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People who work on a 9-to-5 schedule know how tiring it can be.

Some even say that it sucks the joy out of life.

But what to do when you have no choice but to work on that kind of schedule?

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It just requires quite a lot of mental work and boundary-setting.

And youre going to need some tips to keep you as sane as possible during the week.

Like theyre on the rotation of Insta, TikTok, Teams, Slack, emails.

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

Before you know it, your whole identity will be work.

And Im speaking from experience.

I dont know about you, but I am not a CEO.

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

And I dont have shares in my company.

And for the rest of the week.

The time we have outside of work is minimal.

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

So, it should be spent on you.

You cant put a price on time.

I dont know about your lunch break, but mine is not paid for.

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

Try not to feel pressured either.

Then you dont have to do that.

Just ensure that youve reset for the afternoon.

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

Watch the video here

The video was posted by TikTok user@ellsatthedisco.

They describe themselves as a neurodivergent, over-sharing disco queen in their account bio.

The account has nearly 5K followers and over 200K likes.

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

We looked through some of them.

Most advice is kind of the same as the TikTok creator gave.

For instance, some adviseincorporatinghealthy habits like meditation in your life and ditching perfectionism.

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

Others say we should be getting at least 150 minutes ofexercisea week andplanningeverything ahead.

And the 9-to-5 that we know so well was introduced by the father of British socialism,Robert Owen.

We sure dont feel like it is anymore, right?

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

Well, times and opinions change.

Or come up with a new model to split work hours.

Folks online adored the creators advice and shared their own experiences

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Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday

Woman Helps Folks By Sharing Tips On How To Survive The 9-To-5 Workday