| sales2099 said: So much to say on this. First I have to ask how old you are. Because your age and where you are in life right now can impact your viewpoint. I work 2 jobs, one at a administrative position at a University and another as a department lead/forklift driver for a warehouse wholesale store for a total of 70 hours per week. The 3 nights I have off per week I spend with my very supportive girlfriend. Sometimes I spend two nights a week with her because I spend the third with my friends. Family time is restricted to the 20 minutes when I come home from 11:30 - 11:50. I sleep and my day repeats all over again. I have a $520 000 house with a combined $3000 per month mortgage/loan payments. Bills are a lot and I work alot but I do it because I chose this lifestyle and i will do whatever it takes to maintain it. My choice. I could only work one job and get a basement apartment or even a cheap condo. But I want better things and therefore I am willing to sacrifice a lot of free time to earn my ideal lifestyle. Also to provide for my future family. Complaining about capitalism, government, what's wrong in the world, etc. gets you nowhere. Just placing blame on things that aren't yourself. The world ain't fair and you have to stop whining and start adapting. Try living in a 3rd world country....THAT'S suffering. Your spoiled and you don't even know it with more opportunities then you know exist. Questioning going on, that is what really bothers me. We don't all people stuck in a endless cycle of work just kill themselves? We go on for the good things. Raising a family and watching them grow, connecting with family, friends, and other loved ones. No matter how much I work, I always find the time, no matter how little, to enjoy the little things like gaming and just going out for a drink. The first thing you have to change is your outlook. This isn't a utopian society, you have to earn your way in this world. I am currently typing this while working at my university job. I'm good at multitasking this; I answered and helped 7 students while typing this. If you aren't working at a job right now, I suggest getting to work. |
One point of view. Some would prefer to work less and enjoy themselves more while they can....I've known plenty of people that work 80 plus hours a week and I believe most are too tired and distracted to really realize the why.... but that's your choice, and that's cool.
I used to work 60 plus hours a week (in my early 30's by the way, I was in my mid-20's at the time) when I was having a talk to one of my co-workers. Guy was an engineer in his late 60's, and he told me I needed to relax a bit more.... he told me this story. When he was a young man, he was very career driven. A few years out of college a friend of his convinced him to take a month off in the summer, had to really twist his arm too. At one point the two men went mountain climbing, and my co-worker said it was an intense, beautiful experience he would never forget. When he was done, and they were at the base of the mountain he saw a tour bus full of elderly tourists pull up. They got out and started snapping photos of the mountain, and he thought to himself "my god, they are taking pictures of this thing, and I just climbed it!"
The moral of the story? Do things while you're young enough to enjoy them. Make sure you are enjoying your life, because chances are you only getting this one. My wife and I work from home now, we started a business and both do a lot of freelance work. I'm not making as much as I used to, but I make enough to cover my bills, have fun, and put some into savings.
I'm not saying that their is no virtue or reason to a work-a-holic lifestyle, but it's not the only way to live your life.
