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With the mental disorder(s) I suffer from, whatever names might be attached to them, my stamina is poor and I find it somewhat impossible to serve as a full-time employee.

My last in-office part-time job was stressful. My supervisor criticized my obvious unwillingness to stand up and move around so much. I woke up every morning in fear and this fear propelled me to arrive on time, lest I be reprimanded and fired for tardiness. I spent 2 or so days every week in "bliss" which meant doing nothing whatsoever except Internet games in my shorts and trying to soak in the air conditioning. I was arguably burned out every week, day in day out.

It was this same scene when I had fulltime jobs, I would spend Sat-Sun attempting to recuperate some energy and sanity off the clock. I couldn't budge. It was not pretty.

Thankfully I have found a WFH remote job that does not burn me out whatsoever, and I'm happy to put in 20-30 hours per week and it's really somewhat energizing. I get paid good money for it so I'm thankful for the lack of burnout. I hope and pray that this job lasts me through retirement, which will be real soon now.



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