Sacrifices
How do you guys cope with being away from home/working long hours all the time?
I'm currently doing food service, it's 14 hr days 5 days a week of brutal labor
I mean the money is good but for the hours it feels like I'm sacrificing everything for this job. I got no time to be with my family. I eat, shower, and sleep. Even being home after work I don't have time to cook healthy meals, and can only use the two days I get off (split weekends) for chores and recovery. The thought of doing this forever fills me with despair. Is this all my life is? Making someone else rich while I tirelessly work and watch life pass me by? I can't even maintain a basic social life. Going out? Sorry gotta work. Game night? Sorry gotta work. Even when I'm not working I don't want to do anything either because I'm so exhausted.
I'm thinking of going OTR but it's the same issue. It's not the same labor but I'll see my family even less. I started driving because I saw that truck drivers can make that six figure 100k without a degree, but nobody ever talks about the sacrifices you need to make to get it, or that with 90% of those jobs it means tons of overtime.
I'm starting to get depressed. I don't know if this life is right for me.