Unless you work in a factory and get stuck in a lathe while " working". The you don't even need to work

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Yeah. The gaming nights are almost completely gone. I miss those

Having rigid schedules with little to no wiggle room sure contribute to that, doesn't it. It's really frustrating to me. For quite a long period of time (around a year-ish), I didn't do anything else except work from home which was, for the most part, pretty chill. Naturally, even though I'm living with my partner, I had a lot of time on my hands to go to ping pong practice, play games, and other things. Now, I've recently started an apprenticeship and now I have time to do fuck-all once I get home from school. Groceries, cooking, some cleaning, and then it's basically time to sleep lol. Barely, if any gaming, no time on my hands to go to practice etc.

We've been struggling a lot recently, but I'm still holding out hope that it'll get a little better once we're accustomed to the schedule even if it'll probably only get more later on. One can hope, I guess.

It really does help to appreciate the little time we have (I have) to do recreational activities, though. It does feel really special then.

Steam Deck is great for this. Especially since you can suspend mid-game like a Nintendo Switch. No down time to select a game, wait for it to load, etc., if you don't want that.

Great for quick sessions if you only have small bursts of time.

We spend our best years and energy working.

Lol... At this point, they probably wouldn't need to be if humans weren't so awful and selfish.

Oh man, this exactly. I've taken to cramming in the cleaning the day before but, of course, I end up overdoing it. Then new messes appear by the time I'm ready to try again.

Agree. What's even the point

Remote work really was the saving grace for me. It's just amazing how much more time one has once you eliminate the commuting times.

Might not work for you but a countertop dishwasher was life changing in my old tiny apartment.

My dishwasher has been broken for over a week. I can see how your situation is soul crushing. The only thing keeping me going is a fix in the near future.

Not that I can even afford a game rn shit.

Went from 35h/week to 40. It's made my life so much more complicated because everything is closed when I'm finally free. I have to take from my holidays to get my car repaired.

I am at a somewhat senior (escalations tech, pretty senior without being in real management) position at my work that involves 100% WFH and a boss who trusts me on my time management, plus watches out for us when we do overtime (I'm salary so gotta get approved time off if going over etc). A bunch of prior coworkers have encouraged me to leave to get better pay, but I don't wanna give up all those benefits.

I make food at home for lunch, can play games at lunch, right after work, etc. I won't discuss if I ever play games during my work hours because how dare you accuse me of that and also where did you hide the cameras in my room?

Having kids is overrated

T- minus 7 months till I'm gonna 😁😢😁

I'm trying!

I'm 28 and yeah, it's happened.

A wife, a new baby, a job that takes up too much of my time, then always washing dishes... So. Many. Dishes.

Wash dishes while you cook food. It literally will save you years of your life.

I mean, just don't get a job with long hours and don't have kids and you're probably all good.

Age and you need sleep more than gaming

I think it depends on how demanding your days are, how much you exercise, and if you're eating well.