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The Effects of Being a Working Stiff

moratto

Have you noticed unpleasant side effects from being a responsible employee?

For some reason I can not sleep past 8:00am no matter how late I stay up. This has become very depressing. I have now realized that I have become old!!!

 
May 11, 07 3:06 am
mdler

drink at the office more

May 11, 07 3:24 am  · 
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for me it's 6am. like it or not.

and i have REAL trouble staying up past 11pm these days. like i'm catatonic.

May 11, 07 7:38 am  · 
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vado retro

if you were responsible you'd be in the office before 8a.m. Just who do you think you're fooling?

May 11, 07 8:57 am  · 
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aquapura

I perpetually get in the office earlier with each passing year. Right out of college it was tough to make it in by 8am. Pretty soon I was in by 7:30am. Now I'm often in before 7am. This morning it was 6:45 am.

Problem is I'm not always getting out of the office before 5pm. I don't feel guilty for leaving at 4:00, but that doesn't happen every day.

May 11, 07 9:01 am  · 
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treekiller

it's not being responsible that is waking you up, but getting older that doing it to you. face the mirror, your no longer a spring chicken who can sleep till noon!

May 11, 07 9:56 am  · 
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vado retro

i tend to wake up earlier on the weekends knowing that i can look forward to a nice nap in the afternoon.

May 11, 07 11:04 am  · 
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simples

after 9 years of being a "working stiff", i am blessed with the ability of sleeping til 11am on weekends (i love my wife for allowing me that privilege), and still struggle to wake up by 8am on weekdays...
and i have trouble falling asleep before midnight anyday of the week...so i guess working has not changed my sleeping habits...
it is worth mentioning, my current office is filled with morning people, so i get all sorts of ugly looks when i walk in at 9am, but then again, it's nice to be alone in the office at 430 pm...

being a working stiff has made my health go down the drain though...or that might be the age (and/or the alcohol) as well...

May 11, 07 11:06 am  · 
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vado retro

this working stiff has decided to take a half day today.

May 11, 07 11:10 am  · 
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moratto

I got the day off and tried to sleep in. It didn't happen.

May 11, 07 11:31 am  · 
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Sparks

take 2 hour lunches with the whole office. and make sure you get an extra pitcher every time

May 11, 07 11:49 am  · 
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i shut down after 5pm

May 13, 07 8:22 pm  · 
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whistler

Sad part is that in the lastcouple months I realize I don't sleep in ( no matter the situation), I nap watching DVDs with my kids, I need reading glasses, and worst of all I can't drink any more, I'm blithering after like three beers , therefore I only drink light beer, very sad.

May 14, 07 1:02 pm  · 
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