You can ACTUALLY live a great life with a boring 9-5 job (watch this)

Hi lovelies, I have seen many creators talking about quitting 9-5 especially with no backup plan and I want to throw my spin on it. I have been in the corporate world for 15 years and I think I have finally found a way to live a content life whilst working 9-5.

Love, Poppy xx

Instagram: @poppydontree

Chapters:
1:34 The painful problems with 9-5
4:07 The equally painful problems with starting a business
5:16 How to live a great life with 9-5 Tip 1
7:28 How to live a great life with 9-5 Tip 2
9:16 How to live a great life with 9-5 Tip 3

My Gear:

[zencityvibes]

The problem is that the 9 to 5 drains you of all of your energy, there’s no time left for other passions, truth is we need less working hours per day, we’re working ourselves to death

[agneskohlert]

We should also consider that 9-5 was made for men who had a woman at home doing all of their cooking and cleaning and taking care of the kids - this is not the case nowadays. We have to work 9-5 AND do the household stuff which just doesn't match.

[rhiannondavies]

Work from home, no kids, no commute, job that I literally stop thinking about the moment I leave my desk. Took ten years to get here but now I'm financially stable, stress free and work is 10% of my life mentally. And I got here working 9-5 office jobs 😂 love my job, why would I want the stress of being a content creator, business owner or freelancer!? I'm enjoying crazy privileges right now. Very grateful for my 9-5.

[gastronomee_]

add on commute time, the time it takes to make your lunch, being stuck in traffic...a 9-5 hardly ever stays a 9-5. that was the big thing that bothered me in every job i worked and why i eventually left!

[llliezoex]

I think it’s wild how women are expected to work full time and have kids - and if you don’t still work when you have kids you’re seen as a failure.. there’s a REASON housewives used to be only housewives with no other jobs. It feels impossible to work, take care of yourself and body, your house, children, let alone any time for social life, rest, dating or engaging in HOBBIES AND INTERESTS. It’s so depressing

[Miranda-ufxb]

When I started 9-5 straight out of college, I immediately found myself unable to keep up with taking care of myself….i was so drained and I could barely go to the doctor or or dentist if I needed to! Wtf! I couldn’t imagine how people with spouses and children do it….still to this day I don’t get how it’s possible to do it. At least happily. There is just not enough time in the days. Super wild. I don’t get it and I never will. I am 26 years old and I am scared to ever have a child because I don’t think I can manage working and raising a child at the same time. And some people have 3+ children…….I don’t know if I am lazy or these people are just mentally strong and caffeine addicted??? Again, maybe they’re doing it, but I don’t think they’re doing it happily??

[tinacherian]

Completely agree with this video. 9-5 can be soul sucking at times but not all of us can just quit for our passions. Our families depend on us to work to pay the bills. But looking at our 9-5 as a means to an end, to fund our future freedom and passions really makes it more bearable and actually more grateful for our jobs. It’s all about perspective.

[pincopallino]

I'm a freelancer today and make good money. So yeah, my story has a happy end. But when I did 9-5 ... Is this an American thing? Because in Europe the jobs start at 8, not at 9, but whatever. I had to wake up at 6:30, eating breakfast, washing up, running to the bus, came to work at 8. Until I didn't want to drive myself (gas is expensive, your car will wear out), I had to wait for the bus in the evening. I came back around 6:30. So like many others say: it's 12 hours work. Then you prepare a meal, eat something - and watch TV. What else do you do? People with children may care for the children, but I wasn't in the mood to do anything than watching TV. I once had a new job in a new town, that I started in Winter. I kid you not, when spring came, I felt like suddenly living in a different place, because the first time I COULD SEE THE TOWN. I was waking up when it was still dark, and went home when it was still dark. I then discovered a nice café I didn't even know it was there, since in the dark I couldn't see it. Imagine that you aren't even aware of the place you live in, because you weak up so early and go home so late.

[bluberx]

9 to 5 is too many working hours, it's exhausting over a long time. if only we can shift to part time work being more normalized and still able to pay the bills we'd all be much better with our health and fulfillment in life

[janeandrews]

I love my 8:30-4:30! My office is a 20 min walk/ 5min cycle from home. I take an hour lunch where I can browse the local shops, read in the park etc. We recieve yearly raises tied to the CPI and I also love the work I do, while corporate services takes care of all the business parts that I have no interest in!

[Livija]

Unfortunately, there are many of us who struggle financially and cannot support our hobbies and passions with the money we make from our 9-5 jobs. As you mentioned at the beginning of the video, everyone's reality is different. As someone in my forties, I use weekends to clean and do chores I didn't have time for during the week, and I spend time with my kids. As I get older, my energy level is lower, so I barely keep my head above water. Passions? I don't have the time or energy for them. And that is just so sad....

