Balancing Work/Life

work 9-8pm

practice art from 9-3am

fuck life till i get where i need to be.

By PSYCH! Go To Postwork 9-8pm

practice art from 9-3am

fuck life till i get where i need to be.

:( dats some sacrifice.

Proud of ya.

What kind of calls are we talking about?

By Smokey Go To PostWhat kind of calls are we talking about?

The other day, they claimed they were on a serious deadline and they couldn't send out this newsletter because a new email SPF record needed to be set up. Mind you, they tell me this at 8 pm at night with no prior notice.

Today, the internal extensions on the phone lines went down (everything is managed through VoIP). External calls still worked however. I mean... I'm gonna be there at 9 tomorrow. Chill?

I'm just happy gi bill is legit. Real work is just weird and hard to find. Wildly inconsistent demands and times.

Don't make it a habit of answering those calls or people make it a habit to call you.

If you're not paid anywhere near well enough, then stick to office hours. And well enough starts at 6 figures.

Got a job that allows me to pay everything and barely save, but it also gives me mad free time to work other jobs (lol) that I enjoy more

My new gig is fairly ideal. I'm a contractor so no benefits, but the pay is pretty good and the hour demands are reasonable.

I used to be tortured by the fact that I'm working a job that isn't ideally suited to my natural gifts and sensibilities (I would LOVE to be a schoolteacher) but the $ issue is just too much to overcome.

My current job allows me to do stuff I care about in my spare time, travel, and live the lifestyle I want. Content for now.

What kind of teaching?

By db Go To PostWhat kind of teaching?

I'd like to teach English and/or history. I think I'd be ideally suited for a high school.

Unfortunately teacher pay in Oklahoma is absolutely atrocious. I might do it down the road once I've paid off my student loans from law school.

I help tutor illiterate adults in my spare time, and I'm pretty involved in neighborhood/community stuff. That stuff keeps me engaged so I'm ok with my job being uninspiring at the moment.

Ah was gonna mention you could volunteer somewhere since you said you had spare time but I see you already got that covered.

By db Go To PostAh was gonna mention you could volunteer somewhere since you said you had spare time but I see you already got that covered.

Yeah, I've made a real effort over the last couple of years to leave work stuff at work and spend my free time doing stuff I care about.

I've been working a traveling consultant/sales position. Appointments are from 9-5 but I've got research to do at night, weekly morning calls at 7:30 am and trying to juggle my leftover files from my own debt consulting business and school coming up in a couple of months.

I should be able to be super productive but I've always struggled with time management. The good thing is that i travel so much so I don't have social life demands or friends and family pulling me on day to day basis. I definitely want to consistently hit 12-15 hours of productivity a day (including reading and working out),


Thoughts on time management strategies? Besides visiting slaent so often lol

I'm teaching English in a secondary school; usually working from 7:30 to 7/8 at night. But it's rewarding and my girlfriend does primary, so we have synced schedules!

If you find something you enjoy, you won't really mind that it takes up your time.

I need to find a new job ;_;. Got me working on the weekends so I can't explore the festival and other events my city has to offer.

Time is about to become more challenging for me as I"m about to become a father on March 2nd. I'm kinda freaking now too because we just found out I'm having a girl. I just hope I can relate as I tend to not deal well with "chicky" drama.

I work an 8-5 gig, but I have traffic to battle in So Cal so I'm on the road by 6:40 and home by around 6-6:30. I do enjoy what I"m doing. I moved into being an assistant project manager after being in construction sales for years. My job is a lot more meaningful and the pay is good and will become really good when I'm no longer an assistant but and actual project manager.

I need to work out and get in shape again. I haven't been playing ball or surfing on weekend because of it. I have time now, but my wife who normally pushed me is passed out by 8:30-9PM. I've been playing a ton of video games though. Trying to squeeze them in before the child.

