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When I started working, I lived with my parents to pay off student loan debt. I didn't have to go shopping or fix my house. I worked from 8 to 7, forgot to eat
by thebigspacefuck 10y ago
When I started working, I lived with my parents to pay off student loan debt. I didn't have to go shopping or fix my house. I worked from 8 to 7, forgot to eat lunch sometimes, went to sleep at 8:30, and woke up at 4:30 to hit the gym before work. I'd code in my off time and go in on the weekends. Now, 3 years in, I have a house, a dog, a girlfriend, go to the grocery store and cook my own meals, try to work out some of the time, too many home improvement projects, a lawn to attend to, an old motorcycle I want to restore. That is, I now have everything I dreamed of and went to school for in the first place. But some part of me thinks that maybe I should be doing more, or I should be studying to try to work for one of the big software companies, or developing a portfolio. Part of me wants to, but mostly I just want a decent life, and maybe once I have that worked out I'll come back to software in my free time, because really, I do like it, maybe even a little too much, but right now I'd rather just try to get my shit together in the real world for once.