A slow descent into burnout
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@Carnival-Boy said:
Working full time in a challenging job and doing a degree is really, really hard! Once you've finished your degree things might look a lot clearer. I'd hang on in there until then.
That's true, a big bit of stress and time will change suddenly when that happens. I did 50+ hours a week in grunt labour for basically minimum wage while going to college and it was horrible. But it also got me through debt free with zero loans, zero assistance, zero cost breaks paying totally out of pocket with a degree and a great resume as quickly as possible. So while it was a rough time period, it really paid off.
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I think the root of my problem right now really is just needing a vacation. A REAL vacation where I don't have to see or think about anything work related for an entire week. The closest thing I have to that is coming up at the end of April in the form of a 24 hour trail relay series in Virginia... (Oh yeah, I've also been training for that in my "free" time). In addition to race day I have a couple extra days for recoup and travel time. Then, a week and a half later, I'm heading North to spend a week and a half hitting breweries and wineries across Wisconsin and Michigan. THAT will hopefully help my attitude and outlook.
If not it will at the very least give me some ideas for new beer recipes and a trunk full of booze.
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@RamblingBiped said:
I think the root of my problem right now really is just needing a vacation. A REAL vacation where I don't have to see or think about anything work related for an entire week.
I went from 1992 to 2012 with only my ten day honeymoon in 2004. That sucked. I did another two years of no vacations after 2012 but that was my limit. I won't skip them now. Well, now I'm retired, it's all vacation, lol.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Carnival-Boy said:
Working full time in a challenging job and doing a degree is really, really hard! Once you've finished your degree things might look a lot clearer. I'd hang on in there until then.
That's true, a big bit of stress and time will change suddenly when that happens. I did 50+ hours a week in grunt labour for basically minimum wage while going to college and it was horrible. But it also got me through debt free with zero loans, zero assistance, zero cost breaks paying totally out of pocket with a degree and a great resume as quickly as possible. So while it was a rough time period, it really paid off.
Fortunately, my wife and I are like-minded when it comes to finances. We're pretty much completely debt free and paying for the degree upfront in cash. If I couldn't afford to pay for it out of pocket I wouldn't have even considered going back.
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@RamblingBiped said:
I'm heading North to spend a week and a half hitting breweries and wineries across Wisconsin and Michigan. THAT will hopefully help my attitude and outlook.
That would help anybody's attitude and outlook! Be sure to post on here at 2am when you've just got back to your room and you're drunk and happy.
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@RamblingBiped said:
Then, a week and a half later, I'm heading North to spend a week and a half hitting breweries and wineries across Wisconsin and Michigan. THAT will hopefully help my attitude and outlook.
awwww yesssss
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@Carnival-Boy said:
@RamblingBiped said:
I'm heading North to spend a week and a half hitting breweries and wineries across Wisconsin and Michigan. THAT will hopefully help my attitude and outlook.
That would help anybody's attitude and outlook! Be sure to post on here at 2am when you've just got back to your room and you're drunk and happy.
Apparently you have never been to Michigan
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I once drove from Boston to Chicago, would that have taken me through Michigan?
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@Carnival-Boy said:
I once drove from Boston to Chicago, would that have taken me through Michigan?
Not likely, only if you took a detour through Canada, which you CAN do, but would not have been likely.
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Do you remember if you saw Ohio? It would have either been Ontario + Michigan or it would have been Ohio + Indiana.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Do you remember if you saw Ohio? It would have either been Ontario + Michigan or it would have been Ohio + Indiana.
If he can't remember that portion of the trip it was probably Ohio and Indiana... X-D
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@RamblingBiped said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Do you remember if you saw Ohio? It would have either been Ontario + Michigan or it would have been Ohio + Indiana.
If he can't remember that portion of the trip it was probably Ohio and Indiana... X-D
I was totally thinking of a smart ass way to say the same thing, LMAO.
