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post 10000124762 04-13-2026, 04:50 PM
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Anyone work 80 hours a week? How do you do it?

I'm moving into my house in the beginning of June. Mortgage along with all my bills will set me back around 4.5k a month. My wife is going to be a full time stay home mom which leaves me to take on the entire financial load. Will need to work 70-80 hours a week working my Security Supervisor job and Serving job at least for the next 2 years until I baby grows up.


Any advice?
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post 10000124781 04-13-2026, 05:02 PM
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My dad worked 80 hours a week between four different jobs at one point. I just remember him coming home with deep, dark bags under his eyes and going straight to the bottle. He probably slept 3 or 4 hours a night. It destroyed his health. I would not recommend.
post 10000124785 04-13-2026, 05:05 PM
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I work 70 hours in two weeks. It's pretty brutal when I have an 8 hour day. I usually cope by spending more time at the dog park chilling
Not in the AM
post 10000124786 04-13-2026, 05:06 PM
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post 10000124790 04-13-2026, 05:08 PM
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I work 34-40 hours selling solar installs
post 10000124796 04-13-2026, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted By GuineaDago585⏩
My dad worked 80 hours a week between four different jobs at one point. I just remember him coming home with deep, dark bags under his eyes and going straight to the bottle. He probably slept 3 or 4 hours a night. It destroyed his health. I would not recommend.
I've done it before for like a month and it was the hardest thing ever. I worked 5 doubles then had 2 day offs. I feel like working 3 doubles and have 4 single shifts throughout the week would be easier on my and allow me to get more sleep.
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post 10000124797 04-13-2026, 05:12 PM
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Yeah, buy something you can actually afford.
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post 10000124799 04-13-2026, 05:13 PM
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12 hour shifts aren't bad as long as you don't have a lot of responsibilities outside of work. Neglect all chores at home except eat sleep fap and you'll be fine
post 10000124806 04-13-2026, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted By Bonobo⏩
Yeah, buy something you can actually afford.
Sorry buddy I'm not comfortable with living in my mom's basement forever like you.
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post 10000124813 04-13-2026, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted By taskmob⏩
Sorry buddy I'm not comfortable with living in my mom's basement forever like you.
Have fun patrolling parking lots and refilling soft drinks
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post 10000124818 04-13-2026, 05:22 PM
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post 10000124820 04-13-2026, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted By Bonobo⏩
Have fun patrolling parking lots and refilling soft drinks
*Soft drinks of choice. On the house
Not in the AM
post 10000124825 04-13-2026, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted By MustardTiger17⏩
*Soft drinks of choice. On the house
Dont disrespect the Spam musubi parlor
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post 10000124828 04-13-2026, 05:29 PM
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post 10000124842 04-13-2026, 05:40 PM
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culd not do it, respect for people who can
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post 10000124861 04-13-2026, 05:56 PM
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I try to work the absolute minimum. Prob 22-30 hours a week. Do drive quite a bit to accounts.
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post 10000124866 04-13-2026, 06:03 PM
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Did it when I was young

1. Be young
2. Don’t be a parent
3. Stimulants. All of them
4. Break up the work day with other things like gym, study, etc
5. Booze to get to sleep
6. Try and keep some semblance of a routine
post 10000124890 04-13-2026, 06:29 PM
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Self employed tradie. My work week is usually between 70-100 hours, some less, some more. Wife stays home and takes care of everything home and kids related. The only upside is that I can basically take as much vacation time off as I want, last year I had 10 weeks off, so I do get a good share of family time.
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post 10000124904 04-13-2026, 06:42 PM
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I have multiple things I do, so like today besides the gym and a nap I was basically working from 6am when I got up to 6pm. And that’s not unusual.

Today I wrote 2000 words, recorded a podcast, did five client hours, researched marketing tips, emails and notes, etc. Entrepreneurs gotta hustle.
post 10000124909 04-13-2026, 06:47 PM
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Why do u need to work 80 hours a wk to make 4.5k a month. You make $15/hr? Get on the oil rig u f3ggit. Even driving uber pays more than 15 bucks.

Also just be a man and do it. It's only 2 years
post 10000124947 04-13-2026, 07:19 PM
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I mean, if you need to do it one week that's fine. But after a while you just want to jump off of a bridge.
post 10000124963 04-13-2026, 07:44 PM
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When I work offshore I work a minimum of 84 hours a week (7x12). Of course it helps that my commute is a couple flights of stairs and someone is doing all the cooking and laundry.

A few years ago while I was laid off I worked 3 part time jobs to make ends meet. During Rodeo I was getting 2 hours of sleep twice a day during the week for 3 weeks.
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post 10000124978 04-13-2026, 07:53 PM
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post 10000124988 04-13-2026, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted By r32gojirra⏩
Did it when I was young

1. Be young
2. Don’t be a parent
3. Stimulants. All of them
4. Break up the work day with other things like gym, study, etc
5. Booze to get to sleep
6. Try and keep some semblance of a routine
^^Pretty much. Can do 80-100 hour weeks when you're young and before you have a kid.
post 10000124994 04-13-2026, 08:02 PM
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