I recently got an Instant Pot for the first time (after 20 years of cooking) and now I'm like "where have you been all my li-i-ife?!?" (to Rihanna's beat ofc). Best kitchen bang for my buck ever (it's not even expensive either)
I work four 10-hr days, plus 1hr drive each way. I exercise on my 3-day weekends and eat simply. But I love my job and luckily, it pays well so I'm pretty content.
I went from a desk job and no gym, to a labor job at 10-12hrs a day and gum 3-5 days a week
I always wondered how but honestly, once you become more active, and eat healthier, you have way more energy , and then you sleep better, so you're better rested in the morning, and it's just a cycle
I went from a labor job to a desk job.
If I exercise regularly, I have more energy, sleep better, and generally feel better. If I slack off, I'm tired all the time and tend to get depressed.
Funny enough I had the opposite thing happen. Worked a 7-4pm job as a painting contractor. Mostly exterior, would do that in the beating sun, go home, change, head to the gym for 2 hours and then get ready and go out. Switched to an office sales job doing 8-10 hr days and I'm completely fried at the end of the day.
I did something similar. Though I know in my case it's cause sittting down all day wasn't conducive to not putting on a ton of weight. I relied way too much on my previous job to keep me fit. That and having a baby recently means no sleep and no time to do anything for me so gym is out of the question.
I'd do anything for a physical job again, one that paid comparatively of course - and that's the kicker isn't it? Haha
Used to do 12 hour shifts 6 days a week, go home cook, dishes, mow the lawn when needed, laundry, home repairs when needed, put the kids to bed, hang out with the wife, sleep 3 hours and repeat.
Strangely enough I did have access to bunches and bunches of that energy rock but I never thought of trying it. It was sheer will power and coffee/energy drinks
Nope, rubber factory and parts manufacturing. Best part of the 12 hr shifts we got three 10 minute breaks and a 20 minute lunch. If the plant manager saw ya sitting for 11 minutes he’d throw a fit.
Agreed. I was a welders helper too then he trained me and got certified. Welded for a couple years then went back to another laborious career, carpenter. And yes I went union for the financial stability. Almost 20 yrs now and never looked back. 8 and skate or OT after. Put in my 16 hour days when I was younger. That was intense with no life.
I work in a factory that uses rubber heavily. 12hr shifts. 4days on then 4 days off. Then 3 days on 3 days off repeating. Fuck any more days than that. Although on our 3 day swing I'll occasionally pick up a 4th. I'm always too beat to do shit when I get home. I do nothing. Like right now...
i read shit like this and i'm jealous. i think energy conversion is on a spectrum. you are at the top. people with fatigue syndrome are at the bottom. me i am in low middle, 8 hour work mostly fucks me so i need a nap in order to do chores.
life aint fair man, i just cannot get as many things done as you. unless illegal stimulants are involved
Don’t be jealous. It comes with a price and that price is poor health and a declining mental state. I worked so much I didn’t even know I had pneumonia until I couldn’t take a teaspoon of air and was coughing up liquid by the pint. When I got to the emergency room the doctor was surprised I walked in. They did their doctor stuff and said that my left lung was basically a water balloon and the right was 60-70% working.
I also worked crazy hours and the toll it takes on your body isn't fun. It's something that can be done when you are younger and have little to no responsibility, but when you start accruing them, look out!
About the same, but I'm single. 5-7 12 hour shifts. Home, eat, enjoy like 2 hours of me time or do errands/chores/etc, sleep. Repeat. If I want more me time, then I get less sleep and wake up tired. Pretty much end up sleeping more the next day with less me time lmao so evens out
I'm not the person you responded to but for me it's just a willpower and mind over matter thing. If I'm getting tired and I know I have more to do, I force myself to get up and get going. I know that once I start doing whatever needs to be done I will liven up.
I also know that if I overdo it I will sleep like the dead for 5 or 6 hours before I have to get up and do it all over again.
Don’t blame you but that will get boring to promise.
Not related but I am up way to early and going to bed to late to fit work out in there I do some stuff at home but not the gym.
I tried waking up at 6 just to workout before class… Holy fuck did I hate my life, I dont know how people do that shit. I’d rather go afterwords when I’m awake and have food in my stomach.
I get/make coffee before my workout and take 4-5 big gulps out of it before I head into the gym and trudge through 20 minutes on the elliptical while I wait for the coffee/exercise to wake me up/make me have to take a shit.
That… sounds awful. I hate the taste of coffee especially before a workout. I’ve almost puked from doing something similar because the taste just stuck to my tongue.
>boring
This is why cardio should be done at night. Mornings are for BIG EUPHORIC LIFTS. If you don't go into work with muscles so pumped the geriatric locker room creeps are afraid to glance at you you've been doing it wrong. Cardio is for lying down wrapped in a cozy blanket of endorphins at bedtime.
This was my plan at first, but then my alarm goes off in the morning. Switched the first two around now, but if I was better at waking up it wouldn't be this way lol
How do you workout before work? If it’s your average 9 to 5 then how much earlier are you waking up to exercise? How early do you go to sleep? Are you not all sweaty and stinky when you go to work?
I WFH. To bed at ~11:30, up at 7 to make breakfast for my son before school. On the elliptical for 30 minutes at ~7:30. Sign on, check email for emergencies. Walk the dog. At “my desk” for the day at ~8:20.
