I think this is the key. Good wife, good life.

Mar 17, 2018
8:11:20am

Acorn All-American

She has never complained about me working. She knows I would rather be with her.

However, if I start watching too much TV or start being lazy, I hear about it...and she is right.

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LOL. People think that if you work 50 hours a week, you are a workaholic

Acorn

3/17/18 5:45am

What about the wife? Seems like she could contribute with only one child

JOPE

3/17/18 5:56am

My wife didn't work outside, and I am glad for the impact she had on our kids.

Acorn

3/17/18 6:03am

It doesn’t matter to me either...however, I believe a second income can be

JOPE

3/17/18 6:15am

Sounds like you have a good balance. Life is tough

Acorn

3/17/18 6:27am

Couldn’t agree more

JOPE

3/17/18 6:30am

It's all relative. 60 hours at work per week feels like a vacation to me now

Game Changer

3/17/18 6:06am

5:30 AM to 5:30 PM five days a week is 60 hours working

Acorn

3/17/18 6:14am

Definition of Workaholic

Chicago Cougar

3/17/18 6:17am

Selfish is selfish and that applies to your definition of workaholic

Acorn

3/17/18 6:30am

Yeah but their work didn’t have them sitting in front of a computer all day.

doups3

3/17/18 3:58pm

It' all relative as you say...we own a couple small business but they have

whiteninja

3/17/18 6:28am

Well, it would be nice to have the time

Archaea

3/17/18 7:06am

Aren’t you an MLM guy?

messi

3/17/18 1:27pm

Working a lot of hours is not a good thing. Working just to work is not a good

Baron

3/17/18 6:30am

This. Only addition I'd make is that working inefficiently is also not a good

unctoothman

3/17/18 8:49am

Live

AxelDC

3/17/18 6:36am

I work about that much

coolcats

3/17/18 6:38am

What do you do between 8 PM and bedtime?

Acorn

3/17/18 6:47am

Everyone needs down time

AxelDC

3/17/18 6:51am

55 hours a week isn't a "working machine".

Acorn

3/17/18 6:59am

There are studies that show efficiency and productivity decrease after

Archaea

3/17/18 7:08am

That is 80 plus hours. Very different than 50-60, and I agree.

Acorn

3/17/18 7:12am

lack of sleep is my problem

Archaea

3/17/18 7:14am

That is no good bro. Anything you can do about your work schedule?

Acorn

3/17/18 7:19am

I wish.

Archaea

3/17/18 7:34am

But you don't have some turd for a boss.

Acorn

3/17/18 7:37am

Sometimes I hate my boss.

Archaea

3/17/18 7:42am

Don't you choose that though?

hooscoug

3/17/18 7:38am

Yes and no.

Archaea

3/17/18 7:44am

You are cutting into your living time

AxelDC

3/17/18 7:19am

You need to read more carefully and expand your perspective

Acorn

3/17/18 7:25am

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Acorn

3/17/18 8:06am

A bit of unfinished work

coolcats

3/17/18 7:12am

All good things. I get it that it would be

Acorn

3/17/18 7:38am

What type of work can you get done from 8-11pm? My brain is usually fried by

doups3

3/17/18 4:03pm

The average person has tons more leisure time today than at any time in the past

HighHorse

3/17/18 6:53am

Let's not forget all day Saturday and Sunday

Acorn

3/17/18 7:05am

Minus tasks at home and Church callings etc.

coolcats

3/17/18 7:09am

Church callings burn me out. I wish I enjoyed those more

Acorn

3/17/18 7:13am

I don't believe that

bluelands

3/17/18 7:23am

My father's work was just the opposite of your father

HighHorse

3/17/18 7:32am

Same for my dad. He worked six days a week and was in big

Acorn

3/17/18 7:42am

A lot fewer people work as farmers or wage earners than they used to, and

russkiejedi

3/17/18 7:42am

Why do those who choose to work longer hours now days do it?

HighHorse

3/17/18 8:01am

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Buffalo

3/17/18 7:15am

Disagree. There was a lot of chest beating in that thread.

Acorn

3/17/18 7:17am

By the workaholics justifying their obsession

AxelDC

3/17/18 7:19am

^^^^^^thinks 55 hours a week defines a workaholic

Acorn

3/17/18 7:32am

LOL, the number keeps creeping up...

russkiejedi

3/17/18 7:43am

HUH???? WHAT?????. From my post at the top of this thread:

Acorn

3/17/18 7:52am

Crickets Chirping...

Acorn

3/17/18 7:59am

LOL, in your OP's subject, it was 50.

russkiejedi

3/17/18 11:42am

And in the body of the post and in several headers herein it

Acorn

3/17/18 4:36pm

I didn't see anyone in that thread calling 50 hours a week "workaholic."

russkiejedi

3/17/18 7:22am

Go back and look. The 40 hours a week people with the editorial

Acorn

3/17/18 7:33am

I went back and looked. I saw Harlem throwing 40 hours out there as a straw

russkiejedi

3/17/18 7:38am

or an assertion that if you work more than 40 hours a week you can't snuggle

Acorn

3/17/18 7:47am

Nope. Wasn’t asserting that you couldn’t snuggle my infant daughter if I worked

LaserCoug

3/17/18 9:43am

I'm glad my wife didn't have to work and could snuggle my kids anytime they

Acorn

3/17/18 10:09am

Nope. She works at home.

