5th cup o coffee...
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- k9kuma
on my fifth cup of coffee here at my boring ass job.... ready to work though everything here is super boring...
think i need something new.....
i come to this job and have to injest huge amounts of coffee to feel like i am alive....
i would love to leave but the market sucks.... and i got mega bills......
any one in the same boat.....?
any ideas on how to get out of this boat?
any ideas on some side shit for money ... preferably not sites....i dont fucking know... i am worn out from this shit ass corporate bullshit....
- CL0
turn the page to Chapter 11 and spark an Anthony Robbins.
- eloosive0
k9kuma, we're in the same boat. if I left my job, no other job would pay me what I'm already making. Besides not being done with another new portfolio site, moving around right now in this market is risky. A house payment, student loans, and gifts need to be payed for somehow, and there's no way inconsistent freelance in my case will handle that. But I learned staying put until things get better is the best thing to do sometimes.
- k9kuma0
eloosive,
ya i hear ya......
i just feel like i am on this earth , for reasons other than being a corporate slave.....who knows....
maybe i will make some t-shirts....
maybe cards.....
shit... maybe i will smoke a spliff and smile , at least for a couple hours.....
- mitsu0
heh, you're one of the people who might actually make something of themselves... i also believe being a corporate drone, sitting in a cubicle all day, staring at a glowing cube while typing on tiny cubes is a one way ticket to nowhere (i just sounded like Dirty Harry just then). There is more to life and I'm trying to rid myself of all debt and expenses to free myself to enjoy more of it. Good luck to us both!
- jayb0
"i come to this job and have to injest huge amounts of coffee to feel like i am alive...."
you said it buddy.
i feel alive as soon as i leave the
office. unfortunately credit card
bills, student loans, etc. have
me locked in this position for
awhile - i try to stay optimistic
and make the most of my nights
- even if im tired as hell the next
daylike living two lifestyles.
- k9kuma0
indeed mitsu .... good luck to us both and all the NT'ers....
and Jayb , man i am the same way ... i am like 007 two distinctly different lifestyles...
its just that when i started no one ever said, "here is your next mission , if you choose to accept it"
- snowtrooper0
at least you are earning good money though. better than having big bills and getting the boot when your workplace went tits-up...
there are plenty of jobs out there equally as boring, but they pay shit $$$ (try accounts or help desks), so i say count (y)ourselves lucky
- k9kuma0
hhhmmmm lucky?
am i lucky because i worked my ass off to get a great job?
am i lucky because i strived to make my clients ultra happy?
am i lucky because i went to school for 5 years and have 30 grand in debt?
am i lucky because i work as a consultant and could be fired at any time... and have no unemployment?
am i lucky that an idiot i didnt vote for is going to kill our economy more than it already is?
am i lucky i dont work at wal-mart?
NO... i worked real fuking hard to get to where i am financially, though when you set your sites on money sometimes you lose site of what life is really about. i consider myself diligent and determined not lucky...... when i get laid off, am i lucky then too, because i could be dead in the streets.... i think not ...
sorry if i come off harsh but luck is not anywhere near my situation.......
- TransFatty0
Well ...
I guess you'll never know if the market is that difficult until you try.
- mitsu0
i will say one thing.... i'm thankfull that i'm not working at a convenience store or even worse, holding up a cardboard sign on the street begging people for change.
- eloosive0
I totally hear you. I'm at least 30 Gs down from schooling.
I thought about doing something completely different for awhile too. Like working on a crabbing boat or something, and then just designing on the side on a laptop, sitting on the deck.
My dad told me that what we're going through is what 99% of people- adults go through. We're lucky that we get to vent about it here, and to our friends, because if we didn't, we would've snapped already. Imagine other industries, the postal service...etc. -Going Postal. Most people out there are completely institutionalised, wary of being laid off from a job they've been at for 30 years, or being let out of prison and having freedom without strict lights out structure. They'd go section 8 for sure. Money isn't driving them, it's some boring, complacent, copacetic existence. Where the middle ground is, we're probably going to find it. And it'll be sweet. (probably after paying off all the bills.)
Life totally isn't just about money, I know. Now more than ever after debts and possesions. I'm zen-ing out now myself. You'll be alright, look at me, employee number No#1010101-- I'm fine.
- BonSeff0
ummm excuse me sir, i believe you have my stapler
- eloosive0
THAT"S MY STAPLER!!! I'LL KILL YOU!!!!I'LL KILL YOU!!! ARGHHHHHH!!!!
- mitsu0
could you design my stapler in cornflower blue please? thaaaaanks.
- TransFatty0
HEY YOU !! STOP USING MY STAPLER TO STIR YOUR COFFEE !! COME BACK HERE !!!!!!
- jayb0
i don't mind corporate living
too much.....but....im beginning to feel my
behavior become more processed
when im in the office.and im still young, so.....
when im not in the office
im wylin out!(sort of compensation for
a sedentary job)
- Jamesh0
mmmmmm...coffee.
*drool*
- eloosive0
Oh man! TF and Bonseff totally hit the head on the nail. Don't go there k9, man, you're better than that man! You can hack it!
