I just graduated college last December and I’m a couple weeks into my first full time corporate role. It’s a well-known company and the pay is great. I don’t necessarily have complaints about the people I work with either but corporate life itself isn’t doing it for me.
At school, I was very hardworking. I’d sometimes skip parties and hangouts to go to networking events and land internships and study extra to get good grades etc. you get the gist. But, I still had a decent amount of time for myself and to spend it with the people in my life.
I’m really fortunate to be working from home and not wasting even more time on commute but it feels very draining and almost lonely working. I find it hard to make time to hang out with friends and on the weekends, I’d be too drained to do anything but watch TV in bed.
People weren’t kidding when they say corporate life drains the soul out of you. Right now I don’t even feel like I’m living life, it’s like I’m trapped between four walls every day just trying to finish all my work. Unlike my internship, I’m not in a physical office to go over and chat or make small talk. I can’t even go to a cafe to work because my company is strict about being connected to a secure home connection.
Point is, I have no clue how to balance my life anymore and I need some tips. Unlike my internship, there are just too many things in my work to complete that I can’t even slack off for an hour or two. I feel drained and tired and every day I barely have any human contact until I log off. I know people on here will just tell me I’m lucky or just quit but I don’t have it in me to crush my immigrant parents’ dreams.