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You keep blogposting and I'll never care about your uninteresting life.

>>55588961
Yay! Is an OP is a soft faggot thread!

>>55588961
ITT: Humble bragging

>>55588961
I can relate on so many levels dude. Except I use my evenings to improve myself physically

>>55588961
I love remote work, but I have a family. My house is far from boring.

>>55588961
> WFH since 2020 COVID
> Surreal in the beginning, had complete freedom. Gf worked from home too so sometimes sex on the clock.
> Gf has to go back to work, but I stay working from home. Enjoy the peace.
> Start to let myself go and become kind of crazy from being home all day. Shower every other day or 2. Spend a lot of time at my desk goofing off, something I wouldn't do at the office.
> Constant paranoia of my boss thinking I'm wasting time while working from home.
> Gf leaves me. Still WFH
> Day 65 of no in person human contact since my GF left me, except for occasionally saying hello to the drive thru man at Carl's Jr.

I get paid a lot and get to do whatever I want so it's balancing out ok.

>>55588961
just be glad someone is stupid enough to pay you

>>55588961
>goyim being goyim
yawn just kys chud give your job to someone else

>>55589358
that's it? That's all one must do to be grateful?

>>55589340
>drive thru
Dude, you have all the time in the world and you don't cook for yourself at home? I don't pity you

>>55589556

Sometimes I just don't feel like cooking!

Sometimes I don't feel like giving (You)s. Now cook the food!!!

>>55589340
If you really feel too alone, you can take a refugee

>>55588961
fellow WFH chad here
its a dangerous comfort trap. you have to force yourself to get into a routine that gets you out of the house at some point during the day. sounds cliche, but hit the gym every other day, and on the days you don't, go for a walk in the park or something
that's how I do it.

>>55589869
Imagine staying inside during summer especially after work. Go for a walk, go hit some balls at the golf course, go ride a bicycle, go hiking, go to a park, go to a locals farmer market, go to a bar, go swimming, go volunteer work, go to the shooting range. Shit load of things to do. No reason to feel isolated. Quit playing vidya nerds.

>>55589921
I do all that minus volunteering and shooting and still feel isolated. Maybe it's cus my gf doesn't speak english fluently

>>55588961
>>craving chocolate after binging yesterday and telling myself it was the last time
just eat chocolate then retard stop being fat and go exercise

>>55588961
i am like you but i don't work from home; been starting to wonder more and more if i can get away with physically leaving the workplace. i started to leave 15 minutes early last year every day; then 30 minutes, and now almost an hour earlier. recently i stayed until the normal time (8-4:30) and around twenty after 4 i was asked what am i even doing here. should i just....leave?

>>55591535
>tfw no qt foreign no-english braphog

>>55591609
>braphog
it's super cute when she farts. They're tiny, just like her. She weighs about 95lbs

>>55588961
Feel you OP. Making 250k sitting on my ass in my apartment doing a couple hours of work a day. I’m so fucking bored and want a different career. WFH is a trap, it’s so comfortable you never want to give it up but I really don’t think it’s good for people mentally.
I’m planning on starting my own business, I need a lot of skin in the game to give a fuck about doing work. Otherwise I’ll just slack off cuz it’s not mentally stimulating.
>>55589340
>>55589869
This guy has the right idea. If I didn’t go to the gym and for a walk/biking everyday I’d go insane, and I still kind of am going insane. But I’m too well paid and comfortable to leave.

>>55591832
assuming you're telling the truth, how unbelievably lucky do you feel to me blessed with living in America at this stage of human technology? I mean, to be making 250k, I'd feel like a god. I only make 72k CAD and have a very, very comfy time saving 2k/month.

How do you not fuck Thai hookers every week?

>>55588961
why don't you sell narcotics?

In a somewhat similar situation myself. I’ve spent the last three years reading and hiking. It’s gotten old.

>>55591832
The term is golden handcuffs.

>>55589340
Did she leave because you let yourself go? I think men who work from home is a major turnoff for women.

I don’t know I find it pretty easy, you just have to balance whether the task you want to do is ultimately more productive than just continuing to work more, and if the answers no you stay at your desk and work.

>>55589869
I typically hike, fish, hunt, or just take the dogs for a walk for a few hours in the middle of the day. It’s nice but it still gets boring once it’s a routine and it’s still a bit isolating. There’s a social aspect involved with in-person work that is not replicable in remote work.