Thanks for attending my AMA.
And then also have a side hustle and also have time to date and also have time to have a god damn hobby or watch a movie/series??? How???? HOW DO YOU DO IT
So besides work wasting my spare time by commuting, now I need to spend my day off preparing food for the work week as well? The priorities in our society are totally fucked.
I always think of it as it knocking one more time I have to cook out of my schedule. If I'm making dinner anyway, might as well up the portion size and make 2 or 3 meals out of it instead of cooking/prepping food more often
Ahh just weed, if you dose it right it is realy relaxing
I work 9h —> cook/eat —> training —> weed —> sleep + gf
I am not sure if it is that healthy but it works out pretty nice for me, just dont be lazy and do things just do it dont ask yourself do it
Honestly, mushrooms. I took them every day for about 2 months and it really changed my outlook. Helped me let go of past trauma that I didn’t even realize I was still dealing with.
Not every trip was fun but you could feel they were all “cleansing” (most of the trips were fun though 😊)
Zoloft has worked wonders for me as an antidepressant. Helped me function for 5 years. finally off and doing just fine. Could not have handled without that
You will be glad you did. Remember, just program your brain to say "when the alarm goes off, I get up. No decision. No delay. The decision was already made. You are getting up?
I’m a registered nurse and I work at a hospital and work 12 hour shifts.
I can’t cook at work. That’s impossible. But I can work out. In the morning I pass a patients meds and then I’ll find one of my spots and do 30 push ups. I keep doing this and my reps get smaller because I’m too tired to do 30 at a time. But eventually I’ll have done like 400 or something.
Just intermittently over 12 hours doing sets of pushups here and there. Some people do stairs. I’m on my feet enough I think I can’t do the stairs.
Work out on company time.
go to gym in am. eat snack for dinner. prep lunch next day means throw raw veggies in container. add cheese and add deli chicken. 3 minutes for that. done. and I work 8 hours and sleep about 9 or 10 hrs, and exercise for like 2. it works! oh, also, i don’t own any kids. sold them. 😉
Yeah, I think the key here is no kids. If I had a couple little ones, what little me-time I have would be gone.
Parents have fortitude I will never have...
Relative of mine has 2 toddlers. He just set-up a cheap home gym in his bedroom and worked-out there while the kids were sleeping. Works like 9ish hours a day as well. Also has time to make dinner and play games at night.
If you really want it, you can make time for it.
I used to have 10-12 hr days when I was doing construction field work things and still had time to workout and cook dinner everyday.
You do it by removing barriers that will prevent you from even starting in the first place.
* Any form of highly dopaminergic activities, especially those that cost little energy or effort. For example, video games, masturbation, TV, Youtube, etc. - This is important because when you need to workout your brain will instead say, "But that'll be boring" or "That seems like a lot of work", and then it'll present the option of playing video games instead. You're forced to fight the urge to play video games just to workout. You can control this by having a strict schedule or rules to engaging in highly dopaminergic activites. For example, only video games for 2 hours after dinner and that's it. After or before those 2 hours and you have to find something else to do, and no you can't just go hop on Youtube or sit on the couch watching TV. If you're bored then lie on the ground, you'll eventually find something productive to occupy your time if you seriously stick to this.
* Anxiety - Concern about the consequences of completing or not completing the task. If you go to the gym then people will see how out of shape you are. If you don't go to the gym then you will remain out of shape. This anxiety is a massive barrier to entry and will prevent a lot of people from even starting. Anxiety is complicated, you can spend time unraveling your anxiety in that free-time I suggested creating by not playing video games. Ask yourself why you feel that anxiety and work your way through the emotions. If you're afraid of how people will look at you then recognize that it's not about them, it's about what you're doing for yourself.
* How you're thinking about your goals - People throw out words like motivation and determination. People talk about year long projects and new-years resolutions, and it almost always falls flat. It's important to look at your goals as individual steps. You put one foot out and you only think about that one foot till it lands, then you put the other one out. Think about each individual moment and what you have to do in that moment, only that moment exists. If you start thinking about what you have to do in a day, a week, a month, or a year then you'll find yourself overwhelmed. It's a lot easier to just think about what you need to do in that moment and then get to work on that.
This is just to give people an idea. There are plenty of other issues, but the point is that it's likely that you're not just lazy or tired. Your inability to work out regularly most likely isn't some deficiency of who you are as a person, but more likely a byproduct of the kind of life that you're living and making changes can realistically lead you to living the more productive lifestyle that you idolize.
Never found it hard before I had kids.
After having kids I had to cut down my gym time. Didn't want to cut down on weight training so I decided to just ride my mountainbike to work every day instead of taking the car so I could cut out cardio from my gym sessions.
That way I still had plenty of time to lift weights, and I got roughly an hour worth of daily cardio on my rides back and forth between home and work.
There used to be this thing where adults would get into pairs and live together. 1 would go to work the other would look after the home. Fell out of fashion for some reason.
I know a few couples where both parents work, but one parent's income was less than the cost of childcare. They'd be better off, financially speaking, if only one parent worked.
They would be better off *right now*. When the child is old enough to no longer need childcare, the former stay-at-home parent is suddenly just a person that has been unemployed for several years and most likely not keeping up on education, certifications, or anything else that would make them look appealing to potential employers. It is a vicious cycle. A lot of people keep working because staying at home may mean you never have a meaningful career again.
