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Dec 28 2014 12:23pm
OP sounds like he aint gonna make it.


You need to want success more than you want sleep. When you want success more than you want to breathe is when you will make it.
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Dec 28 2014 12:38pm
I am so thankful every day that I do something I love. I wake up and say to myself "YES, ITS MY DAY ON SHIFT TODAY!" and go to "work" with the biggest smile on my face.
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Dec 28 2014 12:45pm
Quote (KCCO @ Dec 28 2014 01:23pm)
OP sounds like he aint gonna make it.


You need to want success more than you want sleep. When you want success more than you want to breathe is when you will make it.


Success is measured differently by the individual...

Overall id say success = happiness.
Materialistic or not, we all want to enjoy our lives, we just receive our joys differently.

i.e. I don't care to ever buy a brand new vehicle... give me the one that's a couple years old but taken good care of and let me save thousands of dollars.

Although I do work "a lot" as a personal trainer, it's hard to track actual hours because clients spread throughout the day and im not clocked in.
I have a preference when it comes to my schedule as a trainer... I take on clients 6 days a week, starting at 5am. However I prefer to have a break btwn 12-3pm mon-fri,
never work past 8pm during the weekdays. On Sat. I'll take clients between 8-12 only, with Sundays off.

This allows me to make money, enjoy life and not feel overworked. Then again, even when training it hardly feels like work.

OP only thing I disagree with is the girlfriend... yeah maybe if you're dating a dumb bitch it wld b a waste of time but then its your fault for dating her... your girlfriend and conversations should be interesting even if it takes 40min of your time like wtf.

This post was edited by TheOak on Dec 28 2014 12:46pm
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I am so thankful every day that I do something I love. I wake up and say to myself "YES, ITS MY DAY ON SHIFT TODAY!" and go to "work" with the biggest smile on my face.


where you work?
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Dec 28 2014 12:49pm
I don't work. Thug life.


For me it's honestly the flexibility. I can work 7 days straight, but I would like the flexibility of only have to work 3 days the next week, or maybe I'll week 7 again, but it's a rigid schedule that frightens me.

few more years before i HAVE to worry about that though.
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Dec 28 2014 12:53pm
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where you work?



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tfs


tfs?
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Dec 28 2014 12:55pm
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I work as a firefighter :P
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Dec 28 2014 02:15pm
8hr days and I dont know what to do with myself for the rest of the day. 10hr days are nice, make that much more money thats at time and a half and still have enough time to do everything I need.
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Dec 28 2014 02:19pm
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Even a 40 hour work week is for suckers


I'd rather not work and suicide at 65, having lived 3x as long as the average person (In terms of time spent doing what I really want to do) than be some old fuck's slave for 65 years just to die comfortably in 10 more years.

Work is a scam unless you're doing what you love

Just doing the math:

Every day you get 24 hours

24 - 8 for sleep
16 - 1 for cooking / hygiene
15 - 1.5 for daily commute
13.5 - 8 for work

That's 24 - 18.5 before you even GET to enjoy time to yourself, this totally excludes any responsibility outside of your job.

5.5 hours every day at best, assuming your life is totally responsibility free. Most people get nothing.

Compare that to working only what's required to live

24 - 8 for sleep
16- 1 for cooking / hygiene
15 - 1.5 for daily commute
13.5 - 4 for work

That's only 24 - 14.5 instead, giving you 4 extra hours to do whatever you like with (Essentially giving you two lifetimes, since living is really only measured by doing what you love)

It's a no brainer to me, I mean yeah you have to live with less. You won't be partying every week end, you won't have a ton of extra cash to spend on some bitch that wants diamonds, but who wants to spend money on that shit, anyway?

I've always had extras for hobbies and worthwhile things that aren't insanely expensive / stupid to be spending money on.

and I don't care how much you think you lose independence by not working 40+ hours and having a lot of money. Trust me when I tell you that there is no pain that hits harder than realizing you've been giving your life up for some corporate machine that couldn't give a fuck about you.

The key to living a good life is taking account all of the blood suckers that exist in your daily life (These are things like work / girlfriend, etc.)

If you are living with someone, ask yourself honestly if they are even worth it. How much does your bitch suck out of you on a daily basis? When you come home from work, does she ambush you and want to talk about some stupid bull shit that consumes 40 minutes of your time? That's gay, tell her to stop it. Everyone has tons of problems like these that are leeching time / quality of life from them every single day.

and yeah don't even get me started on what I think about the current work condition in the West. Working 40+ hours is retarded, I will never do it and anyone who does should seriously consider making life choices that allow them NOT to do it, before they end up being 65 and realizing "Holy fuck, I just lost my life, now I'm old as fuck and can't get it back. The guy I worked for is now dead and nobody gives a shit about me or my hard work - all I have is this retirement money to show for it." That's a lame reality to end up in.


I'd rather not eat ramen noodles until im 65.
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