Dave
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I seriously thought about doing that. But my wife is against it. Hell, driving a truck in a combat area is worth its weight in gold.
I'm bored with work and life in general...
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Wives are stupid like that. My flipped the shit when I told her I was considering being a cop. She also did something similar when I proposed buying a motorcycle (I should have never sold my old bike before we were married).
Dave
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I can really see their points....to some extent. Guys are known for being bigger risk takers than the fairer sex. But then again it's a risk/reward thing and testosterone calls for action. ACTION!!
I swear I could have written this topic too (aside from kids, teaching). I've even gone so far as encouraging my wife to apply for a job opening in the caribbean just so I can get my dive ticket and do something different. Between work, charity work, foundation, and school, I feel so overloaded yet so bored of doing it all. None of it is particularly challenging, just time consuming and aside from resume burnishment and the feel good part of helping the community, there is little benefit.
We do travel a lot which helps out, but normal days I go to work, come home, do school work, do foundation work, talk to the media, play Call of Duty and then go to bed.
I used to enjoy my job a lot more, and I think a lot of it has to do with the people now. A new manager was hired next to me and she's ... Scattered ... To say the least. If I could just come in and do my job, diving into numbers and analysis I'd be a lot happier.
We do travel a lot which helps out, but normal days I go to work, come home, do school work, do foundation work, talk to the media, play Call of Duty and then go to bed.
I used to enjoy my job a lot more, and I think a lot of it has to do with the people now. A new manager was hired next to me and she's ... Scattered ... To say the least. If I could just come in and do my job, diving into numbers and analysis I'd be a lot happier.
I see the idea behind living in a safe - none threatening - existence too. I get it. Believe it or not I have an amazing ability to empathize with people's situations, down to murderers and father's who run out on their families. My wife is constantly looking for that Hallmark-bullshit, ideal. It's really the routine of it all that's killing me - I'm looking for the Indiana Jones-bullshit ideal.
Bottom line. Adammon went through his day. Mine is similar right down to play video game and go to bed. Everyday has a different twist, but the weeks are all the same. You don't know how excited I was for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year because it broke some of the routine. Like I said, mid-life crisis. I'm not even thirty yet...
Dave
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But see, I do the same thing. Get up, go to work, come home, play a bit on the computer, rinse, repeat.
You are not alone! ALL people have this that work 9-5 (or 8-4, etc.) It's the nature of the beast. I understand, I really do. But accepting and learning to deal is MUCH better than trying to find a spark somewhere else. I'm not saying finding the spark can't be done but any spark you find will have consequences on your current existance in ways you won't think of.
You are not alone! ALL people have this that work 9-5 (or 8-4, etc.) It's the nature of the beast. I understand, I really do. But accepting and learning to deal is MUCH better than trying to find a spark somewhere else. I'm not saying finding the spark can't be done but any spark you find will have consequences on your current existance in ways you won't think of.
"Now you're talking semantics. What if I told you insane was working a 50-hour week for 50 years, at the end of which they tell you to piss off. Ending up in some retirement village, hoping to die rather than suffering the indignity of trying to make it to the toilet on time. Wouldn't you consider that to be insane?"
Mathias, you should get a dirt bike... they kick ass and are a hell of a lot of fun. It might be easier to convince the missus to let you have one of those instead of a street bike. Also, when your kids are old enough it can be a great thing to share with them 
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Just want to throw this out there... I'm stuck in the same routine that Adammon and Dave mentioned as well. I get up early, go to work, come home, make supper, spend time with my son, do laundry and house chores, spend some time with my wife, play some games if I have time and then go to bed. Weekends are better but weekdays suck.
.Just want to throw this out there... I'm stuck in the same routine that Adammon and Dave mentioned as well. I get up early, go to work, come home, make supper, spend time with my son, do laundry and house chores, spend some time with my wife, play some games if I have time and then go to bed. Weekends are better but weekdays suck.
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Biannoshufu
train for UFC fighting.
Secretly.
Wear a mask.
Secretly.
Wear a mask.
Well, I'm not really debating. I agree with you. But when you say "accepting and dealing with it" it makes it sound like the only way to go through life in modern society is to have your spirit broken and be a drone for the rat-race.
I know I'm not the only one who feels this way -what I call Office Space syndrome, but man there's nothing more depressing than realizing you're just a mouse on a damn spinning wheel.
I should form a union...
Really?
Necronic
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BUILD STUFF!
Oh my god its the best way to fight the tedium. Especially if you have some spare scratch. Build a home theater system that you can play WoW on (160" screen easily done for under 8oo). Buy broken oxygen monitors from online and fix them and then resell them. Buy up old computers on craigs list for 20 dollars, get them running linux or something, then set them up to do something weird. Buy robosapiens, change their programming, then install flamethrowers and gauss rifles on them (not kidding, check youtube).
