Been a bit burnt out for a while now, and have used most of my recent weekends to catch up on sleep or just chill. My last really memorable weekend was two summers ago (sad ik), where I played doubles tennis, went kayaking, and caught a show with some of my oldest friends. I could use some suggestions on fun stuff to do from other folks who work a lot.
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Climbed the Grand Teton a couple weeks back. That was pretty cool.
I did this right before school started and I finished my junior year internship. One of the best experiences Ive ever had. Grand Tetons > Yellowstone, there is no comparison in terms of experience.
A friend of mine did a road trip from the east coast to the Tetons right after college. I kick myself still over not going with him.
Absolutely. Yellowstone is pretty mediocre if you ask me. Grand Teton on the other hand has so many great things to do in both winter and summer. Fortunately I make it to Jackson 4-5 times a year and never get tired of that area.
Walked around Pittsburgh recently (visiting for the first time), purposefully didn't bring my car and walked a good 35 miles or so, not all that much but enough to explore most of the city. Not necessarily great, but it was really memorable seeing a lot of the rundown older neighborhoods and how they're trying to be revitalized, as well as touring an old steel mill. I kept having this sense of sympathetic nostalgia throughout much of the weekend.
The steel mill tours are cool. My family on my mom's side is historically from a small town in the Lehigh Valley and a lot of them worked for Bethlehem Steel for decades. Family on my Dad's side worked at the mill in Steelton outside Harrisburg. Even my dad helped with railroad repairs for them in the summers. My grandfather and many other relatives worked at the Bethlehem plant, and his close friend was actually the guy to turn out the lights in the Bethlehem plant for the last time when they shut down. The tour was cool, and they talked to us a lot about the rise and fall of that massive company. It really is kinda sad. They were kids coming back from fighting in Europe and the Pacific and had good (at the time) jobs waiting for them. Kinda wild too how Bethlehem Steel basically ran that city. Whenever shit needed fixing, the mill boys would be on it. It was super neat to learn about this company and the role it played in my family's history on both sides, plus gave some meaning to all the random Beth Steel merch I have sitting around. I even see their old and fading I-beam logo around greater boston, where they had a lot of shipbuilding plants. Also gives lots of meaning to the song Allentown, an absolute classic. I actually still got family south of Pittsburgh working for the USS plant down there, guess they're clinging onto what's left of that part of our history.
Yeah exactly, the tour guy's dad and family worked at one of the mills by Pittsburgh. In the 70s just before they closed, it paid really well and had great benefits, plus obviously became a lot safer. I took the train in and out, I think you're referring to the Edgar Thomson steel works which is right next to the tracks. For us finance guys, the real case in point is US Steel falling out of the DJIA in 1991 and the S&P 500 in 2014. It's some of that creative destruction though that Schumpeter and Greenspan wrote about, and it's cool Google has an office there, but it's never really going to replace those mills that had 1K+ employees each. That being said, capital ought to be allocated to better use anyway, so hopefully it can remain a productive area. It was also crazy to me how insanely hilly the whole area was; literally every other street felt like it had a 20%+ gradient. There were so many streets with bungalow houses that you had to walk up more than a flight of stairs to get to the front door. Generally speaking though, from regional economic theory, hilly places are notorious for development, part of the reason why the rest of Appalachia is economically backwards vs the national average.
I will say though, the US Steel tower is one of my new favorite skyscrapers. It feels so imposing, like Isengard from the Lord of the Rings.
Edit: Nightman Cometh What was actually really sick, I also toured the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial next to Pitt's campus, and a WW2 vet was there who gave me a tour and had amazing stories. A sweet old man, and a fucking badass.
