Quit your job.

>>42859536
Well, at least people chimed in on that one quickly.

Cut down your 4chan time and use it for anime instead?
Though if you're tired to the point where you don't even want to watch anime anymore, it's best not to force yourself. The experience would not be too enjoyable.

Are you doing labor work of any sorts?

welcome to life.
No more anime for you.
Drink beer. And lots of it.

"I really need the money right now" is never going to end, you know. Either change your lifestyle or suffer it until you die.

preoccupy yourself and hype yourself up for the things you have to look forward to after finishing work. even if you're kidding yourself to an extent, a bit of delusion helps.

might also make work more bearable

>>42858234
there's your answer OP

Enjoy your monotonous life, faggot. How does it feel knowing you'll work yourself into your old age? Haha -- your life is so mediocre; it's laughable.

Work does, unfortunately for the vast majority of people, destroy them. Find a job you ENJOY or take it like the rest of us.

What time do you go to bed?

You gotta plan ahead. My job kicks my ass too (delivery from 8AM-8PM 3 days so far this week). When you get home, make a little schedule in your head and stick to it. I give myself time to shower, a little time for dinner, and then assume I'll watch 2 or 3 episodes of whatever I'm watching at the time. After that I'll read or vidya or sleep if I'm really dead. Got to stick to that schedule, though.

Time, OP. I don't know how long it's been since you started working, but just give it some time. Once it becomes a routine to go to work and back, you'll find yourself enjoying your hobbies again. And hey, there's always paid vacation/holidays/weekends.

>>42859499
Dude, it's only an 8 hour shift....

Learn to manage your time better.

What exactly is your job, anyway?

See now this is how you troll - make a shitty thread that people will think is genuine because of their need to explain how they're so much more awesome than someone else.

It works.

4/10, only so low because it's not rage enducing, sounds more pathetic

>>42859569
Pretty much, long story short, we opened recently with half of the applied workers never showing up and people quitting sporadically every so often after that. So everyone's working more hours than they really want... I am considering maybe just 'tuning out' from anime for a while and just saving and marathon a bunch of shit when I've gotten further along in my education and things get more financially stable for me.

>>42859778
...1-2 am or so, depends. I've contemplated reverting to my 'in bed by 11-12, up by 8-9 routine to give myself an extra hour or two in the morning but I've been less willing to do such a thing as of late...

>>42859791
I'll see about giving this a try, maybe making a schedule and committing to it and avoiding as many unnecessary alterations as possible will let me set aside a specific half hour or hour every night to get caught up.

>>42859852
Yeah, this is pretty much my problem. People applying to fill the void for the asshole deserters that applied and never came or quit after the first week are trickling in slowly... But the position I work doesn't have as many as it could use. We've got 4-6 people as 'consistent' working whereas most other groups have 8-14. If we could get two more 'confirmed' workers in the area I'm associated, I could probably ask for fewer hours.

>>42859877
Second person to suggest this, so I'll take this one a tad more seriously.

>>42860021
>Post serious thread
>Take too long writing replies
>Accused of being troll
>Success?

>>42860136

>implying asking for advice on /a/ about how to live a normal life is not trolling

>>42859914

I bag groceries. It is a very mentally challenging job for me which is why I had to post this thread on /a/.

>>42860423
I wash dishes for a living
suck it up you little bitch

>>42860423
>Implying I'd work in a place full of a bunch of teenagers who completely and totally halfass the job they do

Besides, that place isn't even accepting applications.

To the person who initially asked, I'm working at a restaurant at the moment.

>12 noon to 8pm every day.
Thats nothing.

>>42860479
This, this is what I do and more. Wash dishes and run errands that people need done but lack the extra person and freedom to walk away from their station to do so.

Helping servers, resupplying stations, fetching various items from storage (dry and cold), running out to other stores associated with the same owner to get things we're out of, the list goes on.

Learn to trade in forex. With a capital as small as 1000$ you can make 100-400$ on a good day.

Basically you sit your ass watching charts all day long watching animu too if you want to.

>>42860521
>Implying I'm complaining about the time I have to work when in fact, the time has nothing to do with it

Stop watching anime.
Read manga.

>>42860521
It depends on what he's doing. 8 hours at a desk and 8 hours working a physically demanding job outside in the winter are completely different deals.

>>42860485

SOMEONE WAN WAN SOMEONE WAN WAN

If you can't do a job like that then you should probably just continue living off your parents for the rest of your life like everyone else on here.

>>42860543
Naw, I gotta do more than that. If there's one thing I HAVE enjoyed about working, it's that I feel less like I'm being useful again and not just wasting away in front of a computer.

I just wish it wasn't so god damned draining.

>>42860547
It obviously plays a factor if you keep feeling tired and exhausted.

