Mental Health

These are not full solutions, but will help. Get rid of time thieves and take as good care of your body as possible.

Get rid of social media, contact your friends and family directly if you're interested in what they have been up to. Try to meet them IRL or talk on a phone call, definitely no Snapchat or such. If you use streaming services, limit your account so they can't push that "watch the next episode"-crap, only watch what you have time for. Cook your own food, from scratch. Go for walks, sit and relax outdoors even if the weather is not perfect. Take proper care of sleep hygiene, even consider getting a OG alarm clock and ban the smartphone from entering your bed/room. Don't read news daily, you can't spend your energy on worrying shit you can't change.

These are all just ideas and things that have helped me. Might not work for you, but could be worth considering. I hope all the best to you. It's tough and often unfair.

Drugs, people do drugs /s

I'm assuming you're american given that you work 3 jobs? If so, I suggest saving some money and move to a place where people aren't treated like assets or see a therapist. Both options require money ironically enough.

Dunno your specific situation, if working from dawn to late at night is a common occurrence for you, if you need these works even as long as they are, and so on, but maybe consider getting another work, or even leaving some of those 3~4 jobs? You would need to struggle through exhaustion too to go after other opportunities, but still.

And worth noting, work may still be rewarding past the monetary gain, but a balance is required for the remedy to not become a poison. And as exhaustion piles up, one's life starts going down, such as getting sick more often, getting more easily irritated, getting more apathetic, etc., and it only gets worse.

I only work one job, but the low income means without living with family I'd be homeless. I wish sanity got to be a part in breaking even each month...

I don't. I was interrupted while working on a task, and threw the spray can across the lawn.

hi, I've been living abroad for years and no small draw of this life is the extremely low cost of living for a better quality of life.

Fly to a low cost of living country and your expenses can plummet by 90% from one day to the next.

I'm happy to go into detail or answer any questions, or check out the travel community sidebar for some frequently asked questions.

well I have not worked regular in almost two years so im not working all the time right now. what gets me is I feel life takes more work outside of work now despite the fact that technology should be lightening the load. I find software is taking work off of companies and shouldering it on their customers. Anyway everything sucks.

Three and a half jobs... Obviously I don't know the full situation but you must be living well outside your means. Whatever money sinks you have, get rid of them if you can. Nobody should need to work three or more jobs. I'd argue nobody even needs to work two jobs but sometimes it's unavoidable or one is a personal project which wouldn't be possible without income from the other.

Sort your finances out so you can work less and you'll be happier.