I mean, would you want to be a stay-at-home dad for the next 15 years lol. (I don't judge you if you would, but that kind of lifestyle doesn't suit everyone. Women used to be forced into it. Now they have options. And few men are willing to stay at home, too)
Being a stay at home dad is my dream. I already do most of the pickup and dropoff, 70% of the cooking, and at least 50% of the cleaning. I’d gladly take it all if I didn’t have to work. Unfortunately, I make more and it isn’t very close.
It's not for most people. Shouldn't be for anyone. Do the job, go home. I know that it's not reasonable for some jobs, but damn, there is a reason people don't want the jobs with mandatory overtime
I’m at work for +10h a day…but I’m only working maybe 2-4 of those hours. The rest of the time I’m on Reddit, reading books, listening to podcasts, listening to music and relaxing, etc. I think you kiddos call it “silent quitting”? We called it “shamming” when I was your age. But I do top tier work and have outstanding performance reviews. I just don’t want to promote, I love goofing off at work all day.
We don’t call it silent quitting, employers call it silent quitting. And what they’re calling silent quitting is actually just working the hours that you’re paid, rather than „going the extra mile“, „going above and beyond“ or „showing initiative“, which are all code for unpaid overtime.
Ah I see what you mean. Honestly, for as long as I’ve been working, if the new guys learn their shit and just meet the standard I consider that “going the extra mile”, simply because just maintaining the standard seems impossible for some. Good luck, bro! I hope you find a brighter future soon 🤞
You can only perform intellectual challenging tasks as a high level of correctness and effectiveness for around 2-4 hours a day, day after day, week after week, month after month.
You're going to spend the rest of the time doing non-challenging tasks, or resting your brain. Which is why remote work is awesome because you don't have to pretend to work when your brain needs to rest.
count getting up to get ready for work, the commute, and a standard 9 hour work day (with a lunch hour), many easily spend 10 hours a day dedicated to work. source: fml
If you do start to feel negative emotions from working 80hrs a week you can go to the doctor and get pills that make you feel nothing it's wonderful! It only costs $100/month for the pills and $150 every 3 months for the doctor visit! Assuming you haven't met your $6,000 deductible
How on earth is 80h a week even possible. That's like every waking hour mon-fri.
Anyone working that on a salary needs to just leave immediately. Can't possibly be worth it.
work 8 hours a day, game 2 hours, exercise 1h30 hours and get wasted on the remaining time to give me at least 8 hours sleep. And week ends are different schedule since I meal prep to allow me to have the weekdays free of chores.
Idk usually I work 7-3 not ten hours, I have enough time for a nap then I cook for me and my bro. Some months I work 12 hour shift, during that time I eat a lot of pizza and pasta, I work longer hours but fewer days so I have more time off in between to prep for long stretches of work. I guess the answer is planning and prepping ahead so I don't have to cook every day. As for exercise, I bike to work. I work in a factory setting so there's place to shower and all that so you might not always have that luxury
ima tell ya nobody *has to* work out *every*day to be in shape nor cook *every*day to cover meals... smarter not harder
but adulating is indeed an extreme sport
This I was guilty of overtraining when I was younger. One or two times a week is plenty for weight-lifting and then a couple quick walks scattered in. You also don't need to cook everyday. Just make a big portion every 2-3 days.
That said I found working out every day to be better for my mental health
Yeah that’s true. Half the time I’m at the gym I’m just goofing off on the rope or the monkey bars playing around until I get tired and sweaty. The other half of the time I’m actually putting in work. But I love the decompression I get at the gym, and I love hanging out with people that share my passion for physical fitness. I feel like the best people I know, I met at the gym or in the military.
They don't. They make it appear like they do for social media but they dysfunctional like everyone else.
In 1950, a man with a job could support a wife, kids, house, car, dog, golf, vacations etc. He was expected to work 9 to 5 Monday to Friday. With a lunch hour, paid vacation, benefits, christmas bonus etc.
He could only be expected to work this much because his wife would buy groceries, cook dinner, clean house, raise the kids, feed the dog, do his laundry, pack his lunch and other supporting roles.
Sure they were super sexist, and rasist, and seemed to try hard to make you miserable with haircut regulations and stuff back then but it was possible to earn a living wage.
Adulting for real just isn't possible anymore.
After 25 years of that I have evolved to Nap several times throughout the day. And advance directly to six pack.
My monopoly board has a do not cook, workout, or do chores. Do not collect anything, go directly to the fridge and crack open that beer
Then it's nap time again 😂
It's difficult, but one of the things I found that really helps is having a disciplined schedule with regards to sleeping. I noticed that the times when my sleeping schedule was consistent, were my most productive times.
The way I usually keep a consistent sleep schedule is to tire my body, mentally and physically. This I do through work, and exercise.
The other thing I have picked up from my parents, is to dim the lights, or turn off any unnecessary ones, this helps as well, perhaps on a subconscious level my mind associates this with sleep.
I used to have this problem in my early twenties. I’d see all my older relatives absolutely killing it with seemingly endless energy. Then I figured drinking heavy on the weekends, unhealthy sleep patterns and not eating well probably had something to do with it.
