Current Events > Come January, I'll be working 72 hours a week

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One 40 hour job, one 32 hour overnight job. If I can manage to hold on for a few years I'll have enough money to buy a nice house in a good area and be able to quit one of the jobs.

Wish me luck you filthy animals.
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Thats not a good thing.
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wait, how are you going to make your loan payments?
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oh gawd man that sounds awful
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You're gonna go crazy doing that and i'm gonna pay for. One day i'll just be sitting at a red light and if I wait one second when it turns green you're going to come unglued and rip my face off.... alll ...all for a few dollars. How do you sleep at night sir?
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When are you going to sleep
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EffectAndCause posted...

Thats not a good thing.

I know, but it's the situation I have to deal with if I want to get where I want to be.

monkmith posted...

wait, how are you going to make your loan payments?

I still live with my parents so I have minimal bills right now. If I can save $25k a year for 3 years that would be a huge down payment for a house, making my mortgage dirt cheap. I have to work quickly though because my parents are very old and I don't know how much longer they will be here, and who knows what happens after that? Compound that with the fact I have two special needs siblings, I need to get this done now.

Johnny_Nutcase posted...

You're gonna go crazy doing that and i'm gonna pay for. One day i'll just be sitting at a red light and if I wait one second when it turns green you're going to come unglued and rip my face off.... alll ...all for a few dollars. How do you sleep at night sir?

I'd never hurt you, Johnny.

I'd be too tired anyway.
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Lol oh man. I give it a month
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mattnd2007 posted...

When are you going to sleep

One job is 4 nights a week, the other 5 days a week. Basically all I will be doing is sleeping when not at work lol. Kind of works out because I have no friends or social life anyway.

Captain_Qwark posted...

Why?

Check one post above you. Essentially, I'm saving up for a house.

glitteringfairy posted...

Lol oh man. I give it a month

It's possible. But I'll never know if I can do it unless I try.
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Why do you want a house so bad?
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I've been thinking about living out of my car. I just can't affird to save for a house and pay rent at the sane time. I don't know how people do it
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Only excuse for working that much is if youre in residency.
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SaltyWet posted...

Why do you want a house so bad?

Because I want my own place where I can make my own life and live on my terms. Preferably somewhere quiet but not in the middle of no where. I just want it for myself and at this point I'm willing to do what it takes to get that. Whether or not my body and mind can keep up with that dream remains to be seen.

I'm an uneducated, average intelligence dude who has never went anywhere in life, so the only way I can get what I want is to put in the work and push myself to the absolute limit.
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Flockaveli posted...

Only excuse for working that much is if youre in residency.

I don't have the intelligence or skills for that.

This is my only real option.

I'll tell you one thing, come January I'll be posting a lot less here. Not that that changes much lol.
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One good thing about this is, if I'm not able to hold down two jobs, I can use this new job as a bargaining chip for my current employer to pay me more. And if they won't I can promptly tell them to suck my dick and power walk right out of that motherfucker.
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Good luck TC. That sounds awful.
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As someone who regularly work 80hr weeks i can tell you its doable for a few months straight but honestly after your 4th in a row youre going to want to punch yourself in the dick. A house isnt worth three years of your life tbh
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Godspeed. Who knows how high (or low) real estate will be in a few years.
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Why not just rent a place?
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You'll probably crack in less than a month. That much work is bad for your mental health.
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Jesus, learn how to weld or something then you will only need to have one job.

NeuralLaxative posted...

As someone who regularly work 80hr weeks i can tell you its doable for a few months straight but honestly after your 4th in a row youre going to want to punch yourself in the dick. A house isnt worth three years of your life tbh

Even if I could keep it up for just 6 months to a year that's a pretty good savings.

yunalenne10 posted...

Godspeed. Who knows how high (or low) real estate will be in a few years.

Yep. Hopefully when I do save enough, it'll be a buyers market.

Ryetoast posted...

Why not just rent a place?

The area I'd like to live in is too expensive to rent. I could go to a different area and live in the ghetto, but I'd rather not.

Trumpo posted...

Jesus, learn how to weld or something then you will only need to have one job.

I don't have the capacity or patience to learn a trade. I'm a really dumb uncoordinated dude. Lifelong retail worker here, lol.
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jeffhardyb0yz posted...

Im in the film/entertainment business. We regularly work 70+ weeks. Its manageable, but its not really enjoyable. Especially for the PAs who make minimum wage. Disgusting. I think Ive officially retired from PAing to a nice little setup that lets me work the same hours(with a lot less stress, responsibility, and 5x as much money thank god)

I hope theyre paying you well. Thats the only way youll enjoy those hours.

Nope, lol. One job, which I've been working at for 8 years is paying me $14.20/hr and I'm an assistant manager that does just as much work and even more physical labor then the boss, this new job is paying me $17.00/hr.

The hands I'm dealt for not being educated or particularly good at anything!
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jeffhardyb0yz posted...

