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After struggling with shit jobs for 10 years due to failing at University, I finally landed my dream job this year, working in my local newspaper's IT department as Linux admin. It's unionized, with a 35 hour work week, 42 days of paid vacation, double the pay of my former job, good benefits, interesting tasks, great team and low stress.
More recently, I figured out what was sapping my motivation at home was how chaotic and cluttered it was. I threw out everything I haven't used in the past 2 years, tidied up and deep-cleaned the entire house. And I got into the habit of actually looking around and dealing with things that need to be done or aren't in their proper place right away.
It massively improved my mood and energy levels, and I feel proud and happy every time I come home and see that everything is in order.
I got forced into getting rid of loads of stuff when I ended up homeless and sofa surfing for a while. When I got my own place again I really like not having heaps of junk ill never use and have tried to keep my home minimal since. Obviously I have stuff, but I try to really think about what I 1) buy, do I really need or want it, and 2) keep.
Congrats on the job, sounds fun!
Hell yeah!