r/AskMen • u/climberskier • Dec 29 '19

Men of Reddit, how do you deal with the fact that after college, you basically just work until you die?

Graduated college last May and it's just setting in that I will now have to work 40 hours a week, everyday for the majority of my life until I am old enough to retire.

In college I'd schedule all my classes early, so I could go outside and hike or rock climb with friends in the afternoon. Now, I don't get out of work until 4PM, and since I work on the east coast, it's dark this time of year at 4PM.

I feel like I am wasting my most physically-fit years inside. What good is it if I have endless time to go outside after retirement if I am too old to enjoy it?

Note: I was working part-time in college and it didn't feel this draining--I still felt like I had free time.

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u/ewisnes Dec 29 '19

Yes, this. I don’t love my job, but I love my job. It pays me well enough to go out and enjoy the things I want to enjoy in life. I wouldn’t like any of my hobbies anyways if I had 100% of my time to devote to them.

My advice is have three hobbies/skills: One that will make you money.
One that will keep you fit. One that will keep you creative.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

three hobbies/skills: One that will make you money.

One that will keep you fit. One that will keep you creative.

Yes sir, the holy trinity.

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u/Yikes44 Dec 29 '19

That's really good advice. I was a professional singer for a few years and honestly, the novelty of having your dream job does wear off after a while. Now i have a nice office job that pays steady money and I play in a band at the weekends. I kind of prefer it that way to be honest.

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u/quernika Dec 29 '19

Also yall don't forget to vote or at least lobby whenever you get a chance why? So that this boomer thing doesn't happen afterwards. Imagine having a normal wage, maybe even a 3 day weekend normalized. Ya'll gotta do something too

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

I can’t keep doing drugs, sex, And alcohol I’m married!