How do you get through your work day?


I'm a City of London lawyer. I get through the morning by drinking a lot of tea and then disappearing into a mental pit of stress, pressure and depression, before rising phoenix-like sometime between 1 and 4pm, to get a chicken salad sandwich and a bag of crisps from Marks & Sparks (as it's the place closest to my office and it's quicker if I have the same thing every day), eat that while working, then disappear into a mental pit of stress, pressure and depression for several more hours. If I'm lucky I'll be out by 7pm but more usually between 8 and 9 to round off a 12 hour day + commute.

I used to drink heavily after work to get over the stress, but that wasn't sustainable long term as the spectre of alcoholism was looming large.

Hate my job. Have done for 20 years now. Gah. Keep putting one foot in front of the other, blues. At least there's GOT.
 

I am in my own world most of the time.
Don't bother with anybody other than politely passing time if I have to,
with the vast majority of my workmates.
Don't really care who is doing what as long as its not bothering me.
The others I basically don't talk about work for more than at most 2 or 3 minutes.
The managers have me down as a bit of a character , whatever that means so leave me alone,
Might possibly see one in the flesh one or two times a year,
I put the phone down on them and tell them to leave , after they have done their bit.
Goes a bit like this.
Yes is that it,
What
Have you finished?
Finished what ,
Talking to me about whatever you picked the phone up or came here for?
Well yes I suppose so,
Well go then ,
I really don't like people
It's not you it's just the way
I am , so goodbye .
Phone goes down
end of conversation, or I just get on with whatever ,
I want to do and leave them sitting there.
My day is taken up with either what gadgets I am currently intrested in, shopping for said things or studying some nonsense that has gotten in my head that day, anything from ancient history to how does a something work, that I will never remotely come across.
I think in my mind I have already retired.
Then the odd moment I actually do a bit of work.
Takes up about 5% of my day.
 
I am in my own world most of the time.
Don't bother with anybody other than politely passing time if I have to,
with the vast majority of my workmates.
Don't really care who is doing what as long as its not bothering me.
The others I basically don't talk about work for more than at most 2 or 3 minutes.
The managers have me down as a bit of a character , whatever that means so leave me alone,
Might possibly see one in the flesh one or two times a year,
I put the phone down on them and tell them to leave , after they have done their bit.
Goes a bit like this.
Yes is that it,
What
Have you finished?
Finished what ,
Talking to me about whatever you picked the phone up or came here for?
Well yes I suppose so,
Well go then ,
I really don't like people
It's not you it's just the way
I am , so goodbye .
Phone goes down
end of conversation, or I just get on with whatever ,
I want to do and leave them sitting there.
My day is taken up with either what gadgets I am currently intrested in, shopping for said things or studying some nonsense that has gotten in my head that day, anything from ancient history to how does a something work, that I will never remotely come across.
I think in my mind I have already retired.
Then the odd moment I actually do a bit of work.
Takes up about 5% of my day
 
Tony Hibbert's Wife said:
I'm a City of London lawyer. I get through the morning by drinking a lot of tea and then disappearing into a mental pit of stress, pressure and depression, before rising phoenix-like sometime between 1 and 4pm, to get a chicken salad sandwich and a bag of crisps from Marks & Sparks (as it's the place closest to my office and it's quicker if I have the same thing every day), eat that while working, then disappear into a mental pit of stress, pressure and depression for several more hours. If I'm lucky I'll be out by 7pm but more usually between 8 and 9 to round off a 12 hour day + commute.

I used to drink heavily after work to get over the stress, but that wasn't sustainable long term as the spectre of alcoholism was looming large.

Hate my job. Have done for 20 years now. Gah. Keep putting one foot in front of the other, blues. At least there's GOT.
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No chance of cutting your hours back mate ?

One of my oldest mates is a barrister in the city and you’ve pretty much described the first twenty years of her working in the smoke.

It made her seriously I’ll in the end and she had to make some pretty drastic work / life decisions.
 
I'm currently finishing my master's and working as a sysadmin at a high performance computing infrastructure. All my colleagues except for the boss are my age and our boss is really not a micro manager. So we just chat all day, somehow still get all work done, not least because we just help each other when possible and do stuff together and it's all a lot of fun because every day brings a new challenge since that field is rather vast and fast changing. Somedays I get the feeling that I will never find a better job again.
 
Tony Hibbert's Wife said:
I'm a City of London lawyer. I get through the morning by drinking a lot of tea and then disappearing into a mental pit of stress, pressure and depression, before rising phoenix-like sometime between 1 and 4pm, to get a chicken salad sandwich and a bag of crisps from Marks & Sparks (as it's the place closest to my office and it's quicker if I have the same thing every day), eat that while working, then disappear into a mental pit of stress, pressure and depression for several more hours. If I'm lucky I'll be out by 7pm but more usually between 8 and 9 to round off a 12 hour day + commute.

I used to drink heavily after work to get over the stress, but that wasn't sustainable long term as the spectre of alcoholism was looming large.

Hate my job. Have done for 20 years now. Gah. Keep putting one foot in front of the other, blues. At least there's GOT.
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Could you not dovetail into something similar but lighter on the load?

Surely someone with your credentials cound switch over into something a lot loss stressful?
 

dachshund said:
I'm currently finishing my master's and working as a sysadmin at a high performance computing infrastructure. All my colleagues except for the boss are my age and our boss is really not a micro manager. So we just chat all day, somehow still get all work done, not least because we just help each other when possible and do stuff together and it's all a lot of fun because every day brings a new challenge since that field is rather vast and fast changing. Somedays I get the feeling that I will never find a better job again.
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Doing an MSc is hard with a job, I passed my first year and binned it off after that - too hard being a dad and having a job and studying, well done for persevering, you’re much better motivated than me.
 
Start my day by turning on my computer and saying hello in the group teams chat. Usually make a little quip and get some laughing reactions.
Then I check in on GOT and try to make some funny posts in order to boost my reaction score, usually followed by reporting several of Zats posts.
Check the news quickly to make sure nuclear Armageddon hasn’t started yet.
Report @Zatara for being a goblin.
Look in the ale house to check if anyone has made a thread on Jordan Peterson. Silently sigh.
Lunch.
Wiggle mouse and smirk at emails marked *urgent*
Report Zat.
Look at transfer thread to remind myself I am better than everyone.
Report @Prevenger17 for no reason in particular.
Look in Film and TV series threads and chuckle at all the wannabe Barry Normans and Jason Statham heathens.
Have call with boss saying I’m stressed due to workload.
Say goodbye on Teams with a wavy emoji and a heart.
 
I know it's easier said than done, but find a job you like but more importantly find a workplace that is enjoyable.

I have had good jobs in an awful environment and rubbish jobs in a great environment - I'd take the later every time.

Also, I work at a desk all day and 50/50 between office and home.

Chatting with colleagues and building relationships is really important as the job becomes less about "function" and more about interaction. However, I find I get much more actual work done at home as I'm just sat on my own.
 

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