/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.14812956]

whats the life style or job where I can just read a lot? Security guard maybe?

[Anonymous No.14812959]

>>14812956
Lighthouse keeper.

[Anonymous No.14812967]

>>14812956
>>14812959
all low tier menial jobs now have cameras everywhere and they expect you to be alert like an android, and they also do constant check ups.

watch the movie 'naked' and just figure out that it was quarter a century ago and that it still was bad.

[Anonymous No.14812988]

Mailman.
Although you have listen to audiobooks.

[Anonymous No.14812992]

I work night-shift at a funeral home answer answering service. 20-60mins between calls so I just read.

[Anonymous No.14813019]

>>14812992
how do you switch between reading mode and phone call mode? im a failed human being simply because i suck at adapting to different situations and modes.

[Anonymous No.14813062]

>>14813019
try not being retarded bro

[Anonymous No.14813100]

>>14812956
I unironically wish I don't have to aim for a career so I can work a minimum wage job that's mentally easy to do but physically demanding so I can get fit from work and lit at home at the same time

[Anonymous No.14813160]

>>14812956
Get a job where reading is part of your profession. I am educated in journalism and communications, which I know 4chan thinks is a meme degree, but I actually have a really comfy press consultant job making about 65K in nothern Europe which is definitely good here. I am expected to read all the time because I need to stay updated on many different agendas related to my field. If I tell my boss that there is a book that I might benefit from reading, they give me the company mastercard and let me buy how many books I desire. I can easily argue how one seemingly unrelated book may benefit me, because that too is part of my job.

Otherwise I keep to myself and act purely as an adviser which means zero responsbility. Perfect job for a person who hates everything about modernity and the business he is part of. I couldnt beat them, so I joined them.

[Anonymous No.14813166]

>>14813019
I know exactly what you mean.
>>14813062
I guess I've been failing at that my entire life.

[Anonymous No.14813184]

>>14813160
>journalist

No thanks, try again next time!

[Anonymous No.14813193]

>>14813184
Strange you want a lifestyle to read but you dont even read

[Anonymous No.14813244]

>>14812956
A countryside ranger where there aren't a lot of people is your best bet. See no one except fellow rangers for weeks on end. Can read all day and just walk around the countryside.

[Anonymous No.14813259]

>>14812956
I’d an office job once that increased my reading hours. I just read while everyone else were on social media because I was too paranoid to access anything and for not having an active presence on those.

[Anonymous No.14813282]

Security guards who do night shifts basically just sit around for 8/9 hours doing nothing at all except for an occasional round, sometimes not even that.

[Anonymous No.14813299]

>>14812959
Hasn't been a real job in decades

[Anonymous No.14813314]

>>14813160
Sounds like a very posh job, I'm jealous. You are blessed.

[Anonymous No.14813325]

>>14812956
I work by myself doing parts assembly. I just listen to music, podcasts and audiobooks and sometimes browse social media while I get paid $15/hr. The job kind of sucks but I don't need to stand on my feet.

[Anonymous No.14813718]

>>14813062
o-ok

[か No.14813763]

>>14813019
i'm the same anon i don't know how anybody can read without being able to fully immerse themselves. used to have a roommate in the army who would constantly show me dumb fucking vine memes every thirty seconds when I was reading or wearing headphones.

[Anonymous No.14813795]

>>14812956
someone post her name. ive lost my ph bookmark

[Anonymous No.14813801]

>>14813795
andyyy93 or somthing

[Anonymous No.14813843]

>>14812956
firewatch

[Anonymous No.14813848]

>>14812956
SSDI recipient. Find a doctor and a lawyer. $1200 a month + $200 for food + free healthcare for life.

[Anonymous No.14813856]

>>14813843
Not /lit/. Modernist bugman profession wanting to prevent a natural phenomenon. Forest fire fighting efforts harm the environment as the retardants used are toxic and long lasting.

[Anonymous No.14813861]

>>14813843
Neither /lit/ nor /out/. However, certainly reddit.

[Anonymous No.14813862]

Elephant handler

[Anonymous No.14813868]

>>14813862
Based

[Anonymous No.14813897]

>>14812956
You're better off having a corporate office 9-5 that just pays really well, then your stress levels will be lower and more energy to read

[Anonymous No.14813908]

>>14813862
this.
>Train one elephant to keep the others in check
>he basically does your job for you
>spend rest of the day reading

[Anonymous No.14813926]

>>14812956
I was placed in the barracks guard during my countries mandatory military service. You have a lot of time to read there because nothing ever happens in my country. I would not recommend that job at all though, it's utterly boring and hard not to feel useless.