>>55592535
I’m overemployed, technically I have two mid level jobs, one pays $100k that I do almost nothing for, the other takes up most of my time because of shit management and that pays $150k.
The mindfuck of it all is that I know how lucky I am. But I’m honestly not happy doing it. Yeah I have a lot money coming in every month, it’s really nice not being able to worry about bills. But I promise the WFH lifestyle isn’t as good as sounds. It’s incredibly comfortable, but being comfortable doesn’t make you happy. I don’t enjoy writing bullshit software for moron roasties that don’t understand the software they’re telling me to build. I don’t enjoy corporate America on any fucking level. I’d be 100x more happy working as a teacher, professor, researcher, or some kind of manual labor job like groundskeeper or something. But all of those jobs pay like garbage, so I stay writing bullshit web apps for enterprise retards and hating myself for it. The lifestyle downgrade would be insane. That’s how they trap you in tech.

>>55592809
But what if you wouldn’t be happy to doing anything? What if happiness is the wrong thing to expect?

>>55592809
you don't sound very happy. You should spend that money to make you happiee

>>55592834
I’ve thought about that for sure. Work isn’t supposed to be “fun” and whatnot. But idk, I just feel like everything in corporate America is fucking pointless, very few companies are making the world a better place or even making genuinely cool products. It just all seems like a giant charade to give the peons something to do. Idk. I’m obviously jaded lol. I’d really like to go back to school for astronomy and work on space related tech stuff but I’d have to do a PhD and that would be 5+ years of being destitute, and probably making no money after.
>>55592954
I’m saving up right now to buy a house, or just give myself the freedom to take a year or two off and figure out what I even want to be doing. I agree I should be finding a way to put the money to work

>>55593083
Are you me? Difference is you have your life in front of me. I'm more than halfway dead with wife and kid. Keep your chin up anon. You have more time to figure it out. And hey, if you figure it out, please share for the rest of us too comfie wfh plebs.

>>55591832
I can relate. I make about half of what you do and the job is actually challenging/stimulating to an extent, but I do feel the affects of the golden handcuffs. It’s becoming hard for me to keep the routine I’d like. I’m getting high and smoking pot too early and frequently during the day. I get outside everyday, walk my dog, ride my bike, hang out on my deck, but it can get to be like watching paint dry. But I tell myself it’s better than working in a facility. I hate corporate America and water cooler talk and commuting and dressing up. Hate it. So I will continue on this path, somewhat begrudgingly I guess.

>>55593621
What's it like ? Knowing you will die in 20 years?

>>55593671
>>55593083
>>55592796
I had no idea we were all experiencing this. Do any of you eat fruit and stuff like, all day? I got back and forth from my desk to kitchen whenever I'm stressed. I also goon twice-thrice a day to remain calm and focused

>>55588961
Same for me

I just listen to podcasts and read financial news all day

Yes I am getting a little tired of WFH.

ITT: boomer managers larping as depressed WFH millenials trying to trick us into going back to the office for no reason
Don't fall for it, WFH has no downsides for you or your company, it only hurts the egos of useless middle managers

>be moi
>stay inside for 6 months workin and going to the gym
>take vacation to the other side of the world by myself
What a surreal experience leaving my shoebox was last year. I might do it again haha

>>55593912
I'm ok with death. I believe in the afterlife. I do wish I was doing more with my life though. If for nothing else, it's a way to show gratitude to my parents for bringing me in to this world.

I hate WFH niggers so much. When the paper money goes to zero and the homeless invade your "office" I will not be around to help you.

>>55594293
>I do wish I was doing more with my life though
What else is there to do besides 4chan, wife, child, job, hobbies, travel, eat, shit, and sleep?

>>55594300
who do you think you are? lol fag

>>55595082
I'm the guy with the strength and skills you're going to need to survive past the inevitable collapse of this fake gay empire.

Office jobs are not "jobs" they are adult daycares. WFH is being paid to babysit yourself. Both deteriorate people mentally, physically and spiritually in return for scrip.

"lol fag" is not going to save you.

>>55595108
SAVE ME!!!! RIGHT NOW!!!!!! FUCKING SAVE ME! IM SORRY, OKAY?!

