Time & Money
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- jimzyk0
I think you've almost answered your own questions. You need to stop working so long at your job, and keep that extra time for home with your wifey and dogs and cats or freelance or fapping whatever.
I work a pretty regular 40 hr week and somewhere around 10 hr per week freelance projects too, its a good mix, not too much pressure either way.
When i started my job i was aslo very eager to stay til 9 or 10 most nights to learn as much as I could and to stay employed too! But with the arrival of kids you soon realise thats a pile of cock & you need to go home and sort the wifey out in the bedroom.
- dMullins0
Somewhere along the line, some cunt of a designer said, "Sure boss, I can put in some extra time on this for free..."
Which snowballed into, "Well, Mr. Junior/Senior Designer, you really should go ahead and put some extra hours in this week, I mean, it's the standard in our industry, and you should get used to it."
- brandelec0
40hrs/week salary
10hrs/week freelance
wife+son
i mostly work at home when everyone's asleep so not much of a burden.
the extra work = zero cc balance and fun times on the weekends/vacations
- cashface0
2 hours working
58 hours fapping
- Corvo20
50/60 hrs a week should already include freelancing.
- chossy0
Clear your credit cards as soon as you can by whatever means you can freelance etc. etc. sell some stuff, Then stop your freelance and cut down on your rediculously lavish lifestyle and then you will be happier than a dug wi twa boabbies.
- harmsie0
From where I sit the issue appears to be with your current employer. As you should have time to do your own thing outside of work whatever it is be it a hobby or freelancing.
If you are having to work outside your contracted hours and you are working properly hard, then there is something wrong. You need to speak to your manager about either reducing/spreading your workload, getting in some temp staff in or getting training to do your job faster, better or helping your Time management.
Don't forget as employee you have rights and your company has a duty to you to help. Or you will burnout, and your work will suffer. so you manager/mangers should be looking to help you out as it in the end it helps them and the company out.
I would also say don't ask for more money as it won't help, what you need is to reduce your non-contracted/non-payed hours.
If worse comes to worse, just work your contacted hours and don't get the work done on time, people will soon notice there is an issue. Alot of people believe that their company will sack them if you don't get the "work" done, but that's simple not true.
As long as you keep doing the work outside your hours and don't say anything then nobody realises there is a problem.
I hope you can get it sorted then you can get on with enjoying your own time.
- nikdaum0
I'm am the farthest thing from an expert, but I would step back and figure out what is causing the most financial stress and the greatest need to earn more money. Is it debt from credit cards/rent/student loans/etc? Then go all out on getting rid of that burden as efficiently as you can. All I know is that I lived a frugal life right out of school to pay off my student loans/credit as fast as I could. And now I am indebted to no one. You'll always be losing to interest if you have debt.
- FallowDeer0
40+ hours a week but I have a long commute, my day is 6:30am (up for breakfast, 7am start travel) to 6:30pm (arrive back home) so thats 12 hours a day working and communting. (I know some people will do the same)
so by the time I get home working freelance is a real challenge, and I always have ideas for working on my personal stuff but that suffers now!
If I could get enough freelance work id just do that as what is the point of slaving away for someone if you get nothing in return as im like you, I dont want to be rich just happy with what im doing
- OBBTKN0
40 hrs week like CD in a Small agency
+20-30 hrs extra freelancing out when things are up
Married and 2 daugthers
No great debts, but love burguese way of lifePlan to totally retire from design in 4-5 years and continue with my illustrator career until my eyes explode.
Thanks to dowturn, i can breathe now. Lowing anxiety and stress levels rapidly (thanks to a new sporty life-style) and back to enjoy family again. I do not plan to go back to this level of pressure again, was killing me!
An advice for you. Try to expent less and try to live a bit, i know past years were hard for you, enjoy the moment and say fuck off to money!
- sherm0
40hrs per week
20+freelancing when its heavy
live in girlfriend.
very difficult.
i am a workaholic
- akrokdesign0
yeah, i don't have those hours any more either. not enough work. but i had have it. so know the deal.
- utopian0
I am semi retired, about 20-30 hours per week...
- studderine0
i relate to this thread, i relate.
- Point50
I work 40-50 hrs/wk at my salary job and my freelance work is always 10-20/hrs wk. I'm married with 3 kids and a dog. It stresses the hell out of my relationship with everybody in the household, but I have to keep it up to keep shit paid for and comfortable for everyone.
- Don't you get sick of it? I mean, isn't that just existing instead of living? That's how my life is just now, existing.5timuli
- 5timuli0
We're already spending next to nothing (except bills, repaying loans from family, car repairs). My job pays
ok (prob. not bad for Indy) but my wife's going back to school in August and is looking for part time work. I feel I could make a fortune if I went freelance. My wife has no medical insurance either which is expensive, but then medical insurance is pretty much worthless anyway. Can't get credit either so consolidation is out.Thing is, if I worked 40hrs, no more, I'd have the choice to freelance and make more. Right now I can't, and can't just stop working and risk having no money at all.
Sorry, moan over.
Thing is, I know if I do it I'd be happier.
- akrokdesign0
long work hours can be though if you're married or going steady with someone. as their won't be much time over to see them.
you have to find the balance. work vs. life.
if you don't make enough. try to cut the spending to the max. not fun, but might be needed. only side effect is their might be a few fights about cash. etc. based on it.
- akrokdesign0
yeah, working 80 hours can't be good. as you wont have any time over for QBN. :-)
- Josev0
What's driving the need for more money? I'm confused, is your job not paying you enough to live on? Yet you're investing way more time on it than is necessary? Something has to give -- spending, being too much of a perfectionist, giving 120% at work, not saying no, etc. You need to find the balance. Working 80 hours a week wont do it.
- Your work will suffer even more if you take on that much more.Josev