[Anonymous No.14813957]

>>14812967
I worked somewhere under constant CCTV surveillance and told the boss that when I'm on downtime I will be reading on my phone, he was cool with that. Truth is I was also playing a bit of Clash of Clans. Anyway, if you don't speak up for yourself then they'll walk all over you and they really don't give a fuck if you're standing at attention all day and are dead at 45. Just don't ever be afraid to walk out if the conditions aren't to your liking, I've even quit jobs when I really needed the money but I justified it because the conditions were oppressive and it was wearing me out.
Not all employers are psychopaths either.

[Anonymous No.14813965]

>>14812967
Link to the movie? Or more info, there are lots of movies named Naked

[Anonymous No.14813974]

>>14812956
I'm a banker currently in mid merger and have been reading a lot. Worried about getting fired tho so switching jobs this week

[Anonymous No.14813997]

>>14813965
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107653/

[Anonymous No.14814054]

>>14813244
That sounds comfy as shit.

[Anonymous No.14814085]

>>14812956
I rent bicycles, boats, buggies. I'm always outside, have a little table for myself under a beach umbrella and I can read when no customers are here. It's busy 2 months in the year, july and august and even then I have plenty of time in the morning.

[Anonymous No.14814823]

>>14812956
night shift security is great for reading because not only is there a lot of time when nothing is happening it visually demonstrates to your boss that you're awake. and if you're even vaguely responsible and reliable no one will stop you since the average security guard is generally a shitty worker

[Anonymous No.14814934]

>>14813763
you should try reading 'how to read a book' by mortimer adler; i used to have the same problem but got over it as i started to follow his rules, now i can just pick up a book anytime & keep my mind on it

[Anonymous No.14815056]

>>14812959
Nay lad ye must tend to yer duties

[Anonymous No.14815181]

>>14813100
Dealership car detailing, it's pretty cool

[Anonymous No.14815226]

>>14812956
>Security guard
Highly depend where you do it.

t. security guard that has to fucking stand up all day and doesn't have time and energy left to read once it's over.

[Anonymous No.14815279]

>>14812956
I have abused my meat to her camwhore videos a scary amount of times

[Anonymous No.14815298]

>>14813160
>press consultant
what do you actually do?

[Anonymous No.14815318]

>>14815279
name? link?

[Anonymous No.14815325]

>>14812956
The dole

[Anonymous No.14815345]

>>14815318
Not sure, they kept getting deleted from everywhere but I have 2 of them on my PC

[Anonymous No.14815361]

>>14815318
http://www.camwhores.tv/search/andyyy_93/
andyyy_93
she deleted and stopped making videos, but they're on various sites

[Anonymous No.14815363]

>>14813160
>dude just become a press consultant
Fuck off, you little weasel. Don't act like you didn't get that job purely as a result of nepotism/networking.

[Anonymous No.14815365]

>>14813019
theres no mode. when you're answering calls, its just a script

thank you for calling anon's funeral home, anon speaking how many i direct your call?

its just the same shit over and over.

[Anonymous No.14815406]

>>14812956
Military aircraft technician here. My job is like 50% just being on location and i spend a lot of time in transit. Working on planes also means guaranteed rest and minimal buttfuckery.
Granted i need my shit together the rest of the time but i like that aspect too.

Get yourself a deskjob or civilian security in the airforce and you'll be cruising, there are so many people who just sit around doing nothing it's mind boggling.

[Anonymous No.14815829]

>>14812956
proof reader

[Anonymous No.14816031]

>>14812956
Sleep disorder technician. Monitor sleeping people all night

[Anonymous No.14816047]

>>14812956
Night auditor, motel or hotel. Occasionally check people in but that's it. Never read more, all coffeed up, nor for longer stretches.

[Anonymous No.14816048]

Teacher

[Anonymous No.14816098]

>>14812956
goddamn, sometimes I wish i were physically beautiful

[Anonymous No.14816120]

>>14812967
Maybe in london or something. But if you live in a small town it is super common. I worked at a historic site and read alone a ton. I worked at a slow restaurant and read a ton. If you have a buisy job, there probably will be be an incentive to do something, but primarily passive jobs allow it in spades. it can actually get kind of boring.

[Anonymous No.14816136]

>>14816120
I worked as a tech support and sometimes had hours of downtime, but if you try and do something meaningful, an obligation will pop up eventually and it's going to be a really bad feeling having to go back to the grind.

[Anonymous No.14817417]

homeless beggar

[Anonymous No.14817423]

>>14814934
Not that anon, but I've read that book and have had no such transformation. What kinds of books do you read and what advice in particular do you use from the book?