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Originally Posted by Buehler445
Maybe you guys have different jobs than I have had, but that would ruin my vacation. Especially if the cost per day on whatever destination would be.
Because I'm a number monkey and THAT'S what spreadsheets are used to track.....   oke:
Nonetheless, it would be really hard for me to enjoy a beach or whatever if I was prepping for my 7AM staff meeting at 6:30, Or if I was up late finishing an audit report, or trying to talk some ****abilly through a troubleshooting problem on my tenderer, or whatever.
I get that you can compartmentalize parts of your life. But it would take a different work structure than I have ever had, certainly different than what I have now. |
I've thought about that some, especially overseas. I might have to be online everyday from say, 4pm-1am... and while I have better work-life balance these days, would I be able to turn off and go to bed so I'm not completely screwing my chances at normal weekend hours, or am I getting called at 2 or 3am because it's only 5-6pm in the states...... and am I just too ****ing old for that shit.
And while I think I'm pretty decent at compartmentalization, I totally get it... hell, I was at game 7 of the WS in 2014 and got called multiple times from work. And to top it off, it was right when Bum came in and the Royals had their chance. The world wasn't burning down, so it was one of the very few times I just let it go (not like I could have heard anything anyway), but still had to check email real quick and had to do everything possible to shut down the part of my brain that was screaming
JFC, why now?!? Do they really need me? No, StFU brain, the Royals need me!
So yeah, it would take a shift in mindset for sure... and I think the ~3-6 month visas would be great for that, too, so the novelty of one place doesn't really have time to wear off, while still having plenty of time to settle into the culture and do all the things.