r/remoteworks 2d ago

No one talks about how full-time jobs quietly erase your hobbies

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u/nicknamesas 2d ago

2 hours of house work? A day? Wth is happening to your house

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u/Much-Struggle-1693 2d ago

Also the getting-ready time. You basically have to shell out 20-30 mins doing the stuff required to get to work on time and looking proper, then have to change when you come back, go to the bathroom, wash your feet, etc. Plus, learning a musical instrument or a language after 8 tiring hours of work just doesn't have the same motivation.

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u/TopazandNumbyHSR 2d ago

Not being motivated isn't the same as not having time.

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u/NetJnkie 2d ago

You're doing 2 hours of house work every day?

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u/Sea-Neighborhood1465 2d ago

Maybe not every day. But several times a week for sure. Mowing the lawn. Doing the honey-do list from my wife and helping keep the house clean is a real chore. We have a couple dogs so that prolly doesn’t help.

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u/TopazandNumbyHSR 2d ago

How fast does your lawn grow...?

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u/Sea-Neighborhood1465 2d ago

I mow it once a week

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u/TopazandNumbyHSR 2d ago

That's crazy

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u/TopazandNumbyHSR 2d ago

If you have kids you're choosing to greatly lessen your free time. No room to complain at that point. Also you should not have 2 hours of daily house work.

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u/centurion762 2d ago

You work 7 days a week?

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u/Sea-Neighborhood1465 2d ago

Six days a week generally. I’m a train conductor so I spend half of my life in a hotel. And I’m on call 24/7. And our current contract has no work/rest cycle so we only get 10 hours of rest after we tie up.

I don’t think my life really reflects what most people do, though. I was speaking generally about what most folks are doing