Peaty jobs

MB

@oliveoil just hating bc i wish I could just be a beach lifeguard lol

oliveoil

@MB I have thought about it too. If I'm destined to be a slave wagey, I might as well have a job that maximizes my health.

I found the IT field and remote working to be a good middle ground. You can work around most of the typical disadvantages of having a desk job by ergomaxxing your set up with a standing desk, split ergonomic keyboard, ergonomic alternatives to chairs like yoga balls, kneeling chairs, stools, or deep squatting; standing on a grounding mat, rolling a tennis ball under your feet, applying red light therapy, wearing blue-light blocking glasses, or better yet working outdoors if the weather allows it. The biggest disadvantage is the lack of social interaction, but if you live with your family, it can be fantastic, especially if you have children.

thewhitetibetan

While it is unfortunately indoors, I work in the warehouse for a small coffee chain allowing me endless amounts of free coffee, Mexican Coke, and orange juice. I work with 4 close friends who like absurd and offensive humor. While not practitioners themselves they are well aware of Ray Peat at this point. I’ve turned one into a white rice w/ coconut oil lifer and the other has a morning carrot every day now. There is daily play and laughter. Can’t complain. The ideal Peaty slacker job by my standards.

basednigga2006

@Nabokov well

Gardeners

THEY did study to look which job has the happiest people, and they found out that gardeners are the happiest

MB

@basednigga2006 im jw how they are happy if they can’t afford food

cale

@Nabokov
It's certainly not for everybody but I'm currently working on becoming a lineman.
Sunlight: work exclusively outdoors
Play: this is mostly mindset i think. It's not a job you can get away with not taking seriously but it can definitely be fun and there is a (usually healthy) aspect of competition in the trade.
Environmental variety: there are powerlines everywhere, everybody needs power
Exploratory conversations: you have to be intelligent and creative to be a lineman, problem solving is a huge part of it. Many people in the trade with unique aspirations and unusual lifestyles

It's quite a process to become a lineman. I'm in a 17 week pre-apprentice program now, and a 7,000 hour apprenticeship follows this (apprenticeships are pretty hard to get, you have to be persistent) but after that, you get what they call a yellow ticket which declares you a journeyman lineman, and as a journeyman lineman you can work pretty much anywhere as much or as little as you want. Only caveat is you have to be strong (physically, mentally, spiritually) or you will not make it.

Pays damn well too

oliveoil

@cale That sounds really fun. I wish you the best!

brenn

stone mason or bricklayer perhaps. mentioned somewhere else that grip strength correlates with lifespan

BigusDickus

@brenn My friend, the only "Peaty" job is a job you love.

BigusDickus

@brenn Yes, but increasing your grip strength doesn't increase your lifespan.

cale

@oliveoil thank you!

Shar_to_the_dae

@MB my husband has a lawn mowing/ gardening business which earns 100k a year. This is in Australia, we definitely don’t struggle. But he hates his job…so I guess he’s not one of the statistics

Blitz

@MB I’m a beach lifeguard; the job could pay your bills depending on your location and rank. More popular beaches or places that are warm year-round tend to make something closer to a living wage or even salary.

Obviously rookies and the first few years tend to only make minimum wage or slightly above it, but if you take on more serious roles like such as a supervisor you start making a considerable amount of cash. The role can take over a decade(possibly two) to reach, but Captains can make a very comfortable salary as well.

Ecstatic_Hamster

@Blitz I'm a health researcher and I run 3 companies and use a Peat perspective because he has helped me explain so much. I always think that it's better to work for yourself, than hold a job.

brenn

@cale proximity to strong EMF though?

cale

@brenn depending on the type of work, yes sometimes. This seems to be the one big downside. I'll have to research ways to mitigate damage

cale

@brenn although come to think of it, it's not much more than most people get, as there are powerlines everywhere lol

@Shar_to_the_dae He must be super fit, checkout SB Mowing on YT, he seems to have fun, far too strenuous though IMO