Can working really harm your health? or is it just something people say?

nannymiaow

mildred1978 wrote: »

Ah, yes. It was really easy when I was 18. They gave houses away like sweeties.


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Wow, you are really touchy....maybe that's why your husband works such long hours....:cool:

mildred1978

BrettMorganxD wrote: »

I meant the deposit was difficult sorry if I offended.

It was probably harder to pay the bills in the 90's, but you could get a mortgage on a 10% deposit (so my dad says) now they are asking for 25%

I had 30% (worked from age 15).

mildred1978

nannymiaow wrote: »

Wow, you are really touchy....maybe that's why your husband works such long hours....:cool:

He's a company director. It's not optional.

cavework

OP .. I admire you but please be careful , you have a very responsible full time job and working these hours could possibly put the people in your care at risk because you are tired.
My old Dad (who is in a Nursing home now looked after by wonderful people such as yourself) used to tell me
' always work to live , never live to work'
Life is short and when you get older you may wish you had used the time in your youth to enjoy just being alive instead of constantly striving for future goals.
Goal posts change .. life sometimes chucks you a bad hand and plans go out of the window through no fault of your own.
x

LadyMissA

redcard wrote: »

This.

The most stressful period in my life was when I was out of work for a couple of months in 2008. Thankfully I had a decent redundancy payout and wasn't stressed financially, but the thought of it running out whilst still looking for a job affected my sleeping patterns horrendously.

My plan was to take a couple of months off and chill out, but in the 3rd month there seemed to be no hope of getting a decent job. Luckily I got something not long after, and things got back to normal.

I just got notice and 4x times Gov statatory and that didnt last long.

In the last 11 months I have had swine flu, cellulitis (from my ankle to my hip) and ended up in a&e, a tooth out where it was only below the gum line, and now under investigation for an underactive thiyroid with a high level of TSH and a low level of thyroxine hormone in the blood count - very worrying

When I was working I was rarely ill:(

SarEl

Admirable as it is for a responsible young man to be saving for his own house at only 19 (seriously) - be careful what you wish for too. Whilst there is a clear evidential link between unemployment and ill-health, working too many hours does have an impact on health, but unfortunately any impact it may have could take years to show up. I doubt Mildred's OH got all of this in the last three weeks - he's been doing this sort of working pattern for years and it has become a habit, and a very bad one at that. But I digress...

A house is admirable. And achievable I am sure. But when are you going to misspend your youth? You don't have to become irresponsible or give up the idea of a home of your own, but I have always found that misspending at least some of your youth is a very worthwhile project. Being 40 and still responsible means that you have missed out on some things that you might regret at that age (seeing the world, for example); being 40 and trying to misspend your youth then is just plain silly, and I know a few friends husbands who are trying to do exactly that! There is a happy balance. Don't try to be too responsible. Believe me, you will have a lot of years for being responsible.

cavework

mildred1978 wrote: »

He's a company director. It's not optional.

Mildred , I am a Company Director but I learned that there are times when you just have to 'close the door' on the business.
Weekends are usually mine , although I do the payroll and invoices on a weekend once a month and will answer the occasional urgent email on a Saturday morning. My phone is NOT avaliable over the weekend unless someone is going to be off sick on the Monday.
Same in the evening after 6pm.weekdays. anyone calls? they have to leave a message, I will pick it up but more often than not it can be dealt with the next day.

BrettMorganxD

SarEl wrote: »

Admirable as it is for a responsible young man to be saving for his own house at only 19 (seriously) - be careful what you wish for too. Whilst there is a clear evidential link between unemployment and ill-health, working too many hours does have an impact on health, but unfortunately any impact it may have could take years to show up. I doubt Mildred's OH got all of this in the last three weeks - he's been doing this sort of working pattern for years and it has become a habit, and a very bad one at that. But I digress...

A house is admirable. And achievable I am sure. But when are you going to misspend your youth? You don't have to become irresponsible or give up the idea of a home of your own, but I have always found that misspending at least some of your youth is a very worthwhile project. Being 40 and still responsible means that you have missed out on some things that you might regret at that age (seeing the world, for example); being 40 and trying to misspend your youth then is just plain silly, and I know a few friends husbands who are trying to do exactly that! There is a happy balance. Don't try to be too responsible. Believe me, you will have a lot of years for being responsible.

Well my main goal is to have my own house by age of 25 which is 6 years. Well 5 years 9 months now. I think the bigger the deposit the better.

I understand what your saying Sarel and your advice is good, as usual . But I really want my own house more than anything. I rented before and loved living alone, but I moved back to save money. As I feel owning my own house will feel so much better than paying rent .

tori.k

Just be wary and listen to your body it will tell you when you need to cut back and take a break for a while, i've always worked quite physical jobs including care, up to the begining of the year was doing 50+ hours a week, im paying the price for it now with arthritis in my early 40's, Ok i have the house but was it worth it im not so sure... if i end up in a nursing home it would be sold to fund my care, where i could have never worked a day and have the state fund it for me, i've cut my hours in half this year but only dropped a 1/4 in wage as im not paying the tax &ni that i was paying. i will have paid enough for a full state pension when i get there, but more likely there wont be such a thing by the time i can retire.One day i will have no mortgage but then i still have the expense of mantaining the house, the roof will need to be redone, thing like this are wear and tear so not covered in the insurance, I wonder why owning brick's and mortar is the mecca we strive for, is it just because our parents did and their parents before did so its just a drummed in response you grow up, get married and buy a house and start a family...

paulwellerfan

my daughter is 18 and in her main job works from 1pm till 8pm 5 days a week= 35 hours
her second job is at the week ends working from 10pm till 7am= 18 hours
dont kno how long she will keep it up for.
however shes young and fit and its her life.
op when you have had enough, just pack in one of the jobs.