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Vick..You need a hobby..take up the guitar or something
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You need advice from Brandon Marshall, not us.
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My time log is really simple
M-f
5:30A - 7ish drive to work, work, drive home
7p-8p - eat dinner
8p - 5a - sleep
Those last 2 lines can vary depending on other things I have to do. Some nights I don't get to bed until 10:30 or later.
weekends
Catch up on all the shit I didn't have time to do during the week.
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You work/commute for 13.5 hours a day? 67.5 hrs a week?
You either live way too far from where you work, or you work way too much at your job, or you make a metric shit-ton of money.
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Yes I do.
My salary, although not a metric shit-ton, is over double what I made at my previous job which was only an hour away.
Plus I live in Rockford and make a Chicago salary. So I make a lot more than the average Rockfordian.
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No way I would trade that much of my time for a commute and work...but to each their own.
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Don't restrain your anger, get a punching bag. Shit works wonders.
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I had the choice between this or unemployment/under employment. I’m not 100% happy with it but I gotta do what I gotta do.
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Sure, understand the situation...but I'd definitely try and change that as quickly as possible if it were me. E.g. pushing to work remote a few days if the company values you, moving, actively looking for something else etc etc. Maybe you are doing all those things. Time is a pretty precious commodity for me and I wouldn't trade a bigger salary to sacrifice that much quality of life. We could be in totally different places too...I'll be 40 in a few years, have a family etc. In my 20's I probably would do what you're doing for a substantially bigger check.
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Working from home isn’t an option at all and moving is a very unlikely option right now.
I was looking for something even before I left my old job but northern IL/southern WI really isn’t a hotbed for mainframe programming. I was literally applying for anything and everything and got nowhere. I only got the job I have now through a former co-worker. It’s not WHAT you know, it’s WHO you know.
At one time I was taking classes to learn newer programming languages but of course now I don’t have the extra time. So I’m kinda stuck until something changes.
It’s funny because I’m only 36 but I had my kids early. One it graduating this year and the other 2 aren’t far behind. So it won’t be long before family isn’t quite as big a factor.
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You should try boxing or mma. A few solid blows to the gut will make you reevaluate things.
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Drinking a little bit completely alone is actually helping right now, instead of other people questioning me and trying to get answers, I can ask myself.