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Adjusting to working a full time job?
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Esoterikk
Canada1256 Posts
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RoyGBiv_13
United States1275 Posts
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Esoterikk
Canada1256 Posts
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. | ||
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Yurie
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puppykiller
United States3126 Posts
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MoonfireSpam
United Kingdom1153 Posts
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. | ||
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ThomasjServo
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BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
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TMagpie
265 Posts
Make friends. Make connections. The work itself will rarely be "great" but you don't have to go in there without allies. | ||
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Pursuit_
United States1330 Posts
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. | ||
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fluidrone
France1478 Posts
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! | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32051 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44253 Posts
Best of luck | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
But seriously, 8 straight hours of work is not the most productive. | ||
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TMagpie
265 Posts
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
Bisutopia19230 Posts
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jubil
United States2602 Posts
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 | ||
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TMagpie
265 Posts
On July 07 2015 08:33 jubil wrote: 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. | ||
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Esoterikk
Canada1256 Posts
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
United States261 Posts
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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