Obviously b) and c) are much more appealing, and personally I would like to get to b) via c). However, what you seem to be suggesting is some variation on a) and c) where you learn to deal with and minimize a job to a tolerable level, presumably until you get to retirement. I reckon this is far better than hating your work all through your life and doing lots of it, but I don’t think it’s far off what many people try to do. I don’t doubt you have plans outside what was mentioned, and your post definitely speaks to me along the right lines, but I was honestly expecting something a bit more radical and “out of the box”.

• Dom Dating

It kinda struck me, while I was reading this post, that your message doesn’t seem to be about escaping the rat race, more learning to live with it. Don’t get me wrong, I totally know what you’re saying – I think it’s a dilemma that almost all middle/working class people have to learn to deal with, although obviously people go about dealing with it in different ways.

• Dutch Babies

You’re right, I didn’t really title my post properly as it wasn’t about escaping the rat race but minimizing the effects that the rat race has on ones lifestyle. Oooopps:). Regardless, I still think it’s a worthwhile endeavor for people to attempt a change in their work environment that best suits their needs. As far as something more radical and out of the box, just wait, I do in fact have several plans up my sleeve in which will allow me to truly escape from the rat race altogether;)

• Dutch Ebony Singles

Haha, it’s funny because you already assuming that you are going to have down time, in which you will fill by surfing the web. The thing is that most people in office jobs spend A LOT of time surfing the web. It’s simply a side effect of this silly time requirement that we need to work on set schedule for a set number of hours. Ridiculous really.

• Insta Girls

Some good points and I think your right that these artificial schedules are created to keep the rest of the productive, ie, making sure people are getting work done. However, I never understood why a supervisor just wouldn’t fire someone who is not producing results anyways…regardless of time requirements. I’d much rather have 5 employees that work a couple hours a day and get all their work done than 10 employees that work 40 hour weeks but can’t meet their deadlines. From a supervisor’s perspective, it’s simply a matter of trimming the fat.

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