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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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[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 2 points 5 days ago

This is one of the main reasons I went self-employed. Work takes up such a huge chunk of the time I'll spend on this planet that it really matters what I do with it.

I didn't hate my previous job, but I just couldn't bear the thought of doing that until retirement.

I took quite the pay cut, but I also work less, and nobody tells me what to do.