Play weird tricks on your wife by installing hidden motion activated speakers all over your house that will say creepy things to her when she walks by.
Go to radioshack. Buy stuff. Put it together. Hide in the basement when the FBI comes a'knocking.
Do you do all the work on your car? If you don't, why the hell not? If you do? Go buy a project car for 1.5k and get cracking!
This is what you do with that spare time. I mean seriously dude. You have money. You have smarts. You have time. Go build something crazy.
Or go buy a bunch of guns. Those always make me feel better.
Oh my god its the best way to fight the tedium. Especially if you have some spare scratch. Build a home theater system that you can play WoW on (160" screen easily done for under 8oo). Buy broken oxygen monitors from online and fix them and then resell them. Buy up old computers on craigs list for 20 dollars, get them running linux or something, then set them up to do something weird. Buy robosapiens, change their programming, then install flamethrowers and gauss rifles on them (not kidding, check youtube).
Play weird tricks on your wife by installing hidden motion activated speakers all over your house that will say creepy things to her when she walks by.
Go to radioshack. Buy stuff. Put it together. Hide in the basement when the FBI comes a'knocking.
Do you do all the work on your car? If you don't, why the hell not? If you do? Go buy a project car for 1.5k and get cracking!
This is what you do with that spare time. I mean seriously dude. You have money. You have smarts. You have time. Go build something crazy.
Or go buy a bunch of guns. Those always make me feel better.
Damn it Necronic... I wished you lived nearby... I need a crazy friend who would understand my desire to build a hot wheels track that goes from the top story of my house to the basement... 
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Seriously though Mathias, a project off road vehicle seems like something that would be up your alley.
.Seriously though Mathias, a project off road vehicle seems like something that would be up your alley.
Welp, as an update to this thread. I figured out that I'm not being challenged enough as a community college prof. I'm finishing out this semester and in June, I'm back in industry baby! Like Tin, I've been pretty much job hopping every two years with each hop being a salary increase. This new job is going to be along the lines of my former biotech job, in terms of salary. I'd be stupid not to take it. It's literally double of what I make now and the place is 15 minutes from where I live.
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Biannoshufu
Does this mean you'll get the chance to mix explosive stuff and draw penises on sticky notes taped to billion dollar machines?
Well, I'm late to the topic, but like you, I am unhappy with my place in life. I am always burned out, I am literally months behind on my paperwork and the new Staff Sergeant is worse in every way than our terrible, terrible old. The old one was just incompetent. This new one is a conniving bully to put it mildly. I've never seen morale at the detachment so low.
Grass is always greener eh?
Grass is always greener eh?
Necronic
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holy crap does that bring me back to some fun days in nanotech. We had this robot that would do strength tests and stuff. It was basically 2 gripping arms that would tear stuff apart. We would put all sorts of weird stuff in it to see what would break and how it would break, including a teddy bear. That was sad.
Then there was the laser someone built. We would burn up all sorts of stuff in that laser to see what it would look like, including a teddy bear. That was also sad.
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Sam
The definition of insanity is to repeat the same process but expect a different result.
Here you have repeated a process by changing jobs - but expected a different result or outcome from which your previous job provided.
Will the desired outcome ever be achieved by repeating this process?
Maybe it is time to sit and think about what you REALLY want?
Is it Freedom? Wealth? Happiness?
Many have intention but will never take the action.
Take up skydiving! It has completely changed my life. I am jumping solo now, any worry you carry from your work day goes out the door when it opens at 14,000 feet.
Well the job switch is pretty drastic. The two career paths differ significantly from each other. I've been happier with my 15 minute commute to this new place. The workload is bearable for me, and I can't complain about the pay and benefits compared to my old job. What was killing me before was a nearly 2 hour commute, one way to work.
I've actually started writing a lot again. I'm writing a science fiction novel. Writing has been pretty awesome thus far. In addition to that I've taken up a few hobbies like biking to work and hitting some local mountain bike trails, as well as swimming laps. I find that Tin's advice helped me out the most, where my day job is pretty much there to fund my exploits. Between all that and a new kiddo expected this month, I've been feeling better about things, and keeping pretty busy.
My next order of business is to buy a beat up, piece of shit CJ Jeep.
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Actually, I was considering the opposite! My cousin just got his diving cert, and wants me to go with him. I'm up for skydiving too.
Been thinking about SCUBA, myself... problem is the initial start-up costs... and I REALLY don't need another expensive hobby... but it DOES look pretty awesome
It is pretty awesome! SCUBA diving is a very relaxing hobby, I love doing wreck dives and going down 130ft.
Yeah it ain't cheap, but when I argued with my wife over SCUBA gear costs or a motorcycle, she gave into the SCUBA gear. I mean this is actually going to be a huge investment, but it rolls around with us agreeing to buy a boat someday, so it's a hobby that'll tie into something I can do with the wife.
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