Working for teh man is really putting a kink in my life. I feel like I wake up, go to work, come home, eat, zone out, then go to bed. I don’t feel like I’m doing enough “stuff,” for lack of a better term. I get bored really easily and I’m so worried that I’m not going to have the motivation to be successful academically. I am hoping that I can unload some mental baggage with counseling so that I can work a little better. I told Scott that I’m going and he is really supportive, which is good because I’ve been through dealing with a significant other who thinks that I don’t need counseling and I don’t care to do it again. (It was impossible to talk about my problems w/ someone who was the problem.)
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You know what they say: “Only mad dogs and English men go out in the midday sun”.
I.e. noon to 3pm.
‘Tis when the sun is most hazardous and you are most at risk of over exposure to UVA & UVB rays.
Well, I like dogs and I’m half English. Does that count?
I can totally relate with the working for the man comments. I’m just so bored with everything in my life now. Not much is mentally stimulating, and like you said, I’m afraid that if it goes on for too long, it will perpetuate.
Glad I’m not the only one, but sorry that you’re going through it, too.
I can also really relate to this. I learn quickly and get bored easily so if I do not constantly have a challenge in front of me, I feel like my brain is rotting away.
Thank goodness David (my boss) is smarter than me b/c this has not always been the case…and that’s even more frustrating I think! It doesn’t mean I love what I do, but at least the person above me has a brain and I can learn something from them!
I also have to say it was a tough adjustment from grad school back to the “real world”
When I hear people go on about “when you enter the real world” I seriously want to scream because things are feeling pretty darn real right now. In some ways I look forward to when I’m only working and not working full time and going to school full time year round.
Just to clarify…I think what you are doing now (working for the “man”, enduring the daily grind) is very much the real world.
I went to grad school full time (5 classes/semester) and worked 20+ hrs a week and was a TA. And somehow I still found time to do more than I do now because I was just constantly going/occupied. I had a hard time adjusting to the “real world”, perhaps more aptly called “the grind” b/c besides a few random things to keep me busy it’s get up, go to work, do some things around the house, go to sleep, repeat. And I hate it. I hate getting up at 6:30 in the morning, getting home around 6:00 in the evening and that work is taking up the majority of my day. I guess I enjoyed the flexibility/unpredictability of grad school even though I got very little sleep during that time.
It goes back to that “getting bored easily” thing…
That’s the way it goes when you work for “the Man”–get up, go to work, come home, go to bed, do it again. But you find stuff to do…when we were in Atlanta I used to coach Little League (going straight to the park after work two nights a week and not getting home until after 9 some nights), playing softball with different friends’ teams all over town (sometimes two or three nights a week), and Sunday baseball after church too…sometimes I wonder how I found the time to sleep. Of course, I spent a fair amount of time surfing the good ol’ Internets at work, so that was something that didn’t take up time at home to keep me from sleeping. Still–that’s just the way I operate, I guess…always going, going, going.
Good to hear about your upcoming counseling and Scott’s supportiveness of it. I am sure that can make a big difference.
-D.
Yeah, I was actually thinking of how you used to work, navigate Atlanta traffic and still manage to be active in church and sports. Maybe I’ll settle in a bit and then find time/energy to do stuff like that. I know I have it, I just haven’t located it yet!
This isn’t directly related, but have you been riding your bicycle to work? How’s it working out? How’ve you found traffic to be?
Yeah about two or three days a week. It’s working pretty well, even if it is hotter than hell out there. Traffic is OK because I found a route that involves mostly low-traffic residential streets. Lots of fun!
Oh, I wasn’t accusing you…sorry if I wasn’t clear.
I’m thinking once school cranks back up things should be easier, boredom wise.