>>42860527
Any job that has you constantly on your feet and moving about is going to tire you out quicker than any job that has you sitting down. I find that the easiest way to make time for the things you enjoy is to make sure that they are done at the end of the day during that resting period. Don't adjust your sleep schedule to where you are doing things before you go to work. That will make the job seem all the more tiring as you go through the daily routine. Wake up with just enough time to get ready for and go to work. When you get home, you will usually have a little bit more energy to motivate to do the things you like to do. I have been doing it for four years now, with various different jobs and it has worked perfectly for me.

>>42860576
>Wishes he worked in a place that is quieter and less lively like Wagnaria

I'd prefer to not say WHERE or WHAT the place is, in case there would by some miraculous occurrence an anon who realized who it was (if they haven't already realized it) and thus went to the store the next day and blabbed about it.

It's not exactly helpful that I'm working around a good number of people who can't keep their mouths shut.

hey op, why dont you watch anime on your 2 whole fucking days off?

watching 4-5 shows a week takes less than 2 hours, too hard for you?

>>42860613
I've worked 4 different shifts now, 10-15, 12-8, 5 to close (12-2am, it depends) and 8-3.

All feel the same. It doesn't matter when I get up or go to bed. It's the 'amount' of time, not the time frame.

>>42860635
I'll try this over the next couple days then. Waking around 11 has been working better for me, I definitely go into work yawning and groaning from fatigue/tiredness a lot less.

>>42860658

Well I was going to make fun of you more but since you didn't reply to me in a smartass tone....

Go find another job. I used to be a loser like you working in a shit job when I was younger too. I've worked a lot of jobs and somehow found myself in IT, somehow being successful, and somehow liking my job.

Go look for other work and interview but keep your job.

>>42859499

I have a high tolerance for work related stress and being relied on that only comes from working since I was 13 in high stress positions.

I understand how you feel but you have to force yourself through this period until you adapt. It's no different than working out (which statistically most Americans don't bother to)

Basically what I'm saying is you have to become stronger. If you can't, AN HERO.

>COMPLAINING ABOUT A 12-8 JOB
>GETS UP AT 10-11

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST OP, THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?

>>42860747
I'm already getting a free ride through college thanks to me parent being a professor, why would I be a smartass about it?

I like being sarcastic but not a smartass. I've just discovered acting like the latter gets you no where and provides a pointless stroking of the ego, whereas the former provides a laugh or two for both yourself and those around you and makes drudging through the shit a little more tolerable.

That aside, this is why I'm getting my education back on track. I finally experienced a 'shit' job and have realized that spending hours working on a term paper would be 'heaven' compared to the shit I'm doing now.

>>42860824
Why you gotta get so mad about me not being a morning person?

I'll admit, I should probably bitch less but hey, I'm not complaining in a manner of 'wahhh, this is too hard, I hate my job and I should get money for doing nothing!', I'm just asking if anyone has any ideas for balancing out my free time better.

Nothing to get bent out of shape and rage type in all caps over.

>>42860824
In my experience, it's better to start the day early and end it early. Getting up at 6 may be a bitch, but then you're done at 4, and have until 10 to do fuck whatever. (Assuming you need 8 hours of sleep like I do.)

If I start at noon and end at 8, yeah, I can probably afford to go to bed at 2 PM, but that causes all sorts of sleep problems if your bedroom has any access to natural light. And I find that utilizing pre-work/class hours is a lot harder than utilizing post-work/class hours for anything

Can I assume you were rather stationary before getting this job? It takes a few days or whatever to get used to being up. And you'll have your occasional down-turns in energy. That's how it it is for me, given how out of sync my rhythms and work are.

tl;dr
Suck it up.

Caffeine is the motherfucking nectar of the gods. Drink and live heartily, my friend.

>>42861036
Guess I need another month or two under my belt getting used to it.

>>42861026
Other people have claimed the earlier shifts first and again, I'm just NOT a morning person.

But seeing how 3/4 people have suggested it now, I'm just gonna sleep till as late as I can (I.E. enough time to shower and eat breakfast) and use my evening time for getting caught up on my personal entertainment (anime not being the only one to suffer).

Alright, I'm off to sleep then. Thanks for the suggestions folks.

>>42859499

Wake up earlier.

Really, it's the easiest thing you can do. Wake up at 7, or 6. Hell, even 5. There's so much shit you can do with all that time you have if you wake up earlier. Plus, you'll feel MUCH BETTER during the day. Sleeping over 8 hours is a waste (unless it's an off day).

>>42861125
>Get headaches from too much sugar & caffeine

I also get withdrawal headaches as well. Used to be when I'd go for a month or two solid drinking mountain dew and then just switch or stop drinking a caffeine heavy soda altogether, I'd get like, multiple headaches the following weeks.

I've stopped relying on caffeine and stimulators, they're just not my thing.

Oh and energy shots are out of the question after I saw a co-worker down a five hour energy and have an allergic reaction to it. No thank you, do not want to gamble on that happening.

>>42861244
Not OP.

>Wake up earlier.
For some of us, that's just not possible without a massive effort. Our biological clocks are hardwired out of sync with what most people consider a normal day. For me, it's like 6 hours of permanent jet-lag.

Also OP, what time do you normally go to sleep?