Has anyone else ever sat down to think about how much of our lives are consumed by work? I'm not just talking about the time in which you're actually at work, but the time that occurs before and after. How many hours, or minutes, before you have to be at work do you wake up to get ready? How long is your commute to and from? How much time do you spend making sure you have sufficient sustenance for the coming shift? It's amazing how much time we lose for ourselves when we think about all the time that gets put in to work.

The coming shifts this week I'll be spending nearly every minute between the hours of 4:45am {when my first alarm goes off} until around 9:30pm {when I get home from my second job} as dedicated to work, whether it be the commute, prep or actual work. I don't count the winding down process because that's about the only me time I actually have. I also don't count the sleeping part of that because I need sleep for every day activities and I get about the same amounts regardless if I'm working or not.

I get that I'm crazy for working two jobs, but actually putting numbers to it and thinking about it makes me actually feel like I'm crazy. Besides, the payoff in the end will be worth it.

Anywho, I took a nap this afternoon when I got home from work and I woke up thinking I had slept through my alarm for tomorrow morning's shift. Then I realized that it isn't that light out at that time of the morning anymore so I was okay. I hate that feeling when you sleep really well and wake up, glance at the time and have a mini panic attack only to later realize it's only been a couple hours, not an entire day/night. It's worse when it actually happens and you did sleep through your alarm, but in this case having your heart race that soon after you wake up is not ideal.

Until tomorrow. . .

I've never thought of it that way. It's very true. Granted I'm only working one part time job right now... Back in high school at one point I had to jobs. I was either in school, working, or sleeping x.x
» Midnight on 2013-09-30 02:20:38

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» Midnight on 2013-09-30 02:20:55

I think about this nearly every day.
I spend as much time (if not more) on or waiting for a bus to get to and from work as I do on the clock. 2hr commute, each way, for a 4 hour shift.

(But it's still cheaper than driving...)
» invisible on 2013-09-30 08:19:31

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