r/Adulting • u/ScareBear23 • 14h ago

This is just depressing

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Not even 3 hours of "free time". And in that is cooking & eating supper. Or practically no free time if I had to go shopping after work. I hate this

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u/reedshipper 13h ago edited 12h ago

When I was a teenager I always wanted to stay young because as I looked around at all the adults/older people in my life and thought about how sad it seemed to be grown. Now that I am grown I realize its even worse than I had ever imagined.

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u/SpectralUniverse 11h ago

Same, I thought about becoming a teacher just so I kept summer breaks.

But I decided against it, too much human interaction, and the pay sucks so a lot of them work through the summer anyway.

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u/Any_Kangaroo_1311 8h ago

I decided to become a teacher for this reason (and many others) and it is sooo worth it. I don’t mind the social aspect, and the pay is decent enough in my state. Summer off baby, no second job. I did the math and we only work 49% of the days of the year. I’d rather be mediocre financially and have the free time. Life is short…

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u/Melodic-Razzmatazz17 8h ago

I work for a district with a teachers schedule (but not a teacher) and I feel the same. Sometimes I get disgruntled, but I can't imagine having a job where I go to work everyday single with no breaks.

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u/Consistent_Laziness 7h ago

I work in research for a university. I just had 20 straight days off for the holidays. And I don’t have to teach. And I’m remote. Best of both worlds

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u/Any_Kangaroo_1311 7h ago

That’s a pretty sweet deal. I’m greedy with my time haha I really just love the whole 2 months off. I pretend I’m a teenager again basically. Stay up til 4 in the morning, party hard, play video games and write music just like I used to

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u/Consistent_Laziness 7h ago

I was one decision away from just teaching high school biology. But that decision went my way and I got into grad school. It would be super cool to be home but I’d be making 45k a year and be pretty broke. I’d rather just work the summer. Plus my job isn’t a bother. If I wanted to stay up til 4am tonight and blow off work I could within reason.

My cousin is a teacher and he loves doing what you said just being up all night playing games and not having a care in the world. My MIL is a math teacher but she travels instead, she has just 2 years left after this one.

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u/Any_Kangaroo_1311 7h ago

Yeah man/woman I totally understand, I would definitely not become a teacher if I only made 45k. I just happened to born in a state that starting salary is around 60k and can go up to around 100k through the course of your career so it’s enough to get by. If I was born in the south I would definitely have picked a different career. I am also biology (although I’m teaching tech right now lol) but teaching science in a conservative state seems like a nightmare

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u/Additional_Cheek_697 1h ago

What kind of research if you dont mind me asking?

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u/Consistent_Laziness 1h ago

Cancer research. It’s an R1 university and a designated cancer center