool shizzle you could be doing, shit going to the movies is better than just chillin at home...just depends what you want to do with your spare time...most people like your friends who are not productive dont really care about growing as a person so it is no big deal to them...

if you are a person who is motivated to do other things you will do them and you will find time for them...weekends are good, and you also have vacation time for traveling/activities...

but like i said in my previous post, the workday is too long 4 hours tops...unless you have a crazy high position or are on a timeline for huge projects (videogames/movies/etc), 90% of the time everyone at a normal desk job should be able to do what they need to do in 4 hours maybe less...if you think differently ill hop into your job and make you look slow, yes im that good...

im outi

Roberth

[3b1r4h]

as long as you can listen to some music of your choice than i would never be really stagnant

[Beast of Fire]

but like i said in my previous post, the workday is too long 4 hours tops...unless you have a crazy high position or are on a timeline for huge projects (videogames/movies/etc), 90% of the time everyone at a normal desk job should be able to do what they need to do in 4 hours maybe less...if you think differently ill hop into your job and make you look slow, yes im that good...

im outi

Roberth

I actually agree with this. My job is slack, I can get most of what I need to do done in the first two hours that I'm there, barring a really busy day. But most jobs in this country seem to value time put in as opposed to actual productivity. As long as you look like you're doing something and put in your 8 hours, they really don't give a shit.

[KrassHole]

I dont need a job to make money, I just rob old ladies at wal mart.

[TaekwonV]

I'm glad you started this thread. Lately, I've been wondering if this is how the rest of my life is gonna be. It's basically work, sleep, work, sleep, and be unproductive on the weekends. I'm 25 right now and I can already foresee the next 30 years or so. I think thats just life though. Don't try to fight it too much, and just make your free time count. It seems that once you find a significant other, you go through all the bullshit to provide for your family. So, if you're gonna be emo about work in general, get it out of your system now before you have any real responsibilities.

[coffeerox]

i agree, but your weekends and spare time doesnt need to be retarded like your friends chose it to be...i workout, play sports (tennis), play videogames, travel, outdoor shizzle...a lot of other cool shizzle you could be doing, shit going to the movies is better than just chillin at home...just depends what you want to do with your spare time...most people like your friends who are not productive dont really care about growing as a person so it is no big deal to them...

if you are a person who is motivated to do other things you will do them and you will find time for them...weekends are good, and you also have vacation time for traveling/activities...

but like i said in my previous post, the workday is too long 4 hours tops...unless you have a crazy high position or are on a timeline for huge projects (videogames/movies/etc), 90% of the time everyone at a normal desk job should be able to do what they need to do in 4 hours maybe less...if you think differently ill hop into your job and make you look slow, yes im that good...

im outi

Roberth

BS. I used to work as Tech Support for TWC and there would be people all up until the last minute of the shift. In what seems like ages ago, I used to work produce/cashier, and there would always be a last minute or unexpected wave of people. With these kinda jobs (except for produce) its not "here you go, do all of these things" and you're done, its each and every person is a job and those people are gonna keep coming until you are closed.

[Serpent]

HAHHAHAHA!!!! WELCOME TO REAL LIFE SRK!!!!!!

This is why I went to law school, to put off life for 3 more years. Of course now I have debt and no job, but short of winning the lottery theres nothing I could have done in those 3 years that was less work than I did. I worked for a year after undergrad ad thought I wanted better opportunities, now I realize I had to mmake those opportunities for myself and do non-traditional things. Doctors and lawyers work way more than 9-5 though. It's hard finding a decent job that is only 9-5.

[ElderGOD]

9-5 is nothing.

If you're having difficulties I highly recommend that you start getting more sleep.

[Deuce]

Like people said, you get used to it. That and happy hour is 5-7. Doesn't hurt to make friends with some co-workers, it'll make work less of a chore.