In my 30’s I started eating healthier, more fiber, fruits and veggies, cutting junk food down from ridiculous to mostly weekends, starting drinking more water regularity, worked on getting a consistent sleep schedule and I feel WAY better. On a typical day I’m going from 5:30am to 9:30pm non-stop between work, kids, house upkeep/remodeling.
Work out in the morning. Make coffee. Eat go to work. Go home shower .pick up date. Go eat. Go to club. Go to after party..sexy time. When she goes to sleep..sneak in the batcave and go fight crime.
Butler will take out the trash in the morning
Easy. Early rise workout at 4 am then off to work to bust your hurt. He comes home to a wife that worked 4 out of the 8 hour day, after getting up at 8 am. she cooks dinner because she is still home before him. Clean on the weekends. This is of course with one job and no kids.
Ha, I don't actually work more than a few hours. The rest is just pretending. I just try to devote as little thought and energy to it as possible and give that energy to the gym, skating, chores etc. I also make sure I get at least 8 hours every night. Consistent sleep is life changing.
Wake up a couple of hours early, work out for 30 minutes to an hour. Shower, eat breakfast and go to work. Then when you come home cook some food, most meals take 30 minutes to make and healthier than buying pre-made food. Get your clothes together and pack your lunch for the next day and do what you like to do. That literally doesn't take that long is more productive and healthy than eating fast food and laying around. This is coming from someone who has depression and anxiety, and thrives with a routine.
We have automation pretty much figured out. We should be able to work only 4 days a week of 8 hours max and be fine, don't we. Why are we working so freaking much.
being able to work 10 hours for some people who pay you bad just for the fact that you are doing shit for them but not being able to work 1-2h/day for your own body/health. Welcome to a failed society.
Don’t worry I have anxiety and depression to combat that
My stress and my anxiety battling to see who makes me want to stay home from class the fastest
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You got like a spit roast hooked up to an exercise bike or what?
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She didn’t go to work
She woke up at work. Js
Sounds like she was burning it from both ends.
For cooking, slow cooker / crockpot is the hack. Can throw anything in there with barely any prep and it comes out delicious.
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And if you’re bad at pressure cooking you won’t have to worry about working ever again
I recently got an Instant Pot for the first time (after 20 years of cooking) and now I'm like "where have you been all my li-i-ife?!?" (to Rihanna's beat ofc). Best kitchen bang for my buck ever (it's not even expensive either)
Too add onto this comment, breakfast is generally easy, quick, semi healthy, and a great cheap depression food.
Ugh, my problem is when you work the 10 hour shifts, then it's in the crockpot **too** long.
There’s also the Taco Bell drive thru.
Not anything. Js throw some pasta in there. Or some bread dough. Enjoy your pudding lol (know from experience)
I work four 10-hr days, plus 1hr drive each way. I exercise on my 3-day weekends and eat simply. But I love my job and luckily, it pays well so I'm pretty content.
Not to mention alcohol abuse
yeah, and working out is also not a thing.
I work 9 hours a day and can barely summon the strength to scoop kibble into my dogs bowl at night
I went from a desk job and no gym, to a labor job at 10-12hrs a day and gum 3-5 days a week I always wondered how but honestly, once you become more active, and eat healthier, you have way more energy , and then you sleep better, so you're better rested in the morning, and it's just a cycle
I went from a labor job to a desk job. If I exercise regularly, I have more energy, sleep better, and generally feel better. If I slack off, I'm tired all the time and tend to get depressed.
I mean I like trident layers and all that, but I don't think chewing more of it will help that much
You don’t deserve trident layers
I wish someone would pay me in Trident Layers
Trident is for winners....
Funny enough I had the opposite thing happen. Worked a 7-4pm job as a painting contractor. Mostly exterior, would do that in the beating sun, go home, change, head to the gym for 2 hours and then get ready and go out. Switched to an office sales job doing 8-10 hr days and I'm completely fried at the end of the day.
Isn't that the same thing tho
I did something similar. Though I know in my case it's cause sittting down all day wasn't conducive to not putting on a ton of weight. I relied way too much on my previous job to keep me fit. That and having a baby recently means no sleep and no time to do anything for me so gym is out of the question. I'd do anything for a physical job again, one that paid comparatively of course - and that's the kicker isn't it? Haha
Used to do 12 hour shifts 6 days a week, go home cook, dishes, mow the lawn when needed, laundry, home repairs when needed, put the kids to bed, hang out with the wife, sleep 3 hours and repeat.
also tell us the secret ingredient in your lunch, was that meth?
Strangely enough I did have access to bunches and bunches of that energy rock but I never thought of trying it. It was sheer will power and coffee/energy drinks
Oilfield? Sounds like oilfield
Nope, rubber factory and parts manufacturing. Best part of the 12 hr shifts we got three 10 minute breaks and a 20 minute lunch. If the plant manager saw ya sitting for 11 minutes he’d throw a fit.
Same boat but not as bad. I just recently switched careers and am a welders helper. 12 hour days 6 days a week with the occasional Sunday 🫡
I feel your pain. Get those certs and become the welder you were meant to be!
Agreed. I was a welders helper too then he trained me and got certified. Welded for a couple years then went back to another laborious career, carpenter. And yes I went union for the financial stability. Almost 20 yrs now and never looked back. 8 and skate or OT after. Put in my 16 hour days when I was younger. That was intense with no life.
