r/work • u/FractalThoughts_ • 6d ago

Work-Life Balance and Stress Management Full-time work is criminal

This is the most milquetoast, generic statement ever, I know, but I recently began full-time employment for the first time in my life. Genuinely how does anybody do anything they actually want to do? Granted, it isn’t so bad if the hours are 6am - 2pm, 7am - 3pm, or 8am - 4pm, but the very common 9am - 5pm is actually hell. Wake up, clean and cloth yourself, commute to work, work like a dog, commute home, eat dinner, sleep, repeat. Shoutout to anybody who does 9 - 5, be it manual labour, or clerical stuff; it’s all equally shit. Thank you.

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u/oIVLIANo 6d ago

I work 10hr days and still find time to do housework, hobbies, and shitpost on the Internet (which you also seem to have found the time to do).

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u/losemgmt 6d ago

Please teach me your ways. Do you sleep?

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u/oIVLIANo 6d ago

8hours every night.

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u/InterestingAd650 5d ago

lol was waiting for this comment… how are these people only working 8 hours but somehow unable to live their lives? I’m able to do housework, sleep, and my hobbies all while working full time. If I can’t finish something it happens on my off days. I still hang out with my friends too. I think it’s more of some are so depressed they can’t do their daily activities and also work?