[Dragon Punch]

I have a pretty sweet 9-5 for the summer, but I feel what you're saying. Only advice I can give is maximize the fun you have on the weekend

[rsigley]

in deep to the mob

if i don't work, they will kill me

good motivation

[HeaT]

BS. I used to work as Tech Support for TWC and there would be people all up until the last minute of the shift. In what seems like ages ago, I used to work produce/cashier, and there would always be a last minute or unexpected wave of people. With these kinda jobs (except for produce) its not "here you go, do all of these things" and you're done, its each and every person is a job and those people are gonna keep coming until you are closed.

thats fantastic but learn to comprehend what i was saying before quoting me and responding with something off tangent like cashier jobs and tech support...

im outi

Roberth

[Javid]

Shit, this thread has gotten big real fast. Well, I'm getting payed tomorrow, so maybe the pay cheque will cheer me up.

Anyways, I remember not too long ago when I got home from work my grandma was around and we got to talking. She's kinda an old timer and things were different back home, but she told me something that really stuck, and it was that your life isn't really enjoyable if you think of yourself as a machine basically. Which is so true. Yeah weekends and Fridays are all good, but when all you do for 5 days of the week is the same thing than maybe we should all reflect back.

If anything this job and you guys have opened my eyes. Once I'm out in "The Real World" and done with school and all, I bettter get a job that I really like and I'm content with.

[Pablo_the_Mex]

People are going to try and tell you to do something you love. That is usually a bunch of bullshit. It is pretty fucking rare to do what you love and get paid for it. Just be content with a career that is somewhat satisfying.

[Serpent]

thats fantastic but learn to comprehend what i was saying before quoting me and responding with something off tangent like cashier jobs and tech support...

im outi

Roberth

For someone so stupid and small, you sure have a lot to say about working and working out.

[AzN_Skater]

I'm 9-6 right now, been at it for 7 months. I was 8-5 for a year and a half before that though, so I'm accustomed to working. Getting paid is nice, that's usually the motivator. I don't plan on doing this my whole life though, I'm probably going back to school to take up a different career path.

[MCP]

For a 9 to 5 type job,
The biggest change for me was because of flexible time and place. At first I did traditional 9-4, no lunch, and the commute took a long time. I cut the time spent on commute in half by not driving during traditional commute hours. In fact most of the time I spent at work was for meetings, and working with other people, anything I could do on my own I'd mostly do at home.

I think a lot of people on 9 to 5 need to take up an Art. Martial arts, painting, music. And I don't just mean looking or listening or watching, I mean really doing it, get engrossed in the process, and improving yourself.


but like i said in my previous post, the workday is too long 4 hours tops...unless you have a crazy high position or are on a timeline for huge projects (videogames/movies/etc), 90% of the time everyone at a normal desk job should be able to do what they need to do in 4 hours maybe less...if you think differently ill hop into your job and make you look slow, yes im that good...

im outi

Roberth
It is bullshit they require people to stay 8-9 hours a day when they are perfectly capable of working from home on a lot of things, coming in later and leaving a bit early. I guess they feel people aren't going to work from home if a boss isn't on their ass, which is partially correct.

But, not everyone has this type of job where if you manage your time properly, ~4 hours is enough to finish. Not everyone just needs to reach a few goals every day/week/month to be 'done'. There's always the next step, the next new thing, the unknown. There are always people and socializing. I know when I get into the work place I'm shooting for it's going to be an open door sort of thing, and in a few years I will be spending a lot of time communicating with people, formally writing down ideas and sharing, and overall the ~4 hours a day I spend on 'work' is just something I need to do every day when I'm not talking to other people. Eventually I may even go into the work place almost solely to work with other people, and anything I need to get done alone I will do in the comfort of my own home unless work has equipment I need.

So if you're only working ~4 hours a day, I highly recommend finding a way to spend ~4 hours making more of whatever your goal is: money, ideas, arts, keeping porn going on the internet.

[Ryo Yamazaki]

This topic is a really good read and I can relate very much to most of what is being said. I work a 42-43 hr week which doesn't include all the HOURS of free time that I've given the company I work for in the short time I work there. Myself and my colleagues hardly ever get out on time :(

To the guy who said he'd rather be broke and have more free time: Trust me you don't.

Here's a scenario:

Person A: Would you like to go to xyz place tonight/today/tomorrow?
Person B: Sorry I can't, I HAVEN'T GOT ANY MONEY
-repeat until source of income is found-

That's what being broke is among other things. And that's when a person is living with their parent(s). Being broke when living away from home means you ending up on the street (even then you still have to work 9-5 begging for change/hustling)

As a person who has been broke for a long (and still sort of is), all the time in the world doesn't mean shit without the money to make the most of it. C.R.E.A.M. for real.