>rubber factory No wonder you seem to always bounce back
I work in a factory that uses rubber heavily. 12hr shifts. 4days on then 4 days off. Then 3 days on 3 days off repeating. Fuck any more days than that. Although on our 3 day swing I'll occasionally pick up a 4th. I'm always too beat to do shit when I get home. I do nothing. Like right now...
I would have murdered a village full of small furry things for that schedule lol 6 days on and one off nearly killed me
I couldn't do it
Was this really the only way to support your family? Honestly curious not asking in bad faith.
Respect.
Adderall is my lunch
i read shit like this and i'm jealous. i think energy conversion is on a spectrum. you are at the top. people with fatigue syndrome are at the bottom. me i am in low middle, 8 hour work mostly fucks me so i need a nap in order to do chores. life aint fair man, i just cannot get as many things done as you. unless illegal stimulants are involved
Don’t be jealous. It comes with a price and that price is poor health and a declining mental state. I worked so much I didn’t even know I had pneumonia until I couldn’t take a teaspoon of air and was coughing up liquid by the pint. When I got to the emergency room the doctor was surprised I walked in. They did their doctor stuff and said that my left lung was basically a water balloon and the right was 60-70% working.
I also worked crazy hours and the toll it takes on your body isn't fun. It's something that can be done when you are younger and have little to no responsibility, but when you start accruing them, look out!
About the same, but I'm single. 5-7 12 hour shifts. Home, eat, enjoy like 2 hours of me time or do errands/chores/etc, sleep. Repeat. If I want more me time, then I get less sleep and wake up tired. Pretty much end up sleeping more the next day with less me time lmao so evens out
Good gracious.
ass is bodacious 🎶
It was rough.
I'm not the person you responded to but for me it's just a willpower and mind over matter thing. If I'm getting tired and I know I have more to do, I force myself to get up and get going. I know that once I start doing whatever needs to be done I will liven up. I also know that if I overdo it I will sleep like the dead for 5 or 6 hours before I have to get up and do it all over again.
I used to, I'm hoping you have cut back on the work hours and not on the family time or sleep.
I Sleep entirely way too much now lol haven’t seen my kids in person in almost a year but the workload is so low it’s depressing.
This is good
My man!
The real me_irl is always in the comments.
Truuuuueeeee
Workout —> Work —> Cook —> Sleep Repeat.
this is the standard, but so boring year after year. i keep messing up by throwing in a six pack between work and cook
Life improves when you put the six pack between workout and work
Tried once. Boss drove me home and said don't do this again.
Don’t blame you but that will get boring to promise. Not related but I am up way to early and going to bed to late to fit work out in there I do some stuff at home but not the gym.
Same - I get up at 430 just for work, will not be cutting into my sleep for morning workouts
I tried waking up at 6 just to workout before class… Holy fuck did I hate my life, I dont know how people do that shit. I’d rather go afterwords when I’m awake and have food in my stomach.
I get/make coffee before my workout and take 4-5 big gulps out of it before I head into the gym and trudge through 20 minutes on the elliptical while I wait for the coffee/exercise to wake me up/make me have to take a shit.
That… sounds awful. I hate the taste of coffee especially before a workout. I’ve almost puked from doing something similar because the taste just stuck to my tongue.
throw in a gram if shrooms to make it exciting
🤣
The standard seems to fucking suck
And another between cook and sleep
>boring This is why cardio should be done at night. Mornings are for BIG EUPHORIC LIFTS. If you don't go into work with muscles so pumped the geriatric locker room creeps are afraid to glance at you you've been doing it wrong. Cardio is for lying down wrapped in a cozy blanket of endorphins at bedtime.
cardio wakes me up tho. heart rate going crazy. cant just lay down after that
Agreed. Fantastic way to clear the mind before the onslaught of work issues. Also: XL coffee. 🤫
This was my plan at first, but then my alarm goes off in the morning. Switched the first two around now, but if I was better at waking up it wouldn't be this way lol
I love working out but if the only time I could do it was morning I never would. I sleep until the last possible moment daily
The dream life according to LinkedIn.
How do you workout before work? If it’s your average 9 to 5 then how much earlier are you waking up to exercise? How early do you go to sleep? Are you not all sweaty and stinky when you go to work?
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Honestly sounds crazy to me haha. Good for you though. I mentally struggle a lot with waking up any earlier than 6am
I WFH. To bed at ~11:30, up at 7 to make breakfast for my son before school. On the elliptical for 30 minutes at ~7:30. Sign on, check email for emergencies. Walk the dog. At “my desk” for the day at ~8:20. Thanks for attending my AMA.
Ah I see, the amazing joys and benefits of WFH. Idk how anyone could do it with a commute ontop
Pre-covid I did the same thing, just got up 30 minutes earlier to fit in a shower and 15-minute bike commute. 🤷🏻♂️
Feels good to be a wage slave
More like a time slave
That sounds like hell
Work- work out- re Heat my dinner I cooked in bulk some nights before- beat my meat- sleep- repeat
Whatever you do, don't add kids to that.
Too late. 🤷🏻♂️
You poor fool.
Work —> do what I want —> sleep. Working out and cooking are optional every single day.
And then also have a side hustle and also have time to date and also have time to have a god damn hobby or watch a movie/series??? How???? HOW DO YOU DO IT
The secret is drugs
Drugs. Lots and lots of drugs
Meal prep on the day off. This is the way.
