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Given the choice, I'd prefer 5 eight hour shifts as opposed to 4 ten hour shifts. After working 8 hours there is more time to exercise and cook your food, etc. With 10 hour shifts it doesn't leave... Education & Career

I guess it depends what they are jealous over. One thing is to find what they are good at, and compliment them for it. That might help as long as it is genuine. Education & Career

Good coworkers can help raise morale, and it could help with preventing burnout. Education & Career

If you tell your immediate supervisor, is this the kind of job where other employees will notice that you are gone every Thursday afternoon? I can see telling the boss, but other employees knowing... Education & Career

One thing you might look into is does the college that you want to go to have a lot of students in their late 20's? If not, you might feel out of place. Education & Career

I would say to think of what you'd like to cook and then watch YouTube videos on it. Education & Career

Not actually to the point of being "toxic". I've worked with some who had a lot lacking though. I remember one manager being transferred away, but a year later he was getting transferred back.... Education & Career

Well it could be because they spent so much time studying that they don't quite have the social skills of others. Education & Career

Family issues right now. It really isn't all that bad but I'm a bit tired of dealing with it. Education & Career

Math classes were my favorite. Second to that was chemistry (at the time but not now). Then the biological sciences. I ended up in the medical field. Education & Career

Working is very important for the reasons that you state. It gives a person a sense of purpose, and it makes them feel responsible and gives them a sense of "earning". Education & Career