I have experienced that if skip even one day after 8 hour of physical labor streak my energy levels suddenly go to the bottom and I start to feel super bad. It’s quite strange because I do not think I could not be depressed if I had a sedentary job. Sedentary things just destroy me. Also I like and wanted job in programming/cs so yeah. Gotta career switch or something apparently because cardio in the evening isn’t enough, I am like golden retriever. Only truly satisfied when all my muscles ache at the end of the day. And also I need immediate results out of my work

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      That’s good but I can’t really be sporty that’s the problem. Like should I really plan my whole life around this instead of programming that will truly kick my ass mentally tbh if I have to sit for so long

      Like cutting trees is fun as heck but I can’t really seriously do this every day

      I really need to figure out how to wrap my life around these needs while still pursuing intellectual highest paying stuff I don’t know

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        I might be stating the obvious, but it sounds like you are a prime candidate for standing desks and treadmills.

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          Naw I just decided programming is boring as shit and depressing after a decade of time investment, standing desk or not. I know that there are some ex programmers who run farms and such

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            I’m one of those people who went home at 40. It’s been a few years and I still don’t know if it was a good idea.

            The stress went away, that’s good. But motivation is harder if you only work for yourself. Raising animals takes too long to feel satisfied with it.