what does everyone do after work?

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  • peacegirl
    peacegirl Posts: 841
    I go to the gym usually within an hour of getting home
    come home & have dinner
    shower
    watch tv or a movie, listen to music, internet, read

    sometimes there's dishes to wash, laundry to do

    nights seem longer now that it gets dark at 5
  • comebackgirl
    comebackgirl Posts: 9,885
    Most of my work days are really long...I don't usually get home until 9 or 10 at night...so I check email, etc. get organized for work the next day and fall asleep on the couch. I'll have a few nights where I'll finish at 5pm over winter break so I am looking forward to having some evenings free!
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  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Partisan wrote:
    After work i go too a kung fu class most nights,

    We do Tai Chi on Monday evenings :)
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    have a smoke, watch something from netflix, play playstation, fix some dinner, self pollute and go to bed. not always in that order. i need to get back to daily workouts and read more like i used to.
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    If 3-4 hours isn't enough to do anything interesting, you have no imagination :)
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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    Kids, Kids, Kids (3x)

    Homework, Walk the Dog with them, play Uno, Watch TV, put the to Bed, pass out
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  • Lauri
    Lauri Posts: 748
    edited November 2009
    well it doesn't sound like anyone does anything TOO exciting :). I work out in the morning, so that's part of my lack of activities after work. I never seem to get any housework done during this time slot either, it's like the TV has me held hostage or something. It got kind of sad when I found myself longing for the days of college and grad school when I had to spend all night working. If I had more work, I'd probably just stay at the office most of the night!

    Oddly enough when I was unemployed for about two months last year, I was always out of the house. Go figure. But I mostly went to the coffee shop and did job searches at night, or I went to professional events. Now that I have a job, I don't feel like doing any of that stuff! (plus it seems hard to make it ANYWHERE on time on my schedule).
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  • Lauri
    Lauri Posts: 748
    BinFrog wrote:
    If 3-4 hours isn't enough to do anything interesting, you have no imagination :)

    so what, prey tell, do you suggest?
  • SprockeTee
    SprockeTee Posts: 108
    the husband & i work 3-11 & i have an hour drive home - so usually i check the email, cruise the web, watch fallon (LOVE HIM), and then to bed. thats about it for us.

    have to watch fallon - what would we do without friday's thank you notes?!
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Lauri wrote:
    BinFrog wrote:
    If 3-4 hours isn't enough to do anything interesting, you have no imagination :)

    so what, prey tell, do you suggest?


    I get home around 4-5 every day. My afternoon will then consist of any form of the following:

    golf
    tv
    playing guitar
    computer stuff
    reading
    cooking
    go for a jog
    go out to dinner with either my wife or a few buddies (Wednesday is generally guys night w/ my buddy)
    watch a movie
    play xbox (but only for a short amount of time)
    clean
    work softball league (in the summer)
    meet former co-workers for drinks
    take a nap
    go to a cd store
    call a friend
    tennis
    etc etc etc etc etc

    I don't 'suggest' anything. You and I have talked about this before: you just have to find stuff you are passionate about and/or enjoy doing. There's not much more to life as far as I am concerned.
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    not much.


    for years i taught and was home before 3:30....had oodles of time. didn't do much with it :D but it still was nice to have. nowadays i am home by 7 pm. i also have been working on mending my wicked ways and really try to be in bed by 10:30, 11 PM. so i only have about 3.5-4 hours. mr. dream is home by 5 so he usually practices his bass and then starts dinner before i arrive, so we normally can be sitting down to dinner about a half hour after i get home. so i usually sort thru the mail, take care of any pressing issues/bills....then we have a nice dinner together....usually watch a DVD or a bit of tv...then, bed. not too exciting, but i do cherish our mellow evenings. save most chores/shopping/errands for the weekends, just easier that way, tho sure...sometimes need to get things done on a weeknight, and occasionally we go out for dinner on a weeknight, or meet up with friends or family, but most nights, just us and all the animals. :)

    IF i ever workout, i do so in the mornings, i read every day during my lunch and commute home (unless chatting with train buddies) and i also have a really nice brisk walk to/from work after my train, so i do manage to get some excercise/reading in daily. we food shop together sunday evenings and do our own laundry - seperately, and really, that's about it for regular errands, so not too bad. we both let the housecleaning fall by the wayside often, but it's really not too bad as i am extremely neat, so once the dust is really evident...eventually get to it. amazingly, without kids or going to aschool anymore, even with work, still lots of time for our own interests.


    daily life definitely is nothing too 'exciting'...but hey, that's what makes weekends, special nights out, vacations.holidays, that much more special. :) and even the daily living, while mellow, overall...can still be enjoyable.
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,915
    I generally go to the gym for a workout, eat dinner, shower, then who knows. At least one night a week I go to my gf's place. If I'm at home, I'll watch some sort of sporting event, mess aroudn on the internet, read or play PS3. Everyday feels kinda the same lately, but what can ya do?
  • PJGARDEN
    PJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    I go straight from the office to the gym, go home, shower and study till bed.....I have a very exciting life at the moment.

