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For me: I had a moment today where all I could think about was that meme which went around a few years ago that was along the lines of …
You wake up. You’re still a lizard sunning on a red rock. It was all a dream. The concept of selling feet pics to pay back student loans is already losing its meaning as you open and lick your own eyeballs to moisten them. Time to eat a bug.
Not familiar with this one but I love it. Well told
Holidays are exhausting in itself
Yeah, I feel barely any better than before I left. And this year was a chiller one.
And this year was a chiller one.
The year is two days old?
I meant the holiday season was relatively relaxing compared to previous years.
Ours was the opposite. The whole family had a crazy cold the 2nd week of December. And my kindergartener (virus vector, for short, we love him), recovered in time for the last week of school before vacation. But he was in school until the Friday before Xmas and then went back yesterday. So we reached around trying to get all the things we normally do in 1-1/2 weeks, in about 5 days.
Soooooo I’m guessing you aren’t feeling refreshed? 🙃
Hope everyone is healthy and you get some quality downtime too!
I would have been more relaxed if I just had two regular weekends with nothing to do rather than having had three extra days off that were spent traveling and going to see our families…
Depends on the job. I’ve had some jobs where I always felt like a slave and lost the will to live. And finally after years of shit jobs after shit jobs, I got this current job. It is a drop from heavens and I’ll never let it go until I retire.
Congrats, that’s encouraging to hear!
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Thank you. It’s been a brutal 14 years in the US, but I have finally made it to the finish line.
Salute to all the service industry workers who had to smile through the “oh you poor thing, they’re making you work on Christmas” from the people who insisted on using the service on Christmas. If they’re really lucky they might even get a few Christian extremist customers who berates them for working on Christmas because that’s a sin and they’re going to hell.
Friendly reminder the “service industry” includes the overwhelming majority of white-collar jobs in the US.
A financial advisor works in the service industry.
When we say the US has shifted to a “service economy,” it’s not a reference to retail workers, but to services like banking, data management, etc
customers who berates them for working on Christmas because that’s a sin and they’re going to hell.
The irony here is that working retail on xmas, putting up with customers like this, probably feels like hell all on its own.
I’m not religious, but I’ve always “understood” hell to be a state of being, a place you currently exist in if you don’t follow the teachings that were meant to order society and tell people what behavior is acceptable and what isn’t. That if we all act like selfish assholes then we’ll “go to hell” as in that’s the world we’re creating.
So yeah, those extremist religious nutters literally create hell on earth.
Got a great job - pays well enough, no employees or middle management to worry about. I’m in the middle of two weeks off and it took me about 6 days to reach “what day is it?” status. I still don’t want to go back. I’m just done. Covid rush about did me in.
Damn I’m regretting not taking 2 weeks. I just took the 1, but then have actually ended up really enjoying the holidays for once. Work starts in 14m for me now. Oh well, it’s going to be really lazy as people trickle back in at least
That’s the one good thing about normal white collar over-the-holiday weeks - there’s rarely a panic so things are a little more laid back.
For my 50th birthday I took a month off and pre-scheduled nothing to do. It. Was. Glorious. Of course, I didn’t get paid, but it was a fair birthday present value / trade.
I did virtually nothing during the holidays, and it was great. My first 30 minutes back to work with was a zoom meeting, and I’m already dreading the work.
Unionize, it’s the only way to get more time
I like my job and this is how I feel…
I feel like a bit of a shill, and wish I was doing something more meaningful, but I do miss working after a while.
The thing is at Christmas everyone feels the same way so at least in an office, you have the luxury of most work being done at a snails pace. My big problem this year was that I booked my holidays ending with the family stuff and that was a bad idea. I needed that week holiday after being with family all week
Today is the last day of my 13 day vacation and I couldn’t agree more
I’m 50 and I’ve never had that many days off in a row since I started working at 13.
That’s rough bro. I’m sorry to hear that
We were there with you. Then the MIL stopped by. Now work is blessed freedom away from her. Please send relief. Or arsenic.
I actually can’t wait to get back to work
Same. It’s actually like a vacation after vacation
Yeah, I like my job so that’s probably part of it, but also doing something rewarding really helps.
I’ve been in both circumstances. Where I wish I could just quit and keep playing around at home and where I’m just twiddling my thumbs or worn out from home and can’t wait to go back to work.
I come back tired and missing home. Maybe because I travel cheap and rough.
Tried to plan my PTO days to where I had 4 day weekends and 3 days weeks for a few weeks during the holidays.
This week is another short week but damn am I unmotivated to do anything.
Briefly had an option at an old job where we could flex our time throughout the week.
Boys and I could cover for each other’s duties, so we arranged out where we each worked 10 hours a day and alternated having opposite Mondays and Fridays off.
It worked out that every 2 weeks we had 4-day weekends without burning any vacation time.
And with the horrid commute I had every day, leaving 2 hours early meant that I beat the traffic, which message I effectively only worked 1 extra hour and got way more time off.
But then I got a job offer for my current position I just couldn’t turn down. I work more, but the money is way better.
Holidays are just me working on myself. Sometimes that’s more exhausting that normal work and I look forward to getting back to my job.
This resonates and I am one of the lucky few that managed to get a career I enjoy (software developer) yet yesterday I was very blue at the prospects of coming back to work.
