so recently I’ve been looking for jobs. it’s probably best that I start off part time, but im feeling ambitious and well and I want to make some money.
the only problem with full time work is I would have little time each day free. for example from where I live now, it would be an hour commute each way, so 2 hours on the road. and then 10 hours at work. most of the warehouse jobs hiring are 5 days a week 10 hour shifts, with overtime as needed. so in a given day, other than my 2 days off, I would only have 2 hours free. since I take about an hour, to shave, shower, get dressed, and use the bathroom. I only stay up 15 hours a day, and get plenty of sleep. 9 hours a night.
I guess in a way it would be nice if I have the weekends off, and I could get excused absences for dr. appts. and my depot, to give me a day off during the week sporadically. if I had weekends free, I would probably have more of a social life and could get together with friends since they all work weekdays.
I know it’s probably smarter to go back to work part time but im feeling so ambitious, I want to pay off my place, and fix it up some, and I could do that faster if I worked full time. I might also consider getting into a trade, as it would pay better than warehouse work and I would probably have more vacation time.
Welcome to the club. I don’t have a commute to worry about and still all of my free time gets eaten up. Cooking, cleaning, paperwork, etc. I’ve stopped looking forward to weekends even because of aging parent emergencies.
I really respect you a lot for working. sorry to hear about your aging parents. my parents are seniors as well but they are in good health, thankfully we haven’t had any issues yet, but there will come a day, when i’ll be tied up as well. if it weren’t for them I would go ahead and move, but I think I would feel guilty abandoning them. although I do have a sister who lives close.
I started working in a food industry for 25 hours a week for 2 years (Burger King) then I moved to work at Five Guys with 34 hours and after a year I was working 45+hours and feeling fine and loved it. But after a relapse I can not hold a simple job for now until i fully recover, but be warned jumping into full time job:
Short brakes for eating, a lot of standing including and walking. You can get exhausted too much that you wont be able to sleep straight away after work (Exhaustion is a real thing at work) and mess up with your sleeping pattern. Also look at you co-workers if they are nice or just idiots who insults newcomers.
Last job I had was a part time hospice job for a cancer patient. I ended up having a major break.
When I get more stable I’d like to work part time, but I worry I’ll lose myself again. Maybe nursing at a care home instead, where death isn’t so frequent. Or a clinic
I also would warn against jumping right into full time work. You don’t want to set yourself up for failure. It’s better sometimes to play it safe and take small steps to get what you want. Test the working world and try a part-time job first and see how you feel; full-time jobs will always be out there, so test yourself at a part time job and see how it goes. I know a little of your story and I know you haven’t worked for awhile and to go from not working for a couple of years to working a 50 hour a week job is quite a leap.
Up until I was 43 I worked 40 to 60 hours a week plus was a single parent to 2 kids, one with a disability, plus took care of an aging/sick parent, I slept 6 hours a night most nights just to have enough time to keep my house clean too. It was hard. I broke down.
Getting in the right combo of medications made a world of difference for me in regards to being productive and working. Without my medications(vyvanse), I have intense brain fog and have difficulty focusing on anything.
I started off working part time doing bookkeeping, eventually got comfortable doing data entry for payroll and now i just got hired for a full time payroll specialist position.
Like i said, making sure you’re on the right meds makes a world of difference.
was gutted