>>55595405
Laugh it up while you can

>>55595408
your husband should stop feeding your ego

>>55595415
You're feeding my ego just fine with these salty replies

>>55594447
>What else is there to do besides 4chan, wife, child, job, hobbies, travel, eat, shit, and sleep?
Weld.

Weld like its 1999 my basterd

I'm not replying to you no mo

>>55595428
weld what? my elbow to my tongue?

I can relate bro
Just know you're not alone in going through this
I have nothing to do for stretches of time I WFH and It's demoralising

>>55593621
I'm in the same boat, but I've been working remote for over 15 years. The truth is that once you're good enough at what you do you can reclaim 90% + of your 'work day's and repurpose that time to doing something you want to be doing instead. I used my software and technical writing skills to start my own business, which will (hopefully) be profitable soon. I get NO fulfillment out of my work, but the ~200k a year salary is too good to walk away from until it's replaced. So find that fulfillment elsewhere; when wfh you have every freedom to do it, the only barrier is literally laziness and self motivation. I wish I'd figured it out ten years ago, but better late than never.

The other thing about remote work is to get gone from the city if you haven't already. You can live anywhere, so live in an environment that makes you happy just by going outside. It makes all the difference.

>>55594447
Create. Build something, anything. Write a book. Build a webpage, write a stupid application. Construct a doghouse or chicken coup. Nothing is more satisfying to a man than accomplishment.

>>55594202
^

WFH Chads have the highest potential in both directions, to either self-actualize or to become the equivalent of a heroin addict with a comfy job. Do with this information what you will

>>55597665
shut the fuck up Western Europe Junior

>>55597993
I’m oscillating very hard between heroin addict and self-actualized WFH Chad these days

>>55597665
>>55597993
Nah he’s actually right on the money with that statement.

Get a hobby. Try art. Make it your job, legit put eight hours a day into it.l for a month

>>55598346
I'm gonna do this next time I'm unemployed! I almost can't wait!!

>>55592782
>WFH
>Sees you everyday, sees your lack of drive and motivation, killing time all day
>Pussy begins to dry up
>Leaves

>Go to work everyday
>She has no idea what you're up to, who you're talking to, if you're chatting up the cute secretary
>Begins to imagine wild fantasies of you at the work place working the social ladder and hierarchy

Never kill a woman's imagination boys, she loves the idea of you more than the actual you.

>>55599217
>both work from home
>both kill time together and separately
>both think work is silly
>both do a 2 hours of work then chill
>both don't care about the other person's work ethic cus we know we're both capable and ready to work when the time arrives

>OMG I JUST HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
>I HAVE TO WORK AND SLAVE AWAY FOR MR BERGS TO MAKE BILLIONS
>GOD THIS MONEY IS TOO MUCH, I NEED LESS OMG

>>55594202
Its glowing hard here for sure

>>55588961
I'm on meds bc of this.
You need the work man, don't fall into the trap of paid comfy imprisonment. You will fall so far behind it's unreal.

Find friends, invest well, look after your body and mind, work on something you'll be proud of showing to a future employer

>>55588961
It just fucks with my head because whether I work hard or not makes no difference. Putting on a collared shirt and larping as a professional unironically does help but is also super gay and pointless. Ultimately going to the office doesn't really benefit my career aspirations. I should socialize on Twitter and discord for that.

>>55588961
> Used to WFH during pandemic 2020 and 2021 but had to come to the office from time to time (me being a manager)
> didnt enjoy WFH days
> got lazy as fuck, vidya, netflix, meeting from bathtub
> ate like shit
> didnt go to gym bc of mask requirement
> became fat fuck, mentally depressed
Then...
> quit job in 2023
> NEET since april 23
> 5 days a week gym + 7 days a week long walks
> meet former colleagues from time to time
> getting in shape, mentally totally fine

Its not the WFH, it was the pandemic lockdown + measures that fucked me. Just keep active and you will enjoy it, even wfh!

>>55588961
>>55589340
you should use this time to work on starting your own business or revenue source

>>55599217
Yeah. This is a concern of mine. Especially since I don’t make a lot of money. I actually have a somewhat prestigious job, but I’ve noticed by family thinks I’m like a loser ever since I became remote and get paid less.

>>55601147
Idk. Lockdown measures are long over for me. It’s my lifestyle that never recovered. I’m still traveling around and living with family after letting go of my lease like it’s 2021 and I’m in my twenties.