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It's insane how much time I lose to my job (slrpnk.net)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by The_Terrible_Humbaba@slrpnk.net to c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world

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I'm in a field where remote work should be possible, but I'm not lucky enough to have landed such a job. I have to go to the office every single damn day.

It's an 8 hour job, but I have mandatory one hour lunch, so it's really 9 fucking hours. Comute is about an hour each way, so that makes 11h total. Oh, but wait, I take transport and have to wait some time for a bus one way or the other, so it's more like 11h30.

To wakeup and get ready for work I need 30 min minimum, but really 1h is better. So it's up to 12h, or 12:30. Let's round it to 12:15.

That's half my damn day. If I want to sleep for 8 hours, that leaves me 3h45min at most each day for myself. And I don't even get paid enough to move out. Which I guess is a positive in this case, because that way I don't waste my <4 daily hours taking care of tasks which my parents can help with (cooking, groceries, etc.)

Ironically, if I did get paid enough to move out I might be even more depressed.

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world -5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

have to wait some time for a bus one way or the other

[waiting about 30 minutes]

...and...

Comute is about an hour each way,

[where you are not having to pay attention to driving]

but I have mandatory one hour lunch,

This is 3.5 approximately hours a day that have no responsibilities to your job that you can put your attention on other subjects. lets even allow a subtraction of 30 minutes for having to change buses/trains or set up of lunch and clean up. This leaves about 3 hours a day. This is your resource for personal/professional improvement and change.

This is a huge untapped value that you can use to change your situation! Have you thought how you could use this time to move yourself forward?

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I would recommend spending that time on looking for a better job.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Thats absolutely a great thing to do. Depending on OP's skills/employability at this second it may not yield a much better job than they have currently. However, if there is a better job available with no other change needed, this would be a great use of the time to search for it.

I was in a similar situation to the OP where I didn't like my job but had these pockets of time that I could use for change while still keeping my job and being paid. I did not have a college degree and used this time to get one while still working. It took many years (because I couldn't go full time), but I was successful in getting that degree and used it to get a significantly better job. When I was at the beginning I saw the time was going to pass whether I put the effort in to improve or not, so I chose to use the time to get something of value instead.