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It does suck, but i'm grateful to have a decent income in a shaky climate. Grin and bear it, gotta eat. Hunters never used to want to stakeout and stalk prey for days before they ate but they did.
Working a 9-5 sucks hOW DO PEOPLE DO THIS
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[h1]The 'Sitting Disease' Is Killing The American Workforce[/h1]
Read more: http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs...-suffering-from-sitting-disease#ixzz2mcID1cj3
If you're like 86% of American workers, you sit all day for your job.
Add to that the time you spend sitting on the couch after work watching television, reading, playing games or surfing the Internet, and you spend approximately 13 hours a day sitting down, according to a survey by Ergotron, a manufacturer of digital display mounting and mobility products.
But could you be at risk for "Sitting Disease?"
Given the number of workers who perform their tasks on a computer or otherwise seated at a desk, medical experts are starting to become concerned about the health effects of sitting. The scientific community has coined the phrase "Sitting Disease" to refer to the effect sitting has on metabolism, as well as the negative impact of an overly sedentary lifestyle. It may not be a diagnosable disease yet, but if you sit the majority of the day and don't balance it out with physical activity, your health could be in jeopardy.
The Dangers of Sitting
Ergotron's informative site, JustStand.org, provides ample medical research indicating that prolonged sitting increases the risk of cancer, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and even death. Here are other shocking statistics:
How to Stand Up Against Sitting Disease
Before you quit your desk job in favor of your health, arm yourself with information about how you can reduce your risk of health issues that sitting can cause. The key is being more active. But be aware: even if you consider yourself active now (meaning you spend 30 minutes or more a day engaging in physical exercise), you're still considered high risk if you spend eight to 10 hours a day sitting.
If possible, aim for more exercise, especially on the days you're sitting for work. Walking, hiking, biking and swimming are all excellent forms of exercise that counter the effects of sitting.
Also, look into standing and walking more at work and at home. Rather than call or IM a co-worker, walk over to her office. Park farther away in the parking lot so that you have another opportunity to walk. Invest in a FitBit or other pedometer device and aim for 10,000 steps a day. Stand up while watching TV, or at least during commercial breaks. Build activity into your day, even if it's in five-minute bursts.
There are also products available that let you stand, sit and stand, or even walk on a treadmill while you work on your computer. Sitting on a stability ball can also engage your muscles and make sitting a more active event.
Don't let the idea of Sitting Disease scare you. Make it an excuse to be more proactive about your health, both at the office and at home. Find opportunities to get up from your desk, or to work while standing (don't make going to the break room for a piece of birthday cake your excuse). Being aware of your health and how sitting affects it can help reduce the risk of the diseases that a sedentary lifestyle can bring, and being more active can have the added perk of better health and fitness, as well as weight loss.
Read more: http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs...-suffering-from-sitting-disease#ixzz2mcID1cj3
If you're like 86% of American workers, you sit all day for your job.
Add to that the time you spend sitting on the couch after work watching television, reading, playing games or surfing the Internet, and you spend approximately 13 hours a day sitting down, according to a survey by Ergotron, a manufacturer of digital display mounting and mobility products.
But could you be at risk for "Sitting Disease?"
Given the number of workers who perform their tasks on a computer or otherwise seated at a desk, medical experts are starting to become concerned about the health effects of sitting. The scientific community has coined the phrase "Sitting Disease" to refer to the effect sitting has on metabolism, as well as the negative impact of an overly sedentary lifestyle. It may not be a diagnosable disease yet, but if you sit the majority of the day and don't balance it out with physical activity, your health could be in jeopardy.
The Dangers of Sitting
Ergotron's informative site, JustStand.org, provides ample medical research indicating that prolonged sitting increases the risk of cancer, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and even death. Here are other shocking statistics:
People who sit for more than 11 hours a day have a 40 percent increased risk of death in the next three years, compared with people who sit for four hours or less.
Workers who have held sedentary roles for more than 10 years have twice the risk of colon cancer.
The longer people sit, the shorter their lifespan, even if they exercise regularly.
Sitting for long periods may also affect the development of musculoskeletal disorders.