[NadaAlawadhi]

Okay so I’ve been working for 7 years and I’m still trying to figure out how to balance my life and my hobbies and everything and I often get burnt out. But a tip that helps is to always make sure not to skip your meals at work. I usually come home from work exhausted unable to do anything but to hang out in bed until sleep time. But I found out it’s because I don’t eat at work. At all. Which is stupid I know. So don’t skip your meals. If you eat early quick breakfast, never skip lunch. You come home and you don’t feel like a zombie. And hang in there ❤️

[hnnhml]

i love that you're addressing this. i just filmed my own take on this a couple of days ago, after having quit my 9-5 job last year. while i haven't regretted that decision once, it (as in trying to build a business and a channel on my own) has reaaally taken a toll on my mental health. while i still love what i get to do, being my own boss has definitely taught me to appreciate the pros of the 9-5 life, and to stop judging people who take that for what it is and just be happy with it.

there's always two sides of the coin, you just gotta choose the coin you identify with the most

[meetandinspire]

"Don't work on the weekends because that's not what you're paid to do. You need to pursue your personal goals as well. Setting boundaries at work is a skill in itself because sometimes you feel guilty. But once you understand that the company's goal is just to make profit, it will completely change how you view your 9 to 5."

"In order to have a passion that pays the bills, it's got to be something that you love but also something that you are good at or relatively good at and at the same time, something that people are willing to pay for."

"I'm all about doing what you love, living the life that you want. But I feel like just quitting 9 to 5 with no backup plan at all is actually a privilege."

[christynlead]

No one I know works only 9-5. Most people work 8-5 or 9-6 with no option to take a shorter lunch to go home earlier. I get up at 6:30, get myself ready, get my kids up and ready. Leave by 7/7:10, take the kids to daycare. Leave daycare by 7:30/7:40 to get to work right before 8 am. I work all day, often through lunch through no choice of my own because I am salary. Then I leave at 5 ( if I am lucky) then race over to daycare to pick up my kids by 5:45. ( daycare closes at 6 so I have no idea what I would do if I had to work 9-6). Then we get home by 6. I make dinner and we eat by 7pm. Then we start our bedtime routine. Bath, pajamas, teeth, a story and bed by 8 pm. Then I have from 8pm to 10 pm to clean, do dishes, laundry, pick up and prep my lunch and stuff for the next day. Then bed at 10pm to start it all over the next day. I hardly see my husband.

People may romanticize quitting the nine to five, but at the same time it’s not just 9-5. It’s everything else and to sacrifice so much of my life for a company that would replace me the next day if I died and hardly seeing or spending time with the family that knows I’m irreplaceable. It’s painful. Not to mention even in our dual income household we can hardly afford to pay all of our bills and we get less than 15 days of PTO/sick time per year. Which we have to ration between myself and my husband in case the kids get sick and can’t go to school. We have no time for a vacation, no time for fun, and can hardly afford to pay all the bills it takes to live and raise our kids.

I don’t fault anyone for trying to make a go of doing some thing they love, I wish I had the freedom to try and chase those dreams, but my kids are my dream and doing what is best for them is more important than any “career” I could ever have.

[janamour_]

It's not just about the work itself. I work 40 hours a week and before the pandemic I had to go to the office every day. That means I commuted 1.5 hours every day. In the evening I had 4 hours to myself before I had to go back to bed. Cook? Workout? Nope. I was way too exhausted. Since the pandemic, I only have to go to the office twice a week. This is much better. But it doesn't work in every profession. Of course my job also has advantages. Always free on weekends. End of work by 5 p.m. at the latest. Social insurance etc.

[Tashas_Travels]

I have written my resignation letter for June 2024, i am tired of this job, micromanaging & toxic boss, and the worst part is her cousin is our co-worker, so it's 2 related people against me. Nothing i do is ever good enough. Nothing is ever appreciated, nor my hard work acknowledged.

Always being punished with even more work and not being paid for it, no PTO, no sick leave, no family responsibility leave, i have been working everyday for 3yrs and i am tired. Some jobs are not worth it

[FlameAngelBG]

Finally a realistic advice from a person with experience, it's not all about chasing clout and hustling it's more about listening to your own mind and body and really having that internal monologue about your desires and future aspirations, disconnecting yourself from the digital noise.

[catcreme]

There are pros and cons to 9-5 and self-employed life. You just need to think what you want, what you need and what's your personality type to pick a life you can sustain long-term.
You might think you hate your 9-5 but you just might need to make small changes to your schedule or things you do in your off time to make it a more fulfilling life. Self-emplyoment is not all sun and roses. With so much online work, there is much fiercer competition and it might be hard to succeed quickly after you quit your 9-5.

[annieway]

I've been working the "9-5" my whole life. (more like 8-5 with an hour for lunch). I moved jobs every couple of years for more pay. My job allows for flexible schedules so I work 730am-330pm, with 30 minute lunches. It's amazing what that shift in work hours has done for my home life. More employers should embrace this. My full job pays the bills and I pursue my hobbies and free time after work and on the weekends.

When I started looking at my job as a means to "buy" me some free time, I didn't mind going to work. I have employer paid healthcare and retirement, that's also a plus you don't get with being an entrepreneur.