    You know what's sad is that most of us only have a 3 or 4 hour window at night to do what we enjoy. I consider myself lucky b/c I love music and I generally can spend my whole day at work with my ipod on. I guess, like everyone, I just wish I had more free time.
  • Lauri
    Lauri Posts: 748
    PJGARDEN wrote:

    You know what's sad is that most of us only have a 3 or 4 hour window at night to do what we enjoy. I consider myself lucky b/c I love music and I generally can spend my whole day at work with my ipod on. I guess, like everyone, I just wish I had more free time.

    yeah I know, it is pretty sad. I've gotten to the point that it seems pointless to leave the office at the end of the day. By the time I get home, the only thing I have time to do is prepare for coming in the next day!

    There was a time that I really relished the fact that when I get home from work, there's nothing to do but plop on the couch and watch some TV. And don't get me wrong, I still enjoy that! Every night is too much though I think.
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    PJGARDEN wrote:
    I go straight from the office to the gym, go home, shower and study till bed.....I have a very exciting life at the moment.

    You know what's sad is that most of us only have a 3 or 4 hour window at night to do what we enjoy. I consider myself lucky b/c I love music and I generally can spend my whole day at work with my ipod on. I guess, like everyone, I just wish I had more free time.


    its all true, but if you think about it...we are really FORTUNATE. very, very fortunate. in the not so distant past, and the very distant past, "leisure time" barely existed, unless you were royalty/rich. the average worker worked like a dog for most of his/her life, very little free time....and paid vacations/sick leave? non-existent. so we really should appreciate the time we have that is 100% our own. may not be as much as we desire, but for most of us, it's a helluva LOT more than our ancestors ever got. add in those blessed weekends, vacation time.....yeeeeeaaaaaa...
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    i live close to work (15 min bike ride) ... so, when i'm done (5) ... i got all night to do whatever ... i can volunteer, meet friends for dinner, do laundry, some chores and be home in time to play a little xbox live ... the big thing is tho i think is so many people are tired after they are done work ... i'm not sure what that is all about ... in any case - there's lots of time to do whatever you want if you don't have a huge commute or are too tired ...
  • Lauri
    Lauri Posts: 748
    polaris_x wrote:
    i live close to work (15 min bike ride) ... so, when i'm done (5) ... i got all night to do whatever ... i can volunteer, meet friends for dinner, do laundry, some chores and be home in time to play a little xbox live ... the big thing is tho i think is so many people are tired after they are done work ... i'm not sure what that is all about ... in any case - there's lots of time to do whatever you want if you don't have a huge commute or are too tired ...

    well I have a pretty short commute, also about a 15-minute bike ride. But I get home at about 7 on average, sometimes 7:30 or later, sometimes a bit earlier. Because I go to the gym or running in the morning, I get in on the later side, and then I've got a long work day anyway. That kind of screws me up I guess, but I really hate working out after work- the gym is so crowded!!! The last time I went after work, I got hit with a jump rope! (plus I enjoy working out more when it's sunny out and I feel nice and refreshed after a good sleep).
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    Lauri wrote:
    well I have a pretty short commute, also about a 15-minute bike ride. But I get home at about 7 on average, sometimes 7:30 or later, sometimes a bit earlier. Because I go to the gym or running in the morning, I get in on the later side, and then I've got a long work day anyway. That kind of screws me up I guess, but I really hate working out after work- the gym is so crowded!!! The last time I went after work, I got hit with a jump rope! (plus I enjoy working out more when it's sunny out and I feel nice and refreshed after a good sleep).

    how long is your work day?
  • Beck..
    Beck.. Posts: 535
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    Partisan wrote:
    After work i go too a kung fu class most nights,

    We do Tai Chi on Monday evenings :)
    I do tai chi on a monday too, what style?, im doing chen at the moment.
  • Lauri
    Lauri Posts: 748
    polaris_x wrote:

    how long is your work day?

    generally I'm in the office for about 9-91/2 hours. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Depends how much work I have to do and what time I get in.

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