How to Stand Up Against Sitting Disease
Before you quit your desk job in favor of your health, arm yourself with information about how you can reduce your risk of health issues that sitting can cause. The key is being more active. But be aware: even if you consider yourself active now (meaning you spend 30 minutes or more a day engaging in physical exercise), you're still considered high risk if you spend eight to 10 hours a day sitting.
If possible, aim for more exercise, especially on the days you're sitting for work. Walking, hiking, biking and swimming are all excellent forms of exercise that counter the effects of sitting.
Also, look into standing and walking more at work and at home. Rather than call or IM a co-worker, walk over to her office. Park farther away in the parking lot so that you have another opportunity to walk. Invest in a FitBit or other pedometer device and aim for 10,000 steps a day. Stand up while watching TV, or at least during commercial breaks. Build activity into your day, even if it's in five-minute bursts.
There are also products available that let you stand, sit and stand, or even walk on a treadmill while you work on your computer. Sitting on a stability ball can also engage your muscles and make sitting a more active event.
Don't let the idea of Sitting Disease scare you. Make it an excuse to be more proactive about your health, both at the office and at home. Find opportunities to get up from your desk, or to work while standing (don't make going to the break room for a piece of birthday cake your excuse). Being aware of your health and how sitting affects it can help reduce the risk of the diseases that a sedentary lifestyle can bring, and being more active can have the added perk of better health and fitness, as well as weight loss.
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I work 5am-2pm M-F
I enjoy it. I'm not a morning person but once I'm up I'm up. Weekends off is nice as well and I get off early and have the rest of the day to myself.
I enjoy it. I'm not a morning person but once I'm up I'm up. Weekends off is nice as well and I get off early and have the rest of the day to myself.
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I work in DC, but live about an hour away. I don't want to drive, so I take the bus there. I start work at 7, so I have to wake up at 4 to get ready for the bus at 5. I get to work around 6:30 then work nearly non-stop until 3:45 to catch the bus home.
By the time I get home around 5:30, I just want to eat and sleep.
You're local here? Would've never guessed that
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I do have a work/life balance. I usually always have weekends off and very rarely will I ever have to stay in the office past 8pm. Those times when I do--I get car service home.
Yeah, making a lot of money and working semi-long hours does make the job more bearable, but having to be in a high pressure job and constantly making sure stuff gets done is a very tough atmosphere to work under. A lot of what I do rides on whether or not deals get done and if the company ends up making $XXX million for the deal.
It's also tough to constantly be pulled from every direction while you're at the job. I'm currently professionally responsible for 12 other individuals professional growth. Having to hold some of their hands, constantly going back and forth with them, and dealing with mistakes is a lot to take in within a 12-hour work day. It takes more than making A LOT money to get through that. It takes a passion for what you do and very thick skin.
Yeah, I try to lift 4 times a week. I never have dinner after 9pm, so that's usually when I hit up the gym. I'll come home and grab a quick dinner and then head over to the gym. I'm usually back from the gym around 10:30-11pm and then I'm off to bed shortly after. Some days I'll meet up with some friends and hit up a bar or go to a hookah spot after the gym. Fridays I usually don't go to the gym. I'm home before 7pm most Fridays and I go out with friends. Weekends I keep to myself, family or my girl. Saturday I'll go to a movie with my girl and Sunday we'll go have brunch and some weekends I'll visit my parents.
It's all about time management and setting priorities.
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this is how i try to do it...at work by 6-6:30am and done by 2-2:30 pm...we can just do a straight 8 hours so i just eat at my desk.
people dont start coming in til 8:30am and i have those few hours to actually focus on work...its easier when no one else is around.
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i find i have much more free time to do extra stuff now that the burden of school is over (for now, considering a grad degree at some point
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...with school you always had homework, papers, readings and all that bull **** so class time blended with personal time...the joy is leaving everything at the office.
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also what makes 9-5's that much more unbearable for people are commutes. if i could have a 30-40 minute door-to-door, im gucci...
...ive found my best schedule is mondays and fridays in office and tues-thurs working from home, but i have those days in office to avoid that cabin fever feeling
i can start the week with a welcomed change of pace from the weekend but avoid these journeys called commutes.
...with school you always had homework, papers, readings and all that bull **** so class time blended with personal time...the joy is leaving everything at the office.
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also what makes 9-5's that much more unbearable for people are commutes. if i could have a 30-40 minute door-to-door, im gucci...
