I just might survive this

I’m scared to say I’m almost starting to like my job. My major gripe about this job was the hours: second shift, OT, and weekends at my main job, and part time at another job that I am trying to leverage into a career. What free time I have is when my friends are working so I have little/no life outside than work. But I went out Friday night, and you know what? I had a good time and I didn’t fall asleep at my desk on Saturday anymore than usual.

So at least I still have one night a week to hang out. I don’t drink so I don’t have to worry about waking up for work with a hangover. The people at my job are very nice and I actually feel good when I walk in there. The only times I mind it are actually when I’m NOT there (thinking about how I have no life) or when I am there late, things slow down, and almost everyone else has left and it’s hard to keep myself entertained.

After my rent and everything’s paid I do make a healthy deposit into my bank account (since I don’t spend as much money as people with lives).

Still, it wouldn't be worth putting the rest of my life on hold if I weren't learning a valuable skill that I couldn’t learn anywhere else. I don’t want to go into detail about that until I have quit the job (just in case anyone I work with reads this), but let’s just say it is a skill I really want to pick up. Anyway, I’ll probably give it a couple of more months so I can continue to learn this skill and then I’ll move on to something with better hours.


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Submitted by whatisgoingon on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 08:14.

Good for you Buzzn. Sounds like work isn't really an issue at all for you. If you had any kind of a social life you sound as one who'd be happy running in literal hamster wheel 8 hours a day.

Submitted by PoetWithADayJob on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 19:23.

Right on, Buzzn. Glad to hear at least one of us around here is having some good luck. Keep us posted and here's hoping things only get better.

Submitted by BuzznFrog on Thu, 01/10/2008 - 00:50.

I hope that everyone will have the luck that I've had in looking for a job. Basically I was sitting across from another BS toting recruiter when she said, "So based on you resume, I can offer you telemarketing, data entry, and X." And what were the odds but X actually interested me and is a great job to have until I find something I can make a career out of.

Never, ever give up hope that you will find a decent job that you like doing or a job that you don't really like but pays you a sh*tload!

PS I'll go into all the details of what my job is as soon as I quit.