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Esoterikk
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada1256 Posts
July 06 2015 18:28 GMT
#1
So I recently started a full time job after being a long time student, it's just a summer job but it's 40 hours a week and I'm really struggling to adjust to the change. How long does it usually take to adjust until it doesn't feel like a huge strain to make it there? Is this just how work is? Do you get used to it?

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RoyGBiv_13
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1275 Posts
July 06 2015 18:37 GMT
#2
You get used to it.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
Esoterikk
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada1256 Posts
July 06 2015 18:38 GMT
#3
On July 07 2015 03:37 RoyGBiv_13 wrote:
You get used to it.


God I hope so, going from having no responsibilities and endless free time (summer break from uni) to a full time job is a huge system shock.
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
11882 Posts
July 06 2015 19:20 GMT
#4
Takes like 2-3 weeks to get used to it the first time. A 1 month vacation takes around a week to get into it from. Never had a longer break so don't know how that affects things.
puppykiller
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States3130 Posts
July 06 2015 19:39 GMT
#5
I've never been able to stand working full time more than a few weeks. I always end up asking them to make me 20-30 hours a week at some point.
Why would I play sctoo when I can play BW?
MoonfireSpam
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1153 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-07-06 19:42:27
July 06 2015 19:39 GMT
#6
That's how work is.

Do a few 60 hour weeks and everything else is easy from then on.

Oh yeah and disposable income is the most awesome thing ever.
ThomasjServo
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
15244 Posts
July 06 2015 19:40 GMT
#7
Long story short, you do get used to it, and it likely varies for each person. I know people who it seemed, or at least were good at faking like they were fish to water (This is in an office environment) day to day, being comfortable in your office though, I would give it about three weeks before I began to feel like I was in my office and not just a guest.
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
July 06 2015 19:48 GMT
#8
You get used to it like its been mentioned. Just hang in there and enjoy it!
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
TMagpie
Profile Joined June 2015
265 Posts
July 06 2015 20:01 GMT
#9
Been working 40 hour weeks for near a decade now. You don't get used to it, you simply don't mind it. The more physical the less you feel the strain, but the more exhausted you feel outside of work. The less physical the better you feel after work, but the worse you feel during work.

Make friends.
Make connections.
The work itself will rarely be "great" but you don't have to go in there without allies.
Pursuit_
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States1330 Posts
July 06 2015 20:01 GMT
#10
For me it really depends on the hours you're working. The biggest component of not feeling exausted / overwhelmed / stressed at work is making sure you have time to go out and do other things before or after work while still getting sufficient sleep (usually 7-9 hours depending on the person).

When I had a 5am-2pm job the hardest part was adjusting to waking up so early (which took maybe 1-2 weeks at most?), and then being off by 2pm I was able to do whatever I wanted until I needed to go to sleep. It was actually a fairly high stress job in retrospect, but I almost never felt it unless I didn't get sufficient sleep.

I'm currently working a 2pm-11pm job and the hardest part for me is forcing myself to wake up early to get things done. If I get home and stay up till 2-3 (or later) in the morning, I just waste those hours browsing the web / watching porn / ect, and then when I wake up at noon I have almost no time until work. To fix this I've been forcing myself to leave the computer off when I get home, read for an hour or so and go to bed. It took me probably 3-4 weeks to get used to it, but now I'm pretty consistent (attending morning classes and drinking coffee helped a lot).

But to an extent, this really is just how working is. It takes up a lot of your time and, as you've probably noticed, a much larger portion of your attention than classes did. It's a lot harder to 'zone out' / think about other things in most work environments, even when it's repetitive. Make sure you make friends / alliances at work because having someone to joke around with will help reduce the stress / workload a ton.
In Somnis Veritas
fluidrone
Profile Blog Joined January 2015
France1478 Posts
July 06 2015 20:11 GMT
#11
Glhf.
Some people get used to it. Some don't.. but everyone must do it cyclically, that is why we call it work.

