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New job ate my evenings - how do you stay around without guilt

mustafamtecn · 1 Aug 2026 at 21:30 · permalink

Promotion, longer hours, brain fried. I still like this place. Practical advice for not ghosting without burning out.

MedicMain · 1 Aug 2026 at 21:40 · permalink

Weekend blocks only for a while. Say it in Discord so people stop expecting you at 19:00 on Tuesdays.

Silent_Scope · 1 