I think it's a delicate balance that you have to strike between a career and a life. Where I work it's pretty obvious that a lot of people don't get that. I know a lot of people who work 12 hour days average, often coming in on the weekends. These are people who are married with kids. It kinda makes me sad.Originally Posted by Pike
that's actually pretty much where I'm at too.
I don't want a "real job" because then I won't have time for anything good anymore
I think you just have to find a place that fits though. If that's not a career-oriented job then that's great. But it's also nice to have some stability too. With how things have been, it's good to even start thinking about retirement in your 20s - how much to save, what kind of retirement fund, all that. With pensions pretty much being killed by the 401k and social security being a total wreck retirement funding isn't guaranteed by anything but your bootstraps (thanks, republicans). Plus there's the cost of healthcare, which is absolutely absurd, and hospitals/insurers are justifying inflating their costs because of Obamacare even though really they could just cut their billion-dollar profit margins by a small percent to offset it. (If you want to be seriously depressed, read this. It was just poor timing that I read that after having $3000 in testing done with none of the cost being discussed with me prior).
I don't know why I'm rambling about this so much, I think it's just because it's a lot of stuff I'm actively thinking about. It's a pretty hard balance to strike overall, between having fun and playing the long game; it's really unwise to be consumed too much by either. Okay I'm done brain dumping.
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