Diary of an Exhausted Office Slob Made Good.

Roy Carter
6 min readAug 21, 2024

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August 1, 2023

I work third shift at a data center.

……and it is making me miserable.

I look forward to my days off and dread when they end.

I’ve never been able to stick to a side hustle because I’m never sure if I’m executing it correctly.

So, I let my mind get the best of me

And then I stop.

I guess a 9 to 5 salary is the kiss of death.

I have friends on this path and they have zero motivation to do anything.

They’re all pasty, skinny fat, and generally miserable. Making too much to change paths or start a side hustle…but also scared to lose their salary.

My wife says that I shouldn’t be making my quest for a side hustle such a priority while she is making our home and our family her priority.

She says she’s starting to feel alone and burnt out.

But at the same time she’s a nurse and she does agency work on the side. Old folks homes, plasma centers, etc.

Sometimes she won’t take extra shifts for weeks. Sometimes she works 3 extra a week for weeks.

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Roy Carter

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