...ive found my best schedule is mondays and fridays in office and tues-thurs working from home, but i have those days in office to avoid that cabin fever feeling
i can start the week with a welcomed change of pace from the weekend but avoid these journeys called commutes.
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you're also in high school . I doubt many serious investors would take a high school kid serious regardless of what neighborhood they come from. It's a good goal though but it may not be feasible right off the bat. Try and study something in college relevant and get internships and/jobs in the industry you're interested in. That'll set you up for starting your own business a lot better than trying to buck the system
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i dont know how any of you guys can work those office jobs...
i cant even stand it when i have nothing to do at my job for 10 mins.
i work setting up concerts and shows for 25 an hour, im 26 and have been doing stuff like this since i was 18.
started off in a theater in my town as a stagehand with no experience and just picked up alot of info from the people i met along the way.
i love what i do, and im glad i found my calling.
i feel blessed that i dont have to work outside in the heat digging ditches or flipping burgers, i've taught myself alot about audio equipment too.
i worked at a million dollar show operating the audio console, which usually requires a degree in my field.
did some of you guys just work these jobs because you feel there is nothing else that will pay well? or are these kinds of jobs really necessary to move up in your field?
the diversity on NT is awesome btw.
we set up a fake ice rink its made up of 72 sheets of thick plexi glass then they put this graphite powder that makes the surface really slick.
and the chicks skating are
every weekend its a different kind of show.
from comedians, singers, setting up projection screens for PPV boxing matches its always something new.
one day i can be operating a camera and another day helping backup dancers get undressed
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took these pics yesterday.
i cant even stand it when i have nothing to do at my job for 10 mins.
i work setting up concerts and shows for 25 an hour, im 26 and have been doing stuff like this since i was 18.
started off in a theater in my town as a stagehand with no experience and just picked up alot of info from the people i met along the way.
i love what i do, and im glad i found my calling.
i feel blessed that i dont have to work outside in the heat digging ditches or flipping burgers, i've taught myself alot about audio equipment too.
i worked at a million dollar show operating the audio console, which usually requires a degree in my field.
did some of you guys just work these jobs because you feel there is nothing else that will pay well? or are these kinds of jobs really necessary to move up in your field?
the diversity on NT is awesome btw.
we set up a fake ice rink its made up of 72 sheets of thick plexi glass then they put this graphite powder that makes the surface really slick.
and the chicks skating are
from comedians, singers, setting up projection screens for PPV boxing matches its always something new.
one day i can be operating a camera and another day helping backup dancers get undressed
took these pics yesterday.
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There are PLENTY of jobs out there that pay handsomely ie. Doctor, Lawyer, Engineering, Specialty Skilled worker etc.
I do what I do, because I LOVE doing it. I love knowing the work I do means something not only to myself, but it affects the grand scheme of things. How many people can honestly say what they do plays a role in the shape and complexion of the national economy? Hell, it even affects the GLOBAL economy.
I'm not on some power trip or anything, but all I'm saying is that if a job isn't meaningful to someone--they'll hate it. The people that can do a 9-5 and enjoy it find meaning to their job.
Plus, you have to eventually realize that a job is just a JOB. It doesn't DEFINE who you are or what your life will be. It's simply just an ends to a mean. It took me YEARS to realize that. Once I did, my life became a lot more easier to live.
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The only people in society who are free from life's shackles are those with their own business.
Working 9-5 in an office staring at a computer screen all day and being told when to go for lunch and when to go home is not cool. ur a slave.
Working 9-5 in an office staring at a computer screen all day and being told when to go for lunch and when to go home is not cool. ur a slave.
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I have a bi weekly set schedule. 1 week I'll work from 8am-9pm mon, tues, friday and on sat/sun from 9am-6pm. The next week I only work tues and wed from 8am-9pm.
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Right now I work 5am - 5pm mon-fri and sometimes Saturdays for maybe 4-6 hours. Long day but the cash is nice, there are those days when I wish I could just work 9-5 like a regular person.
Be grateful you have a job.
Be grateful you have a job.
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Be happy you're in this thread and not the unemployed and frustrated thread
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Be glad you have a 9-5 deskjob.