I have less problems with time management and more problems with personal motivation. I remodeled the house I bought in February in about 4 months working almost every night after work and weekends. So I can get stuff done if I really want to put my mind to it. Since we moved in on June, I've been coming home and enjoying myself and gotten lazy.

By Fenderputty Go To PostI just hope I can relate as I tend to not deal well with "chicky" drama.

First off, congrats!
Second, you need to clarify that statement cause it can be badly misconstrued lol.

I've had it both ways. In high school and college I prioritized work because having to eat comes first. It made my life miserable as shit at points. Of course the recession hits and now the need to change comes into play... Now it's 60/40 personal life. My life cannot revolve around work because quite frankly I burn out quickly that way. Performance drops and I get fired or everyone starts to not like me due to my attitude.

Taking time enjoy things is very important besides working the graveyard shift for seven months damn near killed me. Besides I'm older now so having great memories is a bit more important than making an extra $20,000 a year hating the world.

By reilo Go To PostFirst off, congrats!
Second, you need to clarify that statement cause it can be badly misconstrued lol.

Thanks, I'm very excited.

The statement is pretty much how it sounds. My wife is similar in that she had mostly guy friends as well. I just hope I'm not some rough around the edges dad who can't relate to his daughter. It's mostly me internalizing that i'm very "dudebro" and am now going to raise a daughter. I'm excited and want to be a good dad for her. Someone she can feel comfortable with. I realize the gendered descriptors can be misconstrued. I grew up in a very traditional gender roll household.

I actually need to learn how to schedule. Like... for real schedule.

Next 4 months I gotta knock out finals, prepare to fly out to Arizona, re-enroll in school for a few months, prepare to fly out again

all while paying rent, making sure government travel cards don't fuck me over, and getting birthday presents

shit is serious

People really don't hammer it home how being an adult is finding a tiny bit of fun in between a whole bunch of tedious.

By db Go To PostPeople really don't hammer it home how being an adult is finding a tiny bit of fun in between a whole bunch of tedious.

Adulthood is paying bills and going to work so that you can pay those bills. Fun time either adds to bills or takes away from time one has to make money to pay bills.

By Fenderputty Go To PostAdulthood is paying bills and going to work so that you can pay those bills. Fun time either adds to bills or takes away from time one has to make money to pay bills.

That's not what fun time is.

Work to Live, don't Live to work. It's a stupid over used phrase, but it really is accurate.

Adulthood isn't just baout bills and work. It's about everything. Don't let your boss confuse you on that.

By giririsss Go To PostThat's not what fun time is.

Work to Live, don't Live to work. It's a stupid over used phrase, but it really is accurate.

Adulthood isn't just baout bills and work. It's about everything. Don't let your boss confuse you on that.

Giri we live in the U.S., you aren't living comfortably without a lot of work or inheritance.

By db Go To PostGiri we live in the U.S., you aren't living comfortably without a lot of work or inheritance.

As someone whose work week was a minimum of 50 hours, an average of over 55, and in a country known to be amongst the longest work weeks in the world, I know.

By giririsss Go To PostAs someone whose work week was a minimum of 50 hours, an average of over 55, and in a country known to be amongst the longest work weeks in the world, I know.

But you got a mandatory month of vacation and you were able to rollover your unused days and cash them out. We get 0.

By reilo Go To PostBut you got a mandatory month of vacation and you were able to rollover your unused days and cash them out. We get 0.

this

we get royally fucked on time off compared to the rest of the civilized world.

By Smokey Go To Postthis

we get royally fucked on time off compared to the rest of the civilized world.

Yep. Au has many other benefits about it.

And there's a concerted push against the longer work hours. So people can have a family.

U.S. Politicians and rich corporate types have convinced the american people all that shit is socialist entitlement giri =/.

By db Go To PostU.S. Politicians and rich corporate types have convinced the american people all that shit is socialist entitlement giri =/.

It is.

The biggest scam is that they were convinced socialism is all BAD.

Aint bad to me but yup.