This is a pretty awesome approach to new cities in general, as long as it isn't winter in the midwest lol
Definitely, but it really made me realize how for the most part it's pretty hard to get around comfortably in American cities without a car. NYC/DC/Chi/SF/Seattle are all fairly to very dense, and it helps with walkability a lot, but in a lot of places there's either no sidewalk, buses that come every 45+ min, or some other issue. It's an interesting way to experience urban design. Like Chicago though, Pittsburgh felt very much like a city of neighborhoods, which I really liked, all the distinct vibes of every place.
Must've been back in college
Last week, brothel (not a high end one, just a regular one in surburb, idk maybe it's just me but I like countryside newbie chick in this industry). Had so much fun with a new girl there, redhead.
Followed by a lot of beers.
Simple pleasure I guess.
When will you see her again? Do you wanna date her ?
See her again, maybe. Date, no. I don't see them as potential romantic candidates.
Right on. Had no ideas brothels were a thing. I need to stop working and get the fuck out of my state soon
did u fuk her?
its a damn brothel. what do you think they did? play patty cake?
As someone who is working 70+ hours a week, how do you source hooker transactions? Every girl I date hates me because I don't pay enough attention. I dabble outside the US with them (Amsterdam, Australia, and a few others) but I'm too much of a pussy to pay for it in the US because a prostitution charge will destroy my career. Pretty much plan my vacation based on loose drug and prostitution laws. Not sure you can get that expunged but maybe. Money is no issue but I'm scared they are a fed. Also, not trying to bang some backpages freak. Want only high class ones who are at least a 7 and are in peak shape.
Do you hit the bunny ranch? Bangkok?
Are you tall and handsome ? Maybe they just don’t like the way you look
Dude not sure if you saw my other posts. So much misinformation still out there fed to dudes. The legal side of things is the least of your worries no one gives shit to prosecute this stuff anymore in the city and if anything it will start decriminalizing in a few years. Just don’t be blatant about things and follow instructions. What you do have to worry about is the screening and having to give up your personal info to a provider for their safety, but that’s why you go to a high-end provider so little to no risk there and you said money was not an issue (which believe me doesn’t last very long as a saying in this hobby)
As a very young but experienced goer I can teach you the ropes here so let me know if you want to PM. I’m an analyst doing 85 to 90 hrs on average so you most certainly have time. Don’t let yourself be forced to travel or have to stress yourself at the bar for the slim chance to bring a 9 back your place on your one free weekend which performance-wise would likely be lackluster anyway.
I’m the happiest analyst there is out there I promise you. Don’t fall into the trap of fear or what others think is cool. Too much beauty out there in the world to waste your life in fear. You’re fortunate enough to make good money so go out there and live your life full bro.
This past weekend.
Visited my mom and dad. Had a light cycle, then Friday date night with the girl, we walked to a nearby restaurant and had a great meal and drinks.
Took a rest day Saturday, slept most of the day then dinner with my dad.
Sunday went to church and then IHOP with my dad. Then indoor cycled 101mi in 5hrs 46min watching movies with my girl. What an endorphin rush. Finished off the week with 30 training hours, 23hrs on the bike, which was good for a 434mi week.
I have 4.5 weeks of hard training left before my taper week for a 9/26 half Ironman triathlon. Definitely was a great end to a great training week. I feel super high on life and positive when I get in super heavy training sessions, so felt great this weekend and on Sunday.
This is awesome, you are a beast. Good luck with the half Ironman triathlon.
Thanks bro
Holy shit bro. Not even being funny, but are you on TRT or anything ?
Haha no - just boatloads of caffeine. Workouts are easier with THC too for me, but I’m interviewing right now with an employer and had to come off of THC. 😩😩😩😢😢😢😣😣😣🥺🥺🥺😤😤😤😰😰😰
I have a triathlon on 9/26 that I’m training for and it was my first big training week. My quads are also indestructible. This year was pretty light on training compared to 2019 when I was an absolute madman.
You're a fucking machine dude
How did u convince her to let u finger her? Need deets now
Hey I want details too. Waiting for you to PM me
simp
I think my last really good weekend was pre-pandemic, had an awesome vacation with friends in Yosemite
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You were born on the Weekend?