LaserCoug

3/17/18 10:23am

You missed the point

Acorn

3/17/18 10:33am

I get your point and respect those who make those choices

LaserCoug

3/17/18 11:29am

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Buffalo

3/17/18 7:22am

What if you work closer to 80/85 hours a week?

gww687

3/17/18 7:27am

That's pretty tough. I am glad that I don't have to do that very often

Acorn

3/17/18 7:31am

I can't imagine a 40 hour week. A story though.

Archaea

3/17/18 7:41am

I’ve never really heard anyone I know brag about working 40 hrs a week.

BeefNoodleCoug

3/17/18 7:32am

If somebody can survive on forty hours, I'd love to see how.

Archaea

3/17/18 7:48am

C'mon. These absolute statements are a bit silly.

Acorn

3/17/18 7:54am

Okay. And I'm aware of confirmation bias, but

Archaea

3/17/18 8:03am

I work about 30 hrs a week, take 4 weeks of vacation a yr...I don't work for the

kotacoug

3/17/18 10:08am

Good for you.

Archaea

3/17/18 1:09pm

My spouse makes a good living working under 40 hours a week for a tech startup.

Capricious Cougar

3/17/18 8:03am

I work about 40 hours/week. My bill rates are high enough to justify my salary

dYrtbYkerYder

3/17/18 9:11am

Same here.

Jay Rick

3/17/18 11:11am

I'll brag about it. I'm absolutely lucky that my needs are met by a 40 Hour Work Week.

Wingnut

3/17/18 8:16am

Good point. Nothing wrong with that.

Acorn

3/17/18 8:22am

Relationships, hobbies, relaxation...

Capricious Cougar

3/17/18 7:59am

None of those suffer for me from an 10 hours a week working

Acorn

3/17/18 8:09am

That you know of, hard to measure opportunity costs

boyblue

3/17/18 9:20am

I worked 138 hours last week.

BYihateU

3/17/18 8:05am

You worked 20 hours a day? What do you do?

HighHorse

3/17/18 8:10am

RE: You worked 20 hours a day? What do you do?

BYihateU

3/17/18 8:15am

That's some tough work there

HighHorse

3/17/18 8:21am

I think this is the key. Good wife, good life.

Acorn

3/17/18 8:11am

RE: I think this is the key. Good wife, good life.

BYihateU

3/17/18 8:18am

I prefer to work as little as possible. Life is too short to live at work.

diluigifan

3/17/18 8:33am

80 hours isn't something I would choose. Neither would I chose

Acorn

3/17/18 8:44am

That was quite the rant. I work just about 40 hours and always have because work sucks. It has nothing to do with

Superkid

3/17/18 8:44am

That is too bad. So sorry your job sucks so bad. It would be horrible to spend

Acorn

3/17/18 8:52am

Nice faux sympathetic answer. Real clever. It sucks because it’s work.

Superkid

3/17/18 8:56am

It wasn't fake. I am a pretty empathetic person.

Acorn

3/17/18 9:02am

I would rather do yard work or manual labor than an office job if I had the choice.

Superkid

3/17/18 9:07am

I have an office job and it makes money. I like growing things

Acorn

3/17/18 9:44am

I love my job, but i still enjoy working only 40 hours a week.

JohnnyComeLately

3/17/18 9:11am

Nothing wrong with that. Some jobs aren't 40 hours a week.

Acorn

3/17/18 10:17am

Lol. "I am a pretty empathetic person"

Sid Vicious

3/17/18 9:26am

I think there are personality differences with this also.

Capricious Cougar

3/17/18 1:11pm

Raising 10 children, there was a period

Y'sWoody

3/17/18 9:05am

Those eight years sound horrible. If I lived like that I

hooscoug

3/17/18 9:19am

Sounds like a tough stretch. I bet your family

Acorn

3/17/18 10:24am

Shopping center maintenance, landscaping and lot sweeping. Took care of 35

Y'sWoody

3/17/18 3:16pm

I work as much as the job tends to require, and not a second more. So about 40-45 hours a week, tops.

Turnpike Lane

3/17/18 9:19am

So you are obligated between work and commute 55 hours a week

Acorn

3/17/18 10:23am

I also think bragging about working 50-60 hours a week is dumb.

spugeddy24

3/17/18 9:25am

You misunderstood my post if you thought I was bragging about working

Acorn

3/17/18 9:52am

That’s fair. I think it’s a fine line.

spugeddy24

3/17/18 1:19pm

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mosterlow

3/17/18 9:52am

I have no idea how many hours a week I work, some more than others

mosterlow

3/17/18 11:26am

You make it sound like it’s no big deal, but an extra 4 hours per weekday

Nathanael Greene

3/17/18 11:47am

There's plenty of worthwhile things to do besides working. Including enjoying

fattycoug

3/17/18 12:58pm

Of course there are

Acorn

3/17/18 4:22pm

10 to 15 hours a week exercising isn't uncommon.

YardTime

3/17/18 5:19pm

workout, watch movies. NOT SPEND IT WORKING!!

Mayor of Cougartown

3/17/18 6:25pm

you aren't factoring in commute times and a lot of other time draining stuff

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