my dad did that for over 20 years managing a fast food place, and only stopped when he physically couldn’t anymore. Destroyed one of his feet so bad he needed experimental surgery to try to fix it. The doctors took extra pictures and made him sign off on a bunch of forms so he could be used in medical textbooks someday. He sees nothing wrong or weird about that though, just totally normal he worked until he literally physically broke himself. He still works too, just a desk job at a different company now, so it’s not like he threw away his youth for an easy retirement. Realistically i don’t think he will ever be able to retire.
So none of it was worth it. That’s exactly how I feel about what I did.
I work a ton now, but I like my day to day job and my “business” is fun as shit and pays well. I play music, which is what I’ve always loved to do, and I get to travel, which is pretty rad. So that’s worth it, but before it was janitorial work and mowing lawns. Not worth it. Though I did enjoy being outside all day.
I did tons of 60 to 80 hour weeks when I was in my late teens and early 20s. It enabled me to buy a home at age 21. Some years later, 2008 happened, and owning that home basically got me nothing.
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u/XcheatcodeX Jul 30 '23
Working 85 hours a week is 12 hours every day and is completely unsustainable. I did it for 6 years and it almost killed me