What’s the point of decent pay if I never use it?
I’m 2 months into my new corporate job, most people would call it good. Since the pay’s decent, the company’s well-known, the role’s stable. But inside, I’m falling apart. I don’t have a second of free time anymore. The little time I do have goes to catching up on chores or crashing hard. To make it worse, my schedule has rotating weekends once a month, I’m working 6 days straight. I just don’t have a life now.
Wake up, commute an hour and a half each way, pull an 8 or 9 hours shift if I’m lucky then drive back. By the time I get home, it’s already dinner time, then I gotta prep my stuff for the next day. By 9:30 pm, I’m so wiped I can’t do anything but pass out, just to repeat it all.
Am I the only one who feels like “stable” just means trading my life for a paycheck? How do you make time for you when work takes everything?
Not everyone is cut out for a 9-5. Work is important, but so is having a life. Who cares what other generations did. If this isn't working for you, maybe you need a different schedule. I do agree, starting a new job is rough until you get into a routine. I work in tech, but work remotely now. It is a way better life than living like all you do is work. You just need to figure put what kind of schedule does work for you, and the type of work. Maybe you need a job closer to home? Maybe you need to work 10 hour days for 4 days a week so you have a 3 day weekend? Maybe even remotely, but typically you need some experience to even get to work remotely in a career. You can have a life and a job, you just need balance.