I'm wondering, do you all work?

[311]

I kinda have a job but its not very traditional.

 

[Kikoo Loool]

I kinda have a job but its not very traditional.

In what sense?

 

[311]

In what sense?

I sell weed to some friends. Its Massachusetts so its legal. Weed stores here havent really opened up in a quantity that can serve all weed users here.

 

[Manfromtheocean]

I live in isolation. Haven't worked except on some of my own things for years. Difficult sometimes, nice at other times.

 

[azucaramargo]

What do you guys do with your time? Other than research suicide.

Hi, Dead Inside. I watch a lot of porn, go on the Internet to gross myself off with pictures of animals with tick infestations. Additionally, I play games in Sporcle.com to feel good about myself. Somehow, I feel a boost after being to name all the U.S. presidents (in no particular order), all the countries that start with "A", and all the words in Merriam-Webster dictionary that rhyme with "Y", for example.

Additionally, I have two jobs. Despite my master's degree I've had trouble getting back into the U.S. workforce after so many years abroad. So, for work, I just got a job as a tech at a hospital and I also substitute teach. Also, because I live with my parents, I need to dedicate a fair amount of time to cleaning. I try to go to the gym. I go to a lot of MD appointments, I apply and research better jobs elsewhere, and I spend a lot of time humiliating myself by finding creative ways to communicate with a former friend-with-benefits who dropped me.

I just joined a dating site, which I find thoroughly depressing.

Re: your original question, work has always been a difficult aspect of life--fitting in at jobs, being punctual, rising in the ranks (these three aspects have eluded me).

Dead Inside, I admire you for posing a question for other people to answer. I am always so wrapped up in my own b.s., I find I'm never asking questions anymore. Good on ya. Thanks for the opportunity to vent.

 

[futur]

I have a full time job since January again. Earlier I was forced to communicate a lot with patients and it drained all the energy from me, i lost my job, because i cannot think clearly (maybe because i was heavily medicated by psychiaters). Six month later i finally found a good workplace, where i don't need to speak with a lot of people but mostly operate the computer or perform some bureaucratic things. It was really like a light in a dark for me, as i met my chef. I remember that even before job interview i read one of the books about suicide (i bought last sommer a loads of old and new books about this topic, since i was able to think only about it). And he said that he most probably will hire me. I have had more than 10 job interviews before and because of my severe stuttering, overweight because of meds and lack of confidence i didn't had any success. One time i was even directly told that i may be suffering from depression.

So now it looks kind of Ok for me. I still have some heavy thoughts about death, escpecially on weekends. But overall it is not the darkest time for me. I am still glad that i found this forum, since it is possible to communicate a bit more, even if won't commit suicide in the next few months.

 

[Norest4thewicked]

Back at full time work after 6 months off

 

[time2go]

Part of my job involves preventing carbon monoxide leaks, ironically that's how I plan too ctb

 

[AhG]

Kinda? I mean, I stream games, so I don't know.

 

[Xaphous]

Never worked, 100s of recent applications and no response. Lost most my 20's so I'm flat out unemployable anyway.

 

[FTL.Wanderer]

I hate having a job and having to show up at specific times and not being able to sleep past a certain hour.

I knooooooooow! Like, you're exhausted but the alarm clock goes off at 5:30AM. Have to get up anyway. Missed the train because it arrived early or was too full? Now you're stressed out because you have a 7AM meeting. Not 7:05AM. What's that? Tired? Need to get to sleep? Too bad. You have deadlines. It's up 'til 3AM the whole week for you.

Progress. Bah!

 

[Exile]

I work full time. When I stay at home too long I feel bad, only in a different way.

 

[Nitromask]

I work in sales for a medical IT company

 

[GeorgeJL]

I work in for a rideshare company. In my spare time I look at videos by Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, Dave Rubin, IDW. I am also very much into technology. I am a transhumanist, which means I believe we should enhance our bodies and minds with technology. I follow new updates innovations in technology. I take psychedelics too. That is the bulk of what I do.