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The One Reason I Still Work at a Nine to Five
Sure, having a nine to five is nice in some sense, but is there more we should strive for?
7:24 AM.
You roll into the office. You flip on your cubicle light, boot up your laptop, and get to work.
You reach for your coffee and notice it’s already room temperature. You look up and see the buzz around you. 12:31 PM.
Have I really been answering emails all morning?
You dive back into your work. Put in a few more hours, a couple more meetings, and hop in your car for your 45-minute commute home.
As you sit in traffic and blame yourself for not taking a detour, something creeps up inside of you.
Your pulse quickens. Your arm hairs prick up. It’s coming. That thought.
Why am I doing this?
And for once, you honestly answer…
I don’t know.
The Reason I Still Have a Nine to Five
I count having a full-time job as a blessing (especially being a Millennial in a post-recession economy).