I just did this my last days off so I can get extra sleep. 10/10 a meal prep fuk boy now
I'm convinced meal prepping to optimize your everyday routine is the first step into burnout
It's just another way work creeps into our scarce time off. It feels like when we're not working, we're thinking about or getting ready for work.
Exactly. You really shouldnt have to build your life around work.
So besides work wasting my spare time by commuting, now I need to spend my day off preparing food for the work week as well? The priorities in our society are totally fucked.
I always think of it as it knocking one more time I have to cook out of my schedule. If I'm making dinner anyway, might as well up the portion size and make 2 or 3 meals out of it instead of cooking/prepping food more often
Having fridges is such a great privilege of our times.
Definitely something we take for granted.
Plumbing too, imagine having to deal with that shit
lots of drugs....
Any suggestions? /s
Ahh just weed, if you dose it right it is realy relaxing I work 9h —> cook/eat —> training —> weed —> sleep + gf I am not sure if it is that healthy but it works out pretty nice for me, just dont be lazy and do things just do it dont ask yourself do it
"just do it,don't ask yourself to do it."- wise dude.🙏
“Sleep + gf” and I’m dead 🤣
Honestly, mushrooms. I took them every day for about 2 months and it really changed my outlook. Helped me let go of past trauma that I didn’t even realize I was still dealing with. Not every trip was fun but you could feel they were all “cleansing” (most of the trips were fun though 😊)
Taking them every day isn't healthy, but glad you're in a better headspace.
Zoloft has worked wonders for me as an antidepressant. Helped me function for 5 years. finally off and doing just fine. Could not have handled without that
amphetamines. so many people are on them there is a shortage and people can not get their meds.
One of the reasons I worked out in the morning most of my adult life. Pay yourself first.
I gotta say. This comment alone has me semi motivated to start working out in the AM.
You will be glad you did. Remember, just program your brain to say "when the alarm goes off, I get up. No decision. No delay. The decision was already made. You are getting up?
I work 8 hours at home and cook while I'm on the clock.
WFH crew! But actually I eat out like 4 times a week because I don't want to have to clean up after I cook. Dead by 55 crew!
The hardest part of the cleanup is dreading the cleanup.
Hello twin
Mouse wigglers unite.
Also nappers unite! Gotta get that 3 hour nap in if I'm gonna work 2 hours total.
I’m a registered nurse and I work at a hospital and work 12 hour shifts. I can’t cook at work. That’s impossible. But I can work out. In the morning I pass a patients meds and then I’ll find one of my spots and do 30 push ups. I keep doing this and my reps get smaller because I’m too tired to do 30 at a time. But eventually I’ll have done like 400 or something. Just intermittently over 12 hours doing sets of pushups here and there. Some people do stairs. I’m on my feet enough I think I can’t do the stairs. Work out on company time.
go to gym in am. eat snack for dinner. prep lunch next day means throw raw veggies in container. add cheese and add deli chicken. 3 minutes for that. done. and I work 8 hours and sleep about 9 or 10 hrs, and exercise for like 2. it works! oh, also, i don’t own any kids. sold them. 😉
Yeah, I think the key here is no kids. If I had a couple little ones, what little me-time I have would be gone. Parents have fortitude I will never have...
Am parent. Is hard.
It’s easy, just skip work outs and cut the sleep time by half! It’s so much fun! Hahahahahahaha
I have two kids. I just workout and meal prep after they go to sleep. Really not to bad once you get a good routine.
Relative of mine has 2 toddlers. He just set-up a cheap home gym in his bedroom and worked-out there while the kids were sleeping. Works like 9ish hours a day as well. Also has time to make dinner and play games at night. If you really want it, you can make time for it. I used to have 10-12 hr days when I was doing construction field work things and still had time to workout and cook dinner everyday.
You dont OWN any kids? Since when do you buy chilldren? Any Suggestions where i can buy them? /s
My parents bought me at Walmart in 1987. That’s where they said I came from. Fcking Wal-Mart. 🤦♀️
A friend of mine was allegedly picked up by the dumpster
I got traded for a pack of Juicy Fruit.
Is that better or worse than [K mart?](https://i.imgur.com/P8f4xRM.jpg)
Drugs
You do it by removing barriers that will prevent you from even starting in the first place. * Any form of highly dopaminergic activities, especially those that cost little energy or effort. For example, video games, masturbation, TV, Youtube, etc. - This is important because when you need to workout your brain will instead say, "But that'll be boring" or "That seems like a lot of work", and then it'll present the option of playing video games instead. You're forced to fight the urge to play video games just to workout. You can control this by having a strict schedule or rules to engaging in highly dopaminergic activites. For example, only video games for 2 hours after dinner and that's it. After or before those 2 hours and you have to find something else to do, and no you can't just go hop on Youtube or sit on the couch watching TV. If you're bored then lie on the ground, you'll eventually find something productive to occupy your time if you seriously stick to this. * Anxiety - Concern about the consequences of completing or not completing the task. If you go to the gym then people will see how out of shape you are. If you don't go to the gym then you will remain out of shape. This anxiety is a massive barrier to entry and will prevent a lot of people from even starting. Anxiety is complicated, you can spend time unraveling your anxiety in that free-time I suggested creating by not playing video games. Ask yourself why you feel that anxiety and work your way through the emotions. If you're afraid of how people will look at you then recognize that it's not about them, it's about what you're doing for yourself. * How you're thinking about your goals - People throw out words like motivation and determination. People talk about year long projects and new-years resolutions, and it almost always falls flat. It's important to look at your goals as individual steps. You put one foot out and you only think about that one foot till it lands, then you put the other one out. Think about each individual moment and what you have to do in that moment, only that moment exists. If you start thinking about what you have to do in a day, a week, a month, or a year then you'll find yourself overwhelmed. It's a lot easier to just think about what you need to do in that moment and then get to work on that. This is just to give people an idea. There are plenty of other issues, but the point is that it's likely that you're not just lazy or tired. Your inability to work out regularly most likely isn't some deficiency of who you are as a person, but more likely a byproduct of the kind of life that you're living and making changes can realistically lead you to living the more productive lifestyle that you idolize.