[blackartsviper]

I managed my 9-5 with in one simple approach: If I don't work, I don't get paid and I can't pay my bills, I can't eat, or do shit that's fun. Even if I have to work long days at a job I hate, as long as I make some loot legitimately without asking my folks for money then I can work some bullshit job and smile on the weekend.

[Bastion]

dude, i get up at 4.30, work from 6.30 to 6 get home at 7.30 goto bed at 10. you learn to crave the hustle. i get depressed sundays cause i dont work.

[blackartsviper]

dude, i get up at 4.30, work from 6.30 to 6 get home at 7.30 goto bed at 10. you learn to crave the hustle. i get depressed sundays cause i dont work.

woah! You must really love your job. I used to get depressed on a sundays because I knew I had to go to work the next morning (this job I have now is dope so I don't get too mad on Sunday). What do you do for a living Bastion?

[The Epidemic]

in deep to the mob

if i don't work, they will kill me

good motivation

:lol:what family you in trouble with?

[MikieJ]

People are going to try and tell you to do something you love. That is usually a bunch of bullshit. It is pretty fucking rare to do what you love and get paid for it. Just be content with a career that is somewhat satisfying.

Couldn't have said it better. Very few people in this world love their day job because its "exactly" what they wanna do. Theres definitely some sort of compromise between doing what you love and doing something because of the money it pays.

For example, I'm gonna be a Finance major. Theres many different fields I can go into, and I know I'm good at it, but I definitely did not say when I was 7 years old "When I grow up I want to be a Financial Analyst!" - that shit doesn't happen. How many people actually do the thing they said they want to grow up to do?

You will get used to the work, and it may take some time but you might actually find what you do satisfying. You can do what you love, but you better make sure it pays for your car, rent, bills and food.

[MCP]

As just getting ready to probably jump into the work force, I was trying to think ahead what really important financial decisions can I make to help in the 'near' future.

I want to put as much into retirement now as possible while I'm single and have no children. Grows at a certain percent every month or so, it takes a long time for 4% interest to double the investment. It takes 18 years in fact compounded annually, so starting early is good. Never mind any details about matching what you put in, etc. 18 years is a long time. 36 years later when I'm close to retiring, it will have quadrupled.
I want to save up to buy property and a house as soon as possible.
I want to make sure the job I get has good insurance and won't cost me when an accident happens or when accidents don't happen(stupid monthly bills).

Then a biggest initial problem I have is location. With gas prices cutting into my spending money, and commutes eating away at my free time, locality to work is essential to staying sane. However, I'd really love to live in Santa Cruz, but that'd require a job in santa cruz ;(. I'm not driving to AMES every day, not a bloody chance.

[Military Jesus]

Get a degree in a field you'd enjoy but don't forget to ask around before hand how many hours of work is the standard for whatever field. Like business and managerial work, they often ask you to work 14 hours a day :rofl:

I have a brother who I hate dearly who went into business thinking he would become some big shot one day but the reality is, he has no hook ups and most probably, will only become a manager at a fast food place at best :rofl:

[coffeerox]

thats fantastic but learn to comprehend what i was saying before quoting me and responding with something off tangent like cashier jobs and tech support...

im outi

Roberth

l2comprehend? how about l2read? You make it sound as if everything can be done in 4 hours. Which is why the first 2 letters of my post is B and S. I simply made that point because most jobs are like what I was saying. In fact, in the game industry, if you were to walk up to me and say, I can get everything done in 4 hours! I'll show you how slow I am! Rawr!!! I'd be like, really? well come the fuck on then, show me whatcha got. I'd love to get this game done and on schedule. Realistically, you can't get shit done in 4 hours in that industry and any person with positions such as those would laugh right in your face.

[Shade]

My schedule is from 7 am, to 4 (or 5) pm. Seriously. I work mad hours. But what keeps me going? My fat ass checks, that I use to pay for my car, fund my upcoming apartment/move out venture, and buy me Metal Gear Solid 4 next month. Can't do shit like that without loot.

[Septimus Prime]

Judging by HeaT's grammar, I don't think he can even do my job, much less do it in four hours. :lol: