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Originally Posted by THE FLYING MOUSE
I think it would get to the unhealthy stage if somebody were to give up their job to have more time to spend on Meat.Or if they decided to live on bread and water for a week just to be able to afford that extra nice item on e bay  . |
Absolutely. I have to admit I went through an "unhealthy" stage just like this ... and, with your indulgence, I'd like to share my story with you.
About 3 years ago, I was working in a dead end job at the local University. Yes, it was boring, but the people were great, and it paid the bills :) Everything was fine until I "discovered" Meat and started working on our ROL website. I didn't realize it at the time, but what started out as a fun hobby soon became an obsession ... I would come home from work every night at 5:00 p.m., skip dinner, and work on the web site until 3 or 4:00 a.m. the next morning. I lost a lot of weight .. which I needed to anyway .... but only got about 3-4 hours of sleep every night, and it soon started affecting my job.
Because I was bored at work, I spent too much time answering my personal emails and telling everyone who would listen to me about Meat and the website. It got to the point that my supervisor was convinced I had ADT (attention deficit disorder) ... but my Doctor told me I was going through a mild depression and put me on medication.
Maybe it was the medication that helped ... I don't know. I was finally able to put everything into perspective, started concentrating on work, and left Meat and the site at home, so to speak. But unfortunately, it was too little too late, and I decided to resign from the University before my supervisor had to give me a very bad evaluation and put a permanent black mark on my record.
Even though my "obsession" cost me my job, but it also helped me change my life. I didn't have another job lined up, so I told everyone that I was going to work for my parents part time, and pursue website design on the side. But then September 11th hit, business took off, and I realized that my place was working with them full-time at the store.
I still keep in contact with my friends from the University, and sometimes I wonder what it would have been like if I could have just found another job there. But to be honest, I couldn't go back to working in an office ... I love dealing with customers, and need to stay in retail sales.
After the recent flood at the store, chatting with everyone here on the forum, listening to Meat's music as often as I can, and doing whatever I can to support the new CD has given me a necessary escape from reality. So yes, my "obsession" has come back again. And if it remains for a little while so be it .... but once we can get back on our feet and get everything up and running at the store again, I'll put everything back into perspective again.
Thank you for letting me get this off my chest .... and I really hope I didn't bore you too much :)
Vicki