I’m in my 20s and I’ve been working at an office for the last few years in an entry-level position. The work is easy and doable. My colleagues are okay. This is my first “big boy” job in the job area I wanted to work in. However, a few months into the job, the truth dawned on me. This was my life. 5 days per week, 9 AM to 5 PM – I belonged to my employer.
Of course, I was getting paid. I shouldn’t complain because there are people out there earning less than me or have no job at all.
But I don’t want work to dominate my life and take up all my time. I don’t want to just have Saturdays to just recover from the work week and have Sundays to prepare for the next work week.
So, I came up with a solution.
My office has a policy of working three days at the office itself and then two days at home. So I’ve decided to do all the work required of me on the three days while I’m in the workplace itself (Monday – Wednesday).
I still do all the work that’s required of me, just not on a Thursday or Friday. I keep my email open on those days in case anything comes up but it rarely does. Now I get Thursday – Sunday to actually have a life, enjoy my hobbies, work out, meet up with friends etc.
So what do you guys think?
I'm I a horrible person for doing this? I feel bad sometimes, but I try to tell myself that work isn't what I should be living for and isn't my priority – living life to the fullest and being happy is. I still do everything required of me at the workplace but I'm no longer going above and beyond. My job doesn’t own me, even if they like to think they do.