I want a life

It sounds like you have a fairly normal young person's life. The whole point of working like this whilst you are young though is so when you are older you can relax. My life is really hectic too but it's for a good cause. I do it to work and run my house and make enough money for everything. Basically you only work 9-5, the same as a lot of people. I feel the same sometimes, by the time I've done everything and made my boyfriend's lunch for the next day, washed up, cleaned the house, ironed my clothes and his, mowed the lawn etc etc. I do everything for me and my boyfriend because he works from 4am until 7pm every day and it's not fair to make him do stuff when he gets home. Remember it's not just you, life isn't easy!

I don't work but I study and I have a baby...I am not time free for me...

Yip, we have the same problem. Work - home sleep - Work - home sleep! Ok we don't have the commuting in heavy traffic problems. But the rest is mostly the same. I am busy trying to find a nich way to start my own thing. As soon as I do... I'm outa here! Maybe you should think about trying to start your own thing instead of making other people rich!

may be i wont say, i am exaclty like you.... but i feel the same way as you do about my work.... going to work in the morning and fighting with the key board till evening in the name of code and spend some 2 hours in traffic back home and get the things in order for the next day .... i find it very bored... nothing new.... nothing adventurous... i want to make up for the lost times in office.... do you have any idea? if i get one, i ll let you know!

First thing to do is find a way to reprioritize your day, then your week. Is there a way to rearrange your schedule at home so that you can find an hour just for yourself each day? If you go out on Sunday for only 4 hours, what about the rest of the day? You should be able to find a couple of hours on Sunday for just yourself.

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I completely understand where you are coming from! I feel the same way sometimes. I come to work... spend my 8 hours here... drive home and most of the time have to work at home too! It's like I never have time for myself!

You think your life is hectic now? Wait til you have children! To me, your life sounds so easy and I am envious of all the time you have. I'm lucky if I even get to sit on the toilet without someone bugging me, LOL! As for the wash, if I don't do 2-3 loads a day I get behind then I have to get caught up on the weekend with 8-10 loads.

I believe most people also doing the same thing every day, every week, day in day out, the same thing over and over again. I have to admit I’m maybe one of them. Why I said the word ‘Maybe’ is because previously I’m working on 9 to 5 job, so everyday life is a routine. Two years ago I got my retrenchment and then I started my own business in investment planning for people. My life started to change, I have to make a lot of cold call, see a lot of people (I means stranger), hit sales target so that I can survive etc. Life becomes more challenging and meaningful especially when the customer started to make profit on their investment. I put strict discipline on myself to make sure I’m not lazy. But sometime I do give myself a break so that I have the TIME to do the thing that I wanted to do and enjoy doing. When you mention, you don’t have the time, actually do you know if you have the time, what are you going to do with it? Sleep? Or do something meaningful?

All i ever have done is work from home, i can't see myself working in a workplace from 8-5pm!!!! It's not possible for me. I love working from home and being able to have the freedom i deserve. Working from home is getting more and more popular everyday. You should give it a try.

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ooh my god work untill 5 i won't d o that i will work maximum for 6 or 7 hours

Twelve years ago that was my life too, and my company downsized and did away with my job, and I was lost @ first then realized it was a blessing in digust, and now I started a home based business and I have been doing it for 12 yrs and I love it. I get up @ whatever time I want in the morning, take my kids to school, do volunteer work @ school, go on field trips, I'm here when they get off the bus and able to spend quality time with them. There is a way out of the rat race www.earnwhileyouburn.com/jgannon

You have to MAKE time for yourself or you will never get it waiting for it to come to you

Yes, I am in the same boat. There are almost 60-70% of the entire world population in the same boat. But try to find out the possible solutions. If you are alone, that is comparatively easy. If you are married, both of you will have to think in the same line. Yet another advice, if you are unmarried, seek a different way of passing life, do not go for marriage without judging the pros and cons of that, then there may not be any path to return. Hope, my suggestion will help you.

Maybe you need to look at your schedule more closely. There are things that have to be done and there is no way around them, but maybe you can cut some things from your daily schedule and do some things at the same time. If finding time for yourself is important, you may just have to see what can be sacrificed on your schedule.

That is why I refuse to work full time anywhere. I do work part time and I hate it as it is but I need to bring in something. When you have kids, a dog, and all of these other responsibilities and work, it's hard to find time for yourself but you do have to MAKE time for yourself like I do for myself.

yep thats what life is ,work ,sleep work sleep when you were a teen you lived off your parents when you were single you lived on less money and had energy to go with less sleep and now you are in te part of your life that is what it is till retierment ,and then you get old and die it sucks wish we didnt need money so we could do whatever we wanted all dy and be satisfied but it jus doesnt seem to work that way

I am workoholic myself, although I dont have all the household chores that you have. But I would like to share something with you. My motto in life is: Work hard and play hard. When I work, I really work and when I play I only play, with no, absolutely no work interference. You have to find a timeslot for yourself, where you can just do something you enjoy. Its of paramount importance, even more important than some of your household chores. Take one evening in a week, and tell everyone this is "me night", no work no chores etc. So what if the last btach of washing is not done? right? If you dont do this, you will burnout, you have to replenish your emotional strenth, before you can give of yourself again!

all home maker have the similar complain. we just allow ourselfs to be ruled over by time. jut leave back some unimportant job for a few minutes and do things that u enjoy, like music or just stroll out to the garden and sniff the beautiful rose or look up to see birds flying or a cloud pass by. dont be carried away by the work and timeloss. enjoy what u do and do things the funny way. switch on some music or just open ur window for that fresh air while u work. its all attitude lady that counts whatever or wherever u are.