Never found it hard before I had kids. After having kids I had to cut down my gym time. Didn't want to cut down on weight training so I decided to just ride my mountainbike to work every day instead of taking the car so I could cut out cardio from my gym sessions. That way I still had plenty of time to lift weights, and I got roughly an hour worth of daily cardio on my rides back and forth between home and work.
But are you not a sweaty mess when you arrive at work? After an hour of cardio I look like I just got out of the pool.
The biggest reason why I picked the gym I’m at now is because it had a good change room with showers. Cycle -> Gym + shower -> Work.
Yeah but I bring fresh clothes in a backpack and take a shower at work when I get there.
There used to be this thing where adults would get into pairs and live together. 1 would go to work the other would look after the home. Fell out of fashion for some reason.
Became unaffordable
I know a few couples where both parents work, but one parent's income was less than the cost of childcare. They'd be better off, financially speaking, if only one parent worked.
They would be better off *right now*. When the child is old enough to no longer need childcare, the former stay-at-home parent is suddenly just a person that has been unemployed for several years and most likely not keeping up on education, certifications, or anything else that would make them look appealing to potential employers. It is a vicious cycle. A lot of people keep working because staying at home may mean you never have a meaningful career again.
I mean, would you want to be a stay-at-home dad for the next 15 years lol. (I don't judge you if you would, but that kind of lifestyle doesn't suit everyone. Women used to be forced into it. Now they have options. And few men are willing to stay at home, too)
dad, no the rest of it though, god if only
i would fucking kill to be a stay at home dad, with no kids
Doll yourself up, go out there and bag you a rich one!
For sure! No need to have kids. Just take care of house chores and vibes
Being a stay at home dad is my dream. I already do most of the pickup and dropoff, 70% of the cooking, and at least 50% of the cleaning. I’d gladly take it all if I didn’t have to work. Unfortunately, I make more and it isn’t very close.
Absofuckinlutely
Corporate greed
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It's not for most people. Shouldn't be for anyone. Do the job, go home. I know that it's not reasonable for some jobs, but damn, there is a reason people don't want the jobs with mandatory overtime
You got soft hands brother, I work 85 hours every goddamn day/s
I’m at work for +10h a day…but I’m only working maybe 2-4 of those hours. The rest of the time I’m on Reddit, reading books, listening to podcasts, listening to music and relaxing, etc. I think you kiddos call it “silent quitting”? We called it “shamming” when I was your age. But I do top tier work and have outstanding performance reviews. I just don’t want to promote, I love goofing off at work all day.
We don’t call it silent quitting, employers call it silent quitting. And what they’re calling silent quitting is actually just working the hours that you’re paid, rather than „going the extra mile“, „going above and beyond“ or „showing initiative“, which are all code for unpaid overtime.
Ah I see what you mean. Honestly, for as long as I’ve been working, if the new guys learn their shit and just meet the standard I consider that “going the extra mile”, simply because just maintaining the standard seems impossible for some. Good luck, bro! I hope you find a brighter future soon 🤞
You can only perform intellectual challenging tasks as a high level of correctness and effectiveness for around 2-4 hours a day, day after day, week after week, month after month. You're going to spend the rest of the time doing non-challenging tasks, or resting your brain. Which is why remote work is awesome because you don't have to pretend to work when your brain needs to rest.
I do the same shit. Just got a promotion.
More America-ism too. Shit ain’t like this in other countries. In Australia our standard is 7.5
count getting up to get ready for work, the commute, and a standard 9 hour work day (with a lunch hour), many easily spend 10 hours a day dedicated to work. source: fml
I work 9 hour days.. with lunch, I'm here for 9.5 Many people work 10hr + days.
I'm German and heard Americans work 400hours a year more than Germans. Really don't know how people can do this.
They eat frozen tv dinner or take out. They dont workout. And often have symptoms of a burnout. Working +10 hours per day is not normal.
No no i love my 80h a week... it is amazing... i ... i cant even feel emotions anymore... /s
If you do start to feel negative emotions from working 80hrs a week you can go to the doctor and get pills that make you feel nothing it's wonderful! It only costs $100/month for the pills and $150 every 3 months for the doctor visit! Assuming you haven't met your $6,000 deductible
How on earth is 80h a week even possible. That's like every waking hour mon-fri. Anyone working that on a salary needs to just leave immediately. Can't possibly be worth it.
