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Rich1 Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 160) |
posted April 24, 2000 05:00 AM
  
I travel for a living, I have no time to find someone to share my life with. Every monday through friday I'm on a jet hitting as many as 4 cities in 5 days. In short I'm hating my life, and I'm really depressed. I'm going to see my Dr. tomorrow and ask him to put me on some thing short term to get me out of my rut. I'm cursed with a good mind in engineering, but that has a price, mainly the travel, and I'm way too analitical for most people. I need to get a life, but I doubt my company will slack the travel, so it maybe time to leave this job. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks...This problem has been coming for a long time, so it was inevitable I would get to hate my job..and my life. IP: Logged |
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Peanut Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 103) |
posted April 24, 2000 12:33 PM
Always remember that money can't buy you happiness. It sounds like you have an excellent job but it may be time to explore some other options even if it means taking a cut in pay. After I graduated college my wife and I moved to San Diego, CA. I had an ubelieveable job with all the perks, I was happy but my wife wasn't. She was extremely homesick and wanted to move back home to LA. To make a very long story short I decided to leave my job and take a massive pay cut and demotion in rank to make my wife happy, which in turn makes me happy. I think about that job I left every single day but I know that my family is much happier even though we're broke. Isn't the American Dream terrific. Good luck bro and don't give up. IP: Logged |
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Capt'n_Crunch Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 127) |
posted April 24, 2000 01:05 PM
Hey bro if you hate your job that much, QUIT.....my uncle is a mechanical engineer....while he was in college he went to 3 different universities for his Bachelors, he also had his own small plane, a motorcycle, and a motorboat, when he finished college he got a job as a contractor doing laser cutting or some shit like that for companies like GM and stuff, when he got tired of it he became a construction work contractor (had his own bulldozer), when he got tired of that he became a jet pilot for a small jet company (rich folks airline hehehe), when my aunt got tired of him being away all the time he finally decided to move back to his parents farm to take it over and open up a chicken farm (they grow and pack eggs)..... when my uncle sees something he likes he buys it or goes for it without hesitation.....my uncle is the most analytical person I know, but he is also one of the happiest and most satisfied .... whats the point of having all that money if it doesnt make you happy? Job security aint worth a shit if it makes you miserable.....I know I would rather be broke and happy then rich and miserable....... IP: Logged |
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bradley9 Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 43) |
posted April 24, 2000 01:12 PM
Rich 1, I can relate. I also travel alot, plus am stuggling with a bad marrage. Being a sales professional, I am not as analitical as an engineer, but still dwell or focus too much on my unhappiness. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." On of those is from the Bible, the other from Shakespere. What works for me is not to dwell on certain issues too much. Yes I need to resolve them, but there is a difference in solutions and a pity party. I used pity party to describe myself, not your unique situation. No flame! Only you can control your thoughts. Practice good, positive thoughts. Block out negitive ones. I am not saying to avoid your problems, just don't overly focus on them. "You can make hell of heaven, or heaven out of hell" Shakespere. Try this, works wonders. Next weekend, when you do have some time, go do something for someone else. Something that they cannot repay you for. (Volunteer to help homeless shelter, Big Brother program, or just a random act of kindness) You will see how blessed you are, and how good you have it in relation to how somepeople actually live. "It is nore blessed to give than to receive!" Jesus Christ. Please, I'm not preaching here, but I have walked in your shoes. Best of luck brother!!
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moe dank Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 199) |
posted April 24, 2000 01:47 PM
You are only on this planet for so long. When you are old are you going to say man i am glad i worked my ass off or are you going to be pissed at what you didnt get out of life. I personaly dont believe in the after-life so I bust my ass everyday to do what ever the hell i want to do while i am here. I am only 23, but i have quit several jobs in the computer feild that had good long term potential. To hell with it if you arent happy! TO HELL, TO HELL, TO HELL WITH IT. Enjoy your life at whatever cost.............this may be it! IP: Logged |
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Ed O. Puss-Rexx Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 50) |
posted April 24, 2000 05:30 PM
It's amazing that the first thing you're thinking about is taking an antidepressant instead of changing the factors that are making you miserable. Or do you ALREADY know why you're miserable, but you just want the pills to get you through the day so you don't have to deal with your unsatisfying, miserable existence? Anyway, you want pills? Take the damned pills. Something stimulating but light enough for a primary-care doctor to prescribe -- Effexor or Wellbutrin -- and in the high end of the dose range. (People who know me through these boards already know that I think Prozac and the other SSRIs are the Antichrist. Do a search on me to find out why, then decide for yourself.) Once you've been "enhanced", you'll have NO excuse to start making some changes and start taking some time for yourself. Just don't go out "looking" for someone -- you'll never find him/her, and if you do, it'll be a clingy, dependent mess who looks fine but will reveal his/her true colors down the road. IP: Logged |
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RedHot Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 40) |
posted April 24, 2000 11:16 PM
Sounds like your job is consuming you. I'm sure there are many ways you are being blessed and your just to busy to see it. You MUST take the time to listen to that small voice within and let it guide you. From my experience, when you lose touch spiritually, you feel lost and depressed.It sound like that's what has happened to your life since you travel so much. I'm speaking from someone who's been in your shoes. I don't know where you stand in your relationship with God but if you will ask him into your life he will take care of all your problems.I KNOW I'M A STANGER AND ALL THAT BUT YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE! And about finding someone, that's not your job to do that. She will be sent to you only when the time is right and only the man upstairs knows that. I'm still waiting too. Just be patient your life will fall in order soon! P.S. IP: Logged |
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big_bad_buff Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 364) |
posted April 24, 2000 11:41 PM
rich1 what's the deal man? don't have the balls to quite? i don't want to sound like a jerk, but i was just talking to E2 pretty much about the same thing. life is what you make it, if you don't like your life right now, WAKE UP! time for a reality CHECK! talk to the man above, and do somthing that you like!!. IP: Logged |
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Rich1 Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 160) |
posted April 27, 2000 11:21 AM
Thanks for the advise, you all are right, by next tuesday I have to make a decision about wheither or not I stay in this job, even with a pay raise, another thing does come to mind now, I have lost my sense of adventure, traveling used to be kinda exciting, but not anymore.I'm training to get back into shape for scuba diving this summer and that is a real adventure, this is the real deal... This is what I like about this board, lots of very informed smart advice by people who do give a damn, and they do it all for nothing...Thanks for your points of view.... IP: Logged |
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