Honestly had a super nice weekend two weeks ago, but was special because I really didn't do anything crazy. Spent it mainly with a girl I've kinda been seeing lately but did just like normal shit together. It was fun. She's moving back to her home city very soon so gonna be sad when that comes to an end (neither of us think long distance is worth it), but I do hope we will stay friends because thats how it all started. She misses home and I'm not gonna try to stop her because I miss home too and I know how it feels. All her family and friends are there, plus the job opportunity is good. Guested her to my gym so she could spot me as I tried to hit my old PRs on bench (I didn't lol, still got a ways to go). She's not a huge gym rat but wanted to see me in action cus I've been so dedicated lately. Had some good food too and just like walked around and watched TV. It was very peaceful. Got a few big weekends with the boys in the coming weekends too which I'm looking forward to.
Good luck man. Nice username. Hopefully you feel better soon. I have no idea what will make you happy / feel better but hopefully this weekend is a great one for you :)
Probably 3 years ago. Went to an HBO broadcasted fight w/ some buddies from my hometown, won a few thousand btwn poker and blackjack, ran into and talked w/ Bernard Hopkins for a while, got shitfaced, saw a fight of the year level fight, got a blowie from a girl I remember as an 8 who is probably closer to a 6 w/ou 10+ shots of Jameson, then drank some more and smoked cigars in a balcony infinity pool at 4am...I also didn't have any chronic injuries flaring up at the time and hadn't commenced on my astonishing weight gain.
I'm now an out of shape, chronically depressed prescription drug addict (uppers and downers). But base got raised across the street, so I'm seeing a whole $10k more per year after tax, so I'm living the dream
Hey man, hope you can find a way to break the cycle. Im sure you're an incredibly smart dude making bank, and maybe Im not the person to give advice, but I would always say put your health first. Im sure there are plenty of other great opportunities youre qualified for, and right now it sounds like youre in a seriously rough spot. Plenty of my banker friends are in the same boat as you and I hate to see them suffering.
last weekend was fucking lit went out with the boys
hoping to repeat this weekend
I had so many great weekends that I don’t even remember any one specific great weekend anymore. I guess I seek pleasure but I don’t always appreciate the finer things in life. I also tend to be bothered by certain things that perhaps other people don’t necessarily think about, and I resort to negativity at times
You really haven't had a weekend you did fun stuff you wanted in two years? Like the stuff you mentioned for your memorable weekend isn't a far reach at all so I'm curious why you haven't been able to do something similar. Even the sweatiest of times I've worked in my banking and PE years I was able to catch a good weekend here and there throughout the year
I have done some cool stuff I forgot to mention, I guess I should have prefaced it with the last really good weekend was about 2 year ago. Since then Ive gone to Marco Island, Nantucket, snowboarding a handful of times, and done a fair amount of trips to my lakehouse, all with a bunch of friends and everyone's respective GF. However, none of these were true weekend trips (except for snowboarding but that was done in the midwest so it was pretty meh), and required PTO. What I was trying to get at is what are some fun things you can do that dont really require more than 36-48 hours, that were truly unique or memorable, etc?
Additionally, with the pandemic hitting, it seems like everyone is a little more overworked than normal, and therefore more reluctant to do stuff on the weekends. Aside from grabbing drinks or other generic activities that are pretty uneventful.
Lastly, I know work is not an excuse. Even on my worst weeks, I am still hitting hours that bankers would kill for (70-75 hours), but I guess it just feels more exhausting than ever before. Curious what you think.
Dude I totally understand you. My whole question was to make sure that you're still doing fun shit and not losing sight of that in between your work hours. Keep making sure you take care of you is my point. The work will always be there.
Buddy's wedding at sick venue with perfect weather. Good, clean fun with a lot of people that are close to me. Got laid too! Nice!
Does it get any better than that?
every weekend B)
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