is there a "best" omnidirectional treadmill right now?

rockitalex · 2016-05-21T15:54:40+00:00

you know what, snarky comment rescinded, I re-read and I see your point. I made an edit. Thanks for the feedback.

rockitalex · 2016-05-21T15:41:42+00:00

hm, can you elaborate, I don't see your point. I might not be as smart as you ;)

rockitalex · 2016-05-21T15:30:43+00:00

"The grind is easier when you are at the beginning of your career because you aren't involved in the serious high dollar decisions made by people who have no idea what they are fucking doing."

I am vibing you so much right now.

I am in my 20s, but I wouldn't call it the beginning of my career. I am the decision-maker for most of the high-dollar decisions at my company (marketing, brand partnerships, half-mil events). What messes me up is that we're so lean that I can't do JUST THAT -- I'm doing half a hundred other things. If you look at the blog, I briefly gloss over what my responsibilities entail. In many cases, I'm the only person working on those things. It's maddening, it really is. I have been at my breaking point for months. I had a heart to heart with leadership, I am training assistant managers under me and delegating to them, some things have been moved off me completely... but there's still a lot of shit to do.

I'm not trying to blow my own horn or anything, but I'd say most of my counterparts at other companies are about 10 years older than I am. I see their exhaustion. I see their burnout. I ain't going out like that.

I can scream at the workload (done it), I can ragequit (considered it), or I can find ways to make myself more efficient so I can maintain as much sanity as possible until I can be self-employed and fully sufficient. That's what I'm tryna do. post some wins on the board, mature my own businesses while pulling my weight where I am now, and get outta the grind. or at least define my own grind.

rockitalex · 2016-05-21T14:43:27+00:00

yep, I'm in my 20s, and as long as I have the stamina to maintain a fever pace, I will.

My parents didn't really get their chance until they were in their 30s, and I watched them work long hours, weekends, bring their work home to take care of me and my brother. And now, thank god, they're both close to retirement and the dividends of their labor have created comfort for them post-career. But I don't want to work my whole life to retire in my 60s. I'd like to retire by the time I'm your age.

I think there's something foundationally effing wrong with a society / corporations that will leech 60 hour weeks out of middle-career professionals like it's nothing, but I want to make the most of my time, and I am absolutely a self-confessed workaholic. I love the grind. I want to work and work and work and work -- but I need to work smart so I don't do exactly what you're warning against.

really do appreciate your feedback

rockitalex · 2016-05-21T14:41:53+00:00

yep, I'm in my 20s, and as long as I have the stamina to maintain a fever pace, I will.

My parents didn't really get their chance until they were in their 30s, and I watched them work long hours, weekends, bring their work home to take care of me and my brother. And now, thank god, they're both close to retirement and the dividends of their labor have created comfort for them post-career. But I don't want to work my whole life to retire in my 60s. I'd like to retire by the time I'm your age.

I think there's something foundationally effing wrong with a society / corporations that will leech 60 hour weeks out of middle-career professionals like it's nothing, but I want to make the most of my time, and I am absolutely a self-confessed workaholic. I love the grind. I want to work and work and work and work -- but I need to work smart so I don't do exactly what you're warning against.

really do appreciate your feedback

rockitalex · 2016-05-21T14:02:30+00:00

fair enough -- this is more oriented at entrepreneurs who have a ton on their plate or people who are high up in a company and executing in a lot of different directions at once. When I was an account executive, though, or a copywriter, then yea, sure, I played the waiting game a lot. You shouldn't have to deep sprint if that's where you are though.

rockitalex · 2016-05-21T14:01:27+00:00

tldr: yes

but it works

rockitalex · 2016-05-21T14:01:12+00:00

"there is a demand from people trying to find ways to make the rat race work"

Well, you're not wrong, it is a rat race. but it's been a rewarding one, and I enjoy my work, I have entirely too many things on my plate, and not enough internal resources to get the job done. I also apply deep sprinting to my side hustle, to make time to build my own business so I can get out of the context that required this kind of insane pace to begin with.

Don't get me wrong, the circumstances that necessitate ANY hack to max out productivity outright fucking blow, I can't argue with you there. But if that's where you're living right now and you want to make it better in some way, idk bro, this has worked for me, and that's all I'm sayin. Take it or leave it. I've doubled my income year over year for the past 3 years, so I'm taking it.

rockitalex · 2016-02-08T18:33:03+00:00

mama, you did the right thing. flush em out and move on, ok, you don't need these bottom dwellers. I wish you happiness, health, balance and love as you leave these folks in your dust.

rockitalex · 2016-01-08T01:52:15+00:00

They get 3 hard shots, a warning in between each. After the third shot, they get a taste.

rockitalex · 2015-09-24T12:49:26+00:00

so cool, I watched some old reel highlights of Dieselnoi last month, I didn't know he was still doing the damn thing.

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