You're just like most of the clowns here talking up the trades... If trades were so great, why aren't any of you doing them? Why didn't you advise to say fuck corporate security and be an electrician? Because desk jobs, even crappy ones, are better in almost every case.Detroit wrote:I feel completely different physically (better, healthier, etc) after leaving my old job for my current. The stress at the last one was ridiculous compared to now. It was absolutely taking a physical toll on my body...then factor in the excessive drinking as a result...and it was a bad mix.Irish wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2019 4:10 pm There is zero doubt in my mind that stress was/is a key contributor to my current medical woes.
Hard thinking/worrying trumps hard physical labor when it comes to overall damage to mere mortals. I have done both. The key differentiator is whether one can "leave work at work" or not. In most of the jobs I have had that were physically taxing, I had no "big picture" responsibilities, thus was only subjected to work-a-day stresses which ended the minute my ass hit my car seat in the parking lot.
The all encompassing, 24/7, sink-or-swim, kill-or-be-killed variety of stress is a fucking killer.
But I just sit at a desk all day and do nothing. I'm just another and will live to 100 without ZFG.
Trades are a respectable last resort if you don't have the mental capacity to get a desk job. They're not a goal.