I feel exactly the same. I cannot understand people that say if they won the lottery they'd get bored. That's insane to me. I have so many books I want to read, films to watch, video games to play, countries to visit, raves and festivals to go to. Why would you rather work instead of doing those things?! I want to start a family but what's the point when you only see your child in the evenings and weekends when you're all tired?

I was home educated but my parents are hippies and me and my siblings had no formal education. We just hung out. Played games, saw friends, went swimming in the river, read books, played with our cats. We'd visit castles or towns we've never been to. Make beer, take photographs, paint. I miss being able to do whatever I want.

Here is the thing. Even when you love someone dearly, you need time away from them.

My father went from a 5 day workweek to a 4 day, with the free day being on a day my mother works. She was annoyed at it first, because " Don't you love me and want to spend time with me." After thinking about it she understands. She likes having time just to herself as well.

They love each other dearly, go on walks at the end of each workday, having weekends away with just to two of them.

Just having some time to charge up and not having to deal with anybodies shit.

Last job I worked.

"Yea, everyone here is new, but it's totally because of covid"

"The boss doesn't like people going out to get lunch because they're afraid you'll never come back, so being your own lunch"

"You'll get weird looks if you leave on time". It was a chinese owned company with heavy chinese work culture influence so you were expected to stay overtime all week.

Also "the people here are nice but it's pretty stressful".

Eta: also was told by my trainer "you want to know the best advice I can give you? Find another job". This was like...my 2nd week in.
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I'm a homeowners insurance claim adjuster. I handle mid to large size claims (usually fires, burst pipes, or similar) so most everyone I talk to is displaced from their home, is scared and confused about what's next, and has heard a million horror stories about how insurance companies just do all they can to screw you over.

About 60% of my day is spent on the phone explaining the process and policy to people, answering whatever questions they have, answering them again when they forget or get confused, getting to know customers because I'll be talking to them for the next 6-18 months, and doing my best to make them feel at ease and getting them to trust that I have their best interests at heart. About 20% is coordinating various vendors, contractors, housing, etc, and about 20% is spent looking over photos, estimates, and reports. We also have to document everything we do and nearly every conversation so there's a great deal of time dedicated to that.

Pre covid I typically drove 2-6 hrs each day to inspect homes so a lot of this work was done behind the wheel and in person.

Well, that is $1.50 profit. (Per medium fries) Sure it is alot compared to 20 cents. But let's not forget that, even though that is a big profit. You would need to sell a shit ton of fries to even make it worth it.

Sure McDonalds has enough money to buy potatoes at $1 by the pound, but that would mean they had to sell 80% (correct my math if im wrong) more.

With that said, it is still cheap for us consumers to buy it from them, than it would be for us to make it at home.

Just throwing my 2 cents in.

We had a kid in our class who was pure chaos. Came late all the time, forgot stuff, didn't do his homework, disruptive in class... you get the picture. One day he came to school over two hours late and said the bus he was on fell into a sinkhole. Everybody was like "yeah, right", until the news came in that there had indeed been a sinkhole from a tunnel construction and that indeed a bus had slipped into it. We never found out whether our classmate had actually been in it, but he swore he was.

Join clubs of activities you enjoy. Talk to the people at your job. Write a message to your old classmates or friends. Meet your neighbours.

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Drinking water and taking a nap

I can wiggle my ears... not totally useless, kids find it hilarious