Dostoevsky

Tzu
Administrator
May 27, 2007
88,980
What do you actually do at your job?
Bookkeeping/accounting for ~9 hours. Staring infront of a pc and looking into tons of numbers, e-payment and stuff.

But it's not this job. It was the same when I was in sales, being on my feet for so long. Same when I was a journalist or at some other project coordinating teams. It just drains me way too much to do something meaningful. I can go out for a cup of coffee, watch something, but I can hardly focus on stuff that I need my brain.
 

Maddy

Oracle of Copenhagen
Jul 10, 2009
16,545
Bookkeeping/accounting for ~9 hours. Staring infront of a pc and looking into tons of numbers, e-payment and stuff.

But it's not this job. It was the same when I was in sales, being on my feet for so long. Same when I was a journalist or at some other project coordinating teams. It just drains me way too much to do something meaningful. I can go out for a cup of coffee, watch something, but I can hardly focus on stuff that I need my brain.
I see. If any comfort it's not unusual to feel this way. I have a lot of coworkers and friends, who have it the same way.
 

Maddy

Oracle of Copenhagen
Jul 10, 2009
16,545
You don't? What's the secret?
Don't know if there's any secret to it. My job offers me the opportunity to a breathing room, plus there's a good mix of 'thinking work' (planning my lessons etc.) and 'active work' (teaching).

But good sleep and physical activity is key for me.
 

Dostoevsky

Tzu
Administrator
May 27, 2007
88,980
Don't know if there's any secret to it. My job offers me the opportunity to a breathing room, plus there's a good mix of 'thinking work' (planning my lessons etc.) and 'active work' (teaching).

But good sleep and physical activity is key for me.
But when you sleep good and hit the gym there's barely any time left to enjoy life, no?
 

swag

L'autista
Administrator
Sep 23, 2003
84,749
Yourself. :D

It's pretty hard and hadful at the beginning tbh. My salary is 350e which is pretty "nice" considering the situation, but still very low to accomplish anything as an individual. In other words, and in other worlds, yes, my salary is very shitty. I've come to realize that I work for around 9 hours daily with a short break and hardly any time to go pee. I already learned bunch of stuff and it's nice to see the improvement. Still, pretty tough to end your shift and realize you're good for nothing. Way too tired and way too much time in-front of a PC. It drains too much and kinda sad to think how I'll work plenty of Saturdays too, which only leaves Sunday to rest and do the stuff I couldn't do over the week. Career is a cancer for life and there's no high enough salary to be worthwhile. It might be me, but I saw happiness in other things. Either way, gotta work for that piece of bread. I'll have to keep going and move personal bouderies at work, and personal, so I see what this year holds it for me. You just get to see so many bad people, and some good, if you can even define it somehow, or at some grounds. Pretty crazy to see some folks being ready to walk on corpses of others and see the literal evil in their eyes. Some great people too, hardworkers and with their cheeks clean on moral grounds. But such life, as it is now, is nothing but a prison to me. It's hard to find joy when you see yourself in some other world.
Damn that's some existential shit. Stick with that writing thing... you are collecting plenty of good material here.

Haha, yeah. I used to hear about it and refuse to believe it. Nowadays I'm just living it. Can't say it's any good, though.

Man, your life must be tough and filled with some weird people. There's so much more in others :D so, yeah, I think you should change your friends. :D
But write about them first. :D

I was feeling similarly when I got back from Mexico. Definitely got pretty depressed
as I struggled to adjust to US culture.

So I tried climbing with my brother in law and it really helped things. I also started training for a half marathon and that's made life a bit more exciting. I have something to do everyday that has an end goal something to get better at, etc.

Find your half marathon.
Eazy... interesting to hear how your re-entry into U.S. culture was also a bit of a culture shock for you. Did you acclimate to Mexican life that well for so long? Or is it just remembering getting used to the way we do things here in the U.S.?

Glad you found your creative outlet in climbing and a half-marathon training, though. :tup: Gotta have some game into play that makes day after day seem like progress.
 

pitbull

Senior Member
Jul 26, 2007
11,045
Yourself. :D

It's pretty hard and hadful at the beginning tbh. My salary is 350e which is pretty "nice" considering the situation, but still very low to accomplish anything as an individual. In other words, and in other worlds, yes, my salary is very shitty. I've come to realize that I work for around 9 hours daily with a short break and hardly any time to go pee. I already learned bunch of stuff and it's nice to see the improvement. Still, pretty tough to end your shift and realize you're good for nothing. Way too tired and way too much time in-front of a PC. It drains too much and kinda sad to think how I'll work plenty of Saturdays too, which only leaves Sunday to rest and do the stuff I couldn't do over the week. Career is a cancer for life and there's no high enough salary to be worthwhile. It might be me, but I saw happiness in other things. Either way, gotta work for that piece of bread. I'll have to keep going and move personal bouderies at work, and personal, so I see what this year holds it for me. You just get to see so many bad people, and some good, if you can even define it somehow, or at some grounds. Pretty crazy to see some folks being ready to walk on corpses of others and see the literal evil in their eyes. Some great people too, hardworkers and with their cheeks clean on moral grounds. But such life, as it is now, is nothing but a prison to me. It's hard to find joy when you see yourself in some other world.
And you can live on that in Serbia? You should look into the possibility of working online, f.e. some kind of a freelance journal writers job, I bet you'd be able to earn 350 euros with half the hustle you're describing, there are people living in much more expensive countries living off weird online jobs. Unless this is some sort of a first step in a career you are aiming for.
 

Maddy

Oracle of Copenhagen
Jul 10, 2009
16,545
It's friday. Imma about to head out :beer: Per usual - a tune I'll hopefully hear more than once tonight.

@Fr3sh If I eat someones asshole tonight it'll be in your honor :maddy:
 

Fr3sh

Senior Member
Jul 12, 2011
37,247
It's friday. Imma about to head out :beer: Per usual - a tune I'll hopefully hear more than once tonight.

@Fr3sh If I eat someones asshole tonight it'll be in your honor :maddy:
Don't forget to massage the herpes scars and sores around the bumhole with your tongue, i heard it helps it heal.
 

Dostoevsky

Tzu
Administrator
May 27, 2007
88,980
And you can live on that in Serbia? You should look into the possibility of working online, f.e. some kind of a freelance journal writers job, I bet you'd be able to earn 350 euros with half the hustle you're describing, there are people living in much more expensive countries living off weird online jobs. Unless this is some sort of a first step in a career you are aiming for.
You can't if you're renting a place. If you're living at your parents you'll have plenty with that salary imo. As for the other part... Kinda hard. My English is nowhere near good enough to start writing and throw my ideas out in the open. I'd need a native tongue, and with my lingo I'd hardly earn anything. But yea, I'd totally do a stupid job online even if it means typing tons of pages or some other stuff. I'd earn a bit plus I'd have more free time and I could write for myself. I tried getting into such web sites but it was a meh experience. You can bid only sometimes, then you wait, then you have to pay to bid for more jobs etc.
 

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