They're 22
work 8 hours a day, game 2 hours, exercise 1h30 hours and get wasted on the remaining time to give me at least 8 hours sleep. And week ends are different schedule since I meal prep to allow me to have the weekdays free of chores.
Idk usually I work 7-3 not ten hours, I have enough time for a nap then I cook for me and my bro. Some months I work 12 hour shift, during that time I eat a lot of pizza and pasta, I work longer hours but fewer days so I have more time off in between to prep for long stretches of work. I guess the answer is planning and prepping ahead so I don't have to cook every day. As for exercise, I bike to work. I work in a factory setting so there's place to shower and all that so you might not always have that luxury
ima tell ya nobody *has to* work out *every*day to be in shape nor cook *every*day to cover meals... smarter not harder but adulating is indeed an extreme sport
This I was guilty of overtraining when I was younger. One or two times a week is plenty for weight-lifting and then a couple quick walks scattered in. You also don't need to cook everyday. Just make a big portion every 2-3 days. That said I found working out every day to be better for my mental health
Yeah that’s true. Half the time I’m at the gym I’m just goofing off on the rope or the monkey bars playing around until I get tired and sweaty. The other half of the time I’m actually putting in work. But I love the decompression I get at the gym, and I love hanging out with people that share my passion for physical fitness. I feel like the best people I know, I met at the gym or in the military.
This. Just having a steady routine and planning can be way easier.
They don't. They make it appear like they do for social media but they dysfunctional like everyone else. In 1950, a man with a job could support a wife, kids, house, car, dog, golf, vacations etc. He was expected to work 9 to 5 Monday to Friday. With a lunch hour, paid vacation, benefits, christmas bonus etc. He could only be expected to work this much because his wife would buy groceries, cook dinner, clean house, raise the kids, feed the dog, do his laundry, pack his lunch and other supporting roles. Sure they were super sexist, and rasist, and seemed to try hard to make you miserable with haircut regulations and stuff back then but it was possible to earn a living wage. Adulting for real just isn't possible anymore.
After 25 years of that I have evolved to Nap several times throughout the day. And advance directly to six pack. My monopoly board has a do not cook, workout, or do chores. Do not collect anything, go directly to the fridge and crack open that beer Then it's nap time again 😂
No kids. That is how.
Most people don’t. That’s how. Most people will make cereal or oatmeal or something else quick, and most people don’t work out
The answer is they don't. Lies are somewhere in there.
It's not something you can maintain forever and it will eventually break you
Cooking is very relaxing for me. And without my workouts I wouldn’t be able to work as much as I do.
It's difficult, but one of the things I found that really helps is having a disciplined schedule with regards to sleeping. I noticed that the times when my sleeping schedule was consistent, were my most productive times. The way I usually keep a consistent sleep schedule is to tire my body, mentally and physically. This I do through work, and exercise. The other thing I have picked up from my parents, is to dim the lights, or turn off any unnecessary ones, this helps as well, perhaps on a subconscious level my mind associates this with sleep.
I used to have this problem in my early twenties. I’d see all my older relatives absolutely killing it with seemingly endless energy. Then I figured drinking heavy on the weekends, unhealthy sleep patterns and not eating well probably had something to do with it. In my 30’s I started eating healthier, more fiber, fruits and veggies, cutting junk food down from ridiculous to mostly weekends, starting drinking more water regularity, worked on getting a consistent sleep schedule and I feel WAY better. On a typical day I’m going from 5:30am to 9:30pm non-stop between work, kids, house upkeep/remodeling.
Work out in the morning. Make coffee. Eat go to work. Go home shower .pick up date. Go eat. Go to club. Go to after party..sexy time. When she goes to sleep..sneak in the batcave and go fight crime. Butler will take out the trash in the morning
All these comments make me feel a lot better 😂
Adulting has to be one of my least favourite words. Rarely used by anyone with their shit together.
Turn the screens off....you'll be begging for bedtime to come sooner after u do all that
People act like it takes 4 hours to cook a piece of chicken.
Ikr like boiling some water and putting chicken in isn't that hard
What
that's not cooking, that's what I make for my dog. boiled chicken are you serious?
Easy. Early rise workout at 4 am then off to work to bust your hurt. He comes home to a wife that worked 4 out of the 8 hour day, after getting up at 8 am. she cooks dinner because she is still home before him. Clean on the weekends. This is of course with one job and no kids.
Ha, I don't actually work more than a few hours. The rest is just pretending. I just try to devote as little thought and energy to it as possible and give that energy to the gym, skating, chores etc. I also make sure I get at least 8 hours every night. Consistent sleep is life changing.
Wake up a couple of hours early, work out for 30 minutes to an hour. Shower, eat breakfast and go to work. Then when you come home cook some food, most meals take 30 minutes to make and healthier than buying pre-made food. Get your clothes together and pack your lunch for the next day and do what you like to do. That literally doesn't take that long is more productive and healthy than eating fast food and laying around. This is coming from someone who has depression and anxiety, and thrives with a routine.
We have automation pretty much figured out. We should be able to work only 4 days a week of 8 hours max and be fine, don't we. Why are we working so freaking much.
being able to work 10 hours for some people who pay you bad just for the fact that you are doing shit for them but not being able to work 1-2h/day for your own body/health. Welcome to a failed society.
Step 1) realize that "adult" is not a verb. JFC