I Never Worked an 8-Hour Day! It Doesn’t Exist!
Working in an office is fun, right?
Hello, I am one of those who used to work in an office. My job is about software, a software service about borrowing and returning books. In the software, it is divided into different book categories such as technology, self-development, finance, food, academics, and others.
There are many back-end system settings. My job is to check the completeness of the program that the programmer is writing and has finished writing before delivering to the customer.
In the first month of applying for a job, I was very excited about working every day. I changed from being a programmer to trying something new. The position I am currently in is a project assistant, a position that helps the project manager. I help take care of various parts in the office and outside the office, which are my customers. I am dedicated to this work seriously. I hope that one day I will have experience in this line of work.
I work every job, go to the office every day in the beginning. Not long after, there was an epidemic in my country, causing me and my team in the office to work and meet face to face only 3 days a week. Working from home has changed. Normally, we work from 10:00 to 18:00. But when working from home, it is not like that. It seems that we work all day and night, without knowing why. Just thinking that our work must be completed and delivered on time is all that matters.
As the months passed, our work began to change. From working 8 hours a day, it became 10–12 hours a day. Looking back, is my work like this good or not?
The answer I got to myself was that it must be good because I don’t have to go out and get stuck in traffic for at least 1 hour. Or it’s good because I don’t waste gas money because I drive to work every day. The gas cost is about 4,000 Thai baht per month.
I don’t know if my regular work is worth the wages or not. Because it’s not just those two advantages. Some days I have to travel to meet with customers outside 2–3 times a week. I switched to talking via Zoom instead of traveling to see customers every time.
I just see that my regular work this time has both advantages and disadvantages. Everyone who is working a regular job must be the same as me. But what can I do when we have chosen to continue working?
As time goes by, I feel that people can choose their own paths, choose to do what they want to do, and do things that make them happy. I am also someone who likes and wants what I want to do.
At the beginning of 2024, I intend to quit my job to do what I like. I like to stay home, work in front of the computer, listen to music, and work that does not require many people. Work that can be done alone, various online jobs. I started working on the work that I will quit my job. The platform I work on is Redbubble, designing T-shirt patterns. I am happy every time there is an order, even if the price is small. I like having money bouncing through my email every day.
As the working days passed, I was busy with office work until I forgot about designing T-shirt patterns. The income that came in every day began to disappear. I did not post more work. At first, I thought that this work would be a passive income for me in the future and every day. It turned out that it was not. So I stopped working. I am determined to work full-time again.
As the days passed, I wanted to quit my job as much as I could. I started doing YouTube. Let me tell you that this work is not easy. It is very difficult to find followers. Until today, the followers on my channel have not been stimulated. It has not passed the criteria. I hope that in the future it will pass soon.
After that, at the end of 2024, I decided to quit my full-time job. I tried to find a platform that would make me money independently. And I can work from home as I want. Have time to relax, travel a lot.
But there is still no sign of online work. I have been resting for a full year. This is going to be the second year. I still haven’t found a freelance job that makes me a lot of money.
Up until now, a month or so ago, I found an article and watched a clip on YouTube about making money from medium. So I tried writing an article. I hope that the stories I write will generate more income for me every day and forever. I hope that there will be more followers. When people read the articles that I intend to write about my real experiences, things related to technology, self-development, finance, investment, crypto, health, exercise, all of which are things I like.
I will choose to buy 1–2 books every month. Most of them are in the categories mentioned above. Which ones I like, I will summarize them for you along with my real experiences.
Nowadays, I get to do what I really like. I wake up, do housework, do what I love, stay home, go shopping in the evening, eat my favorite food. That’s all I do every day.
But to make it even happier, I would like readers to follow, clap, and encourage me to continue writing good articles.