Overheard a guy at the tire shop say his day job is what pays for his real hobbies and it made me wonder if I'm doing it backwards

I spend all my gas money on gear for my weekend woodworking projects, but then I drive 10 hours a day delivering packages and barely have energy to pick up a chisel, so should I be finding a boring 9 to 5 that leaves me more fuel for the stuff I actually like doing?

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milarodriguez17d ago

My buddy tried that whole "boring 9-5 for more energy" thing. He quit his warehouse job for data entry and now he just stares at a screen all day dreaming about his weekend projects instead of actually doing them. The tiredness is still there, just a different flavor. I think people romanticize having a "real job" that funds hobbies, but that just turns your hobbies into a reward for surviving the week instead of something you actually want to do.

rose_reed17d ago

Makes you wonder if the whole system is just designed to drain you no matter what you do. Maybe there's no job that leaves you enough energy for the life you actually want.

violaramirez17d ago

milarodriguez that line about "hobbies turning into a reward for surviving the week" really got me. It's like you spend five days just waiting to live, and then you're too worn out to actually do it. The tiredness being a different flavor is so true. Desk jobs have their own kind of drain that people don't talk about. It's not physical, but it still leaves you empty.