I've worked in a tech warehouse before, and let me tell you it's not a chill envirionment.
you're always on your feet, work 10 hour days and weekends (sometimes more depending if it's quarter end or not - then you work until midnight on some days), if something gets lost (via shipping or whatever) it's never FedEx's/UPS/Carrier's fault it's always the guys in the warehouse - total BS.
i've been working full time since I was 18 (right outta high school) and that warehouse life is nothing to brag about.
So i went back to school- took night classes at CSUEB - all you bay area cats know what school this is- while working full time still and now I have a decent 9-5 gov't job where when I leave work, work actually stays there. I don't bring it home. I'm off on the weekends and I get to provide for my wife and daughter.
Everytime I start getting antsy and say i'm not about that cubicle life, I just remember those days back in the warehouse and it brings me back down to earth.
A desk job really isn't all that bad. Eventhough I just push papers, I don't mind it at all. I get to check NT, FB and espn. I'm writing this from my desk as we speak....
I've worked in a tech warehouse before, and let me tell you it's not a chill envirionment.
you're always on your feet, work 10 hour days and weekends (sometimes more depending if it's quarter end or not - then you work until midnight on some days), if something gets lost (via shipping or whatever) it's never FedEx's/UPS/Carrier's fault it's always the guys in the warehouse - total BS.
i've been working full time since I was 18 (right outta high school) and that warehouse life is nothing to brag about.
So i went back to school- took night classes at CSUEB - all you bay area cats know what school this is- while working full time still and now I have a decent 9-5 gov't job where when I leave work, work actually stays there. I don't bring it home. I'm off on the weekends and I get to provide for my wife and daughter.
Everytime I start getting antsy and say i'm not about that cubicle life, I just remember those days back in the warehouse and it brings me back down to earth.
A desk job really isn't all that bad. Eventhough I just push papers, I don't mind it at all. I get to check NT, FB and espn. I'm writing this from my desk as we speak....
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that's kind of a cool schedule. h ow's that working out for you?
I'm tempted to try 4 ten hour days, but I'm happy where i'm at.....
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no one is forcing anyone to stay at these jobs doe so that slave comparison is melodramatic...we are all there voluntarily to make money
the dumb decisions that people make, including myself, are the the reasons people are forced to keep jobs they hate
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def
some are just better at it than others
i dunno how ppl do 50, 60 hours plus though
i couldnt
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It's def. not something everyone can do. At first, I struggled with it. Eventually I found a nice rhythm and gotten used to working those long hours. I still work long hours, but it's not as bad as when I was pulling in 90+ hours a week. One summer averaged about 110 hours a week.
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desk jobs are what people want. rather work in an office than dig wholes outside all day
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If youre in college and looking for a summer job, I recommend working at a golf course. 2 years ago, I worked at a private golf course and it was
Smell of freshly cut grass in the morning
Lighting one up
Free golf
Smell of freshly cut grass in the morning
Lighting one up
Free golf
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I work three days a week, but it's death. I work 12h Day shift at the hospital as a RN. I get up at 5:00am, out the door by 5:30, hospital by 6:00am to study my patients. Shift starts at 7, until 7pm, I always stay after to chart. It's so hectic that I don't even check my phone while working. Leave around 8pm on a good day. Pick up food, home by 9pm. Eat, in bed by 10pm for 7 hours of sleep (not enough), for work the next day
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To be honest... I don't know why people feel disgusted about their 9-5 job with weekends off...
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT!!!! Also be thankful you even have A JOB!!!!
Try working having a schedule as follows and I know some of you would switch with the quickness (especially if you want to watch your favorite shows/sports at home or attend midweek outings in the evening) :
SUNDAY: 7AM to 3:30PM
MON. & TUES. - 3PM to 11:30AM
WED. & THURS. - 11PM to 7:30AM
FRI. & SAT. - OFF
NO HOLIDAYS off !!!!
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT!!!! Also be thankful you even have A JOB!!!!
Try working having a schedule as follows and I know some of you would switch with the quickness (especially if you want to watch your favorite shows/sports at home or attend midweek outings in the evening) :
SUNDAY: 7AM to 3:30PM
MON. & TUES. - 3PM to 11:30AM
WED. & THURS. - 11PM to 7:30AM
FRI. & SAT. - OFF
NO HOLIDAYS off !!!!