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Fulltime work is too much, I can't take it...and regret for job choice I think

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SerCay Established Member

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I have been jobless for 3 months. I busted my *ss to find a good job.

 

I started out looking for a 4 day job but it didn't work out, I couldn't find anything. Then I started to look for fulltime positions.

 

I found 3 jobs. 1 parttime and 2 fulltime jobs.

 

I took 1 of the fulltime jobs. But now..it's just soo hard. It's my 3rd day today and not sure if it's because I have been out of work so long, but I get SO very very tired..I come home and go to sleep 2 hours later :S

 

I'm supposed to go to uni next to this, in the evenings..I don't know what to do, I have the feeling I'm having regrets...

 

Somehow I feel ashamed for this as well, I have always said that I'm such a career oriented woman, and now that I have the job that can help me go up....I whine about it :confused:

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What are your hours? Are you getting enough sleep at night?

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Working is an adjustment, no doubt about it. I worked summers and when I was interning in law offices I had to get up early to get there, fight traffic, etc. all things I didn't deal with in school.

 

But it is the reality of life, I think. You adjust. I think you need to give it some time, you aren't going to get your feet under you for a few weeks. Just roll with it.

 

And since I graduated college I have worked places where I am up at 4:30/5, at work 6:30/7 and work more than 40 hours. It is what it is. For me, that is all fine, what I would love to change is commuting/traffic. That is miserable and takes up so much time (even early mornings like I do).

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You will adjust, don't worry, unless you have some kind of serious health condition that sets you apart from others.

 

It's difficult at first, very very tiring when you begin a new job as you're simply not used to being 'switched on' for that long, especially if it's something that requires a tonne of concentration or physical labour. But you get used to it fast. My first ever eight hour shop shift, I remember aching like crazy when I got home just from being sat around all day!

 

If you can afford part time then why not, it's for nobody else to judge. But it'd be very unusual and bizarre if you couldn't handle a 40 hour work week. That still gives you a tonne of time off. Just focus on work, uni and sleep right now while you adjust. Make sure you do your shifts, and then sleep as much as necessary. You'll figure it out.

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It might have to do with me being a high sensitive person? I don't know....Anyway I'm going to force myself, I am 28 yrs old, I shouldn't be so tired, at least not physically!!!

 

I do get enough sleep though...I might try to sleep some more.

Today I'm going to force myself to go for a run as well. See if that helps to energize me.

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It might have to do with me being a high sensitive person? I don't know....Anyway I'm going to force myself, I am 28 yrs old, I shouldn't be so tired, at least not physically!!!

 

I do get enough sleep though...I might try to sleep some more.

Today I'm going to force myself to go for a run as well. See if that helps to energize me.

 

 

Nope.

You need to practise meditation to help you quit being so sensitive....

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It might have to do with me being a high sensitive person? I don't know....Anyway I'm going to force myself, I am 28 yrs old, I shouldn't be so tired, at least not physically!!!

 

I do get enough sleep though...I might try to sleep some more.

Today I'm going to force myself to go for a run as well. See if that helps to energize me.

 

Have you had some tests at the Doctor to see if your iron/vitamin levels are okay? That level of tiredness from a normal work week is pretty excessive. I would give it a couple weeks at work first to see how you feel and whether it's just a settling period that's doing it.

 

Good luck with the run!

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Before giving up, give it about 3 weeks. That's about how long it can take to get used to more activity, say like exercising, and then your metabolism comes up to meet the challenge. So don't give up. Now, at my age, in my 60s, I want to lay down after even a partial day at the office, but at your age, you shouldn't need to do more than put your feet up for 20 minutes while you have dinner. It depends how physical the job is too, though. I'm sure every guy working construction or every woman cleaning houses all day is exhausted and falls right to sleep pretty soon after getting home.

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I felt the same when I started my job, BUT just like companies find ways to be more efficient, you too will find ways to be more efficient, and by this I mean ways to slack off and do less work. It's an art :)

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Just wait until you're married with kids and have to come home to your SECOND job of doing 95% of the domestic chores/cooking/cleaning/laundry/food shopping/child-rearing and everything else most women get stuck doing.

 

You'll look back longingly on these days, trust me.

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You're studying in uni at the same time, if I read your post correctly? In that case, I think it absolutely IS hard to work full-time while studying. I know some folks can do it and I have the utmost respect for them, but it really is crazy hard. If it were financially feasible I would have advised you to work part-time instead until you were done with uni.

 

But you've only just accepted your job, so... gotta stick with it for a while and try at least.

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It's always hard when you go from not having to do anything, lots of free time and such to working a fulltime job. I go on vacations for just a couple weeks and coming back to work feels horrible. And then you get use to it. It still sucks, but whatever.

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I work 30 hours a week, yet I am horribly tired because I have to wake up early and carpool and then wait around to start work. It's more about the hour I get up as I am not a morning person and never will be. It would be easier if I had a well paying, full time job I was going to, but I don't and that doesn't help. Actually in most other countries, 30 hours per week is the norm as shorter, more productive work days is better for all involved. However, in the US, most folks need 40 hours per week to get any benefits.

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Just wait until you're married with kids and have to come home to your SECOND job of doing 95% of the domestic chores/cooking/cleaning/laundry/food shopping/child-rearing and everything else most women get stuck doing.

 

You'll look back longingly on these days, trust me.

 

I would never be able to handle that, so I'm definitely glad I chose the childfree route. :o

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