People who can't stand it, go into the search for happiness through work 'too' .. and some succeed and some don't.
Many people hide in plain sight on their workplace in the face, others change it through their mere presence, most people settle between the two. Do your homework, as far as you know that co worker is a tl addict like you.

Picture it like this, find something to think about or fantasize / write about, while your slave body performs the tasks that will be rewarded with money you will have earned.

While I have had to "work" to feed my kids, I also sell my art without sacrificing it..
so I admit it: no I never got used to it, it got easier to escape in my thoughs while "working" .. nothing more!
Again, good luck!
"not enough rights"
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32075 Posts
July 06 2015 20:16 GMT
#12
Most people get used to it. Others come into work one day and just shoot everyone. Let's hope you're not in the latter category!
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44608 Posts
July 06 2015 20:52 GMT
#13
You get used to it, but it's also easier for you if it's something you love to do, rather than just a boring/ time-wasting/ filler job that you have no interest in.

Best of luck
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-07-06 22:11:47
July 06 2015 21:57 GMT
#14
I remember my first "full-time job", which was basically me organizing books in a public library for community service hours and after every day I thought, "holy fuck, how do people do this".

But seriously, 8 straight hours of work is not the most productive.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
TMagpie
Profile Joined June 2015
265 Posts
July 06 2015 22:14 GMT
#15
On July 07 2015 05:52 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
You get used to it, but it's also easier for you if it's something you love to do, rather than just a boring/ time-wasting/ filler job that you have no interest in.

Best of luck


The job itself does not have to be fulfilling, but some aspect of it must feel progressional. (Similar to "first blood" dings in League or portraits in SC2)

For some people its compensation (money is a big one, but this could also be things like healthcare, or "free travel") and for some people its more abstract like "prestige", or "being part of something" (usually these are non-profits, or art industries, etc...)

Most of the job (even the dream ones) will suck. But so long as some aspect of it is fulfilling then you will feel a sense of progression.
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19263 Posts
July 06 2015 23:20 GMT
#16
If you like your job it is easy. If you continue to have a hard time get another job.
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jubil
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States2602 Posts
July 06 2015 23:33 GMT
#17
On July 07 2015 08:20 BisuDagger wrote:
If you like your job it is easy.

I really thought uni was gonna be like this: I was a lazy HS student and always thought "well in uni I'll get to study specifically what I want so it'll be fun and go really easy". Nope, studying was a little easier without the stuff I was bad at, but still boring, or at least more boring than SCII or WoW or going out
Starting to get a little worried that full-time work will be the same deal
Marineking-Polt-Maru-Fantasy-Solar-Xenocider-Suppy fighting!
TMagpie
Profile Joined June 2015
265 Posts
July 06 2015 23:52 GMT
#18
On July 07 2015 08:33 jubil wrote:
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On July 07 2015 08:20 BisuDagger wrote:
If you like your job it is easy.

I really thought uni was gonna be like this: I was a lazy HS student and always thought "well in uni I'll get to study specifically what I want so it'll be fun and go really easy". Nope, studying was a little easier without the stuff I was bad at, but still boring, or at least more boring than SCII or WoW or going out
Starting to get a little worried that full-time work will be the same deal


Full time work makes you miss how structured and layed back uni was.
Esoterikk
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada1256 Posts
July 07 2015 00:20 GMT
#19
On July 07 2015 08:20 BisuDagger wrote:
If you like your job it is easy. If you continue to have a hard time get another job.


I'm only at this job for 3 months so if I don't like it I have to just suck it up basically because it's too late to find another job for even half of what I'm making at this one.
Akasha
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States261 Posts
July 07 2015 03:00 GMT
#20
What makes it somewhat easier if your prioritize what your duties are for that day. You will sort of have that structure back and be organized.

Also talk to your coworkers or people in other departments, maybe it's something that you may interested in learning so it's something to do while you have some downtime.
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