I dont like the way you talk down about yourself. Its lame.

Sorry dude but I guess I just know who I am, and I'm idk I don't want to say at peace with it because deep down I'm not. I guess I just understand it?

idk
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That sounds horrible. Get some hobbies and try to establish a social life, work one job, and be happy.
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MARSDUDE posted...

That sounds horrible. Get some hobbies and try to establish a social life, work one job, and be happy.

My only hobby is playing video games and farting around on the PC. I'm not built for or well suited to a social life. I'm just a weird quiet dude who nobody really gets. I can fake it to get along with people at work but it never develops into any friendships.
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Hey give it a go, make that $$ and see how it is. If you don't like it, find something more suitable to your taste.
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I have been doing that since july.
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megamanfreakXD posted...

I have been doing that since july.

How you holding up man?
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I don't want to rain on your parade, but you're not gonna last long.
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billcom6 posted...

I don't want to rain on your parade, but you're not gonna last long.

I mean, I kind of win in all scenarios if I can hold out for at least a few months. If I like new job, I can either quit the old job or try to get more money and stay. If I hate or am meh about the new job I can still do the same and if the old job doesn't want to pay me I can tell them to eat shit and walk out. While working the new job I can look for an even newer, better job.

It's just science.
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Why dont you just try to get a good job?

Try, but dont let it crush you if you can't do it. The odds are that you cannot sustain that mentally nor physically for that amount of time.

doable for a while if it's three 24h shifts with days off in between, but since it's two jobs, scheduling is probably not going to work out like that and you'll burn out in less than a month

Fairness posted...

Why dont you just try to get a good job?

I have been. This new job actually is a good job, money wise. It's only 32 hours a week as opposed to my current job which is 40, and it pays $3/hr more. My hope is that I can balance the two for a little while. I'm all good with slacking right the fuck off at my old job because it's what those bitches deserve.

Kaiganeer posted...

doable for a while if it's three 24h shifts with days off in between, but since it's two jobs, scheduling is probably not going to work out like that and you'll burn out in less than a month

Only one way to find out, lol. One is 4 nights a week the other is 5 days a week, and I get sick days at both so if I'm super overwhelmed one day I can always take an extra day off and get paid for it at either both of them or one of them.
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I did 60+ hours for like 10 years of my life. I had weekends off though where I would sleep all day and have a social life at night. My gf worked similar hours for a good 5 years. Both of us work much better jobs now and work more traditional hours.

It's definitely do-able. Most people that say you can't do it have never actually tried. I traded my youth for security and I'm happy with that choice. Now I can afford to either not work for years or retire early. It's a huge weight off your shoulders to go from struggling to pay rent to having money. Not bring able to pay bills made me feel way worse than working all of the time.

My advice is to develop a strict routine. When things are tough you use your routine to prop yourself up and get through the day. If you have good friends they'll understand and not give you shit. You'll still see them.
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Move to a different area Jesus Christ.

Where I live it is totally possible to get a house and a good bit of land if you make at least 1k a month.
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The only people who work 70+ a week and stay sane are people making mad bank to show for it, such as lawyers, doctors, and entrepreneurs. If they're both menial jobs you will lose.
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sounds miserable; good luck.
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I'm rooting for you man.
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TC have you heard of life insurance? You should buy it for your parents.
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The_Theorum posted...

Move to a different area Jesus Christ.

Where I live it is totally possible to get a house and a good bit of land if you make at least 1k a month.

This is on the table if things don't work out for me. But you have to understand I help pay my parents mortgage and also help take care of my handicapped siblings so I can't move too far away, and the place I move to either needs to be extremely cheap or I need to make a lot of money.
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Now imagine all the boomers that bought sports cars from their part time jobs in high school and then bought nice houses after dropping out of school for literally any job.
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foreverzero212 posted...

Now imagine all the boomers that bought sports cars from their part time jobs in high school and then bought nice houses after dropping out of school for literally any job.

I can't worry about or get mad at that because there's nothing I can do about it.
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Sure you can, Kanye calls that slave mentality and it's what our masters are banking on. Join me in the streets with the French vests to demand medicare for all and a living wage.
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foreverzero212 posted...

Now imagine all the boomers that bought sports cars from their part time jobs in high school and then bought nice houses after dropping out of school for literally any job.

I stayed the night with my parents last night for Christmas. My dad was telling me about one of his HS friends that bought a 69 GTO Judge in 1971 with his part time job. My dad had a 56 chevy and later an Austin Healy 3000 with the seats being fighter jet seats he bought at a the Boeing surplus store for like $20 a piece. All from his part time job at a country club.

My Grandpa bought his brand new construction Seattle house in 1970 for $18,000. He was a border patrol agent and was making $21k a year then.

I make ~2x the median salary of the area and my house was still 3x my salary for a dump that was a total fixer upper I bought.

Shits crazy.
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Is it a bad idea to start hitting the gym 4-5 days a week while doing this? lol
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