What do you do for work? That’s a lot of hours
Sounds like you play Waffle House on your days off!
Smothered and covered!,,
Heavy equipment operator at an aluminum plant currently. I have had several jobs there in the last 19 years. The OT is a blessing and a curse. I always worked a lot but the last 2 to 3 years( not several) I really picked it up. Mostly out of fear. When I found out I may have MS i got worried about how the family would get by financially If I end up disabled and unable to work. I asked myself would we be ok if that happens and the answer was no. So What would it take to get to being ok if that happens and how do I get there. The answer I came up with was get debt free and build up savings. To get there fastest was work more hours.
The kicker is doing that is also what's bad for my condition. Finally got diagnosed and taking it seriously now so the plan is to start cuting hrs back as I become debt free with each expense reduced that amount goes on the next. Today infact wife's vehicle is paid off. Only debt left is 0% intrest and under 5k on the boys braces . So the plan has been working. I have moving goal post and added investing into the mix. The goal being finance independence. The plan has been working but it is not sustainable. I divided my hours worked out by 40 just now. If I worked 40 hrs a week I have worked a year and 4.5 months worth of hours so far with a month and half of the year left to go. That's with a month vacation. Less than last year by a little so cuting back some.
But now that im researching MS i have to thing the plan probably helped make the condition worse. Cutting back is in order but change is hard.
WAFFLE House was just a nice surprise when coming home from days away(I travel to work) dragging after the 16 hr days and drive.( MS fatigue may add to it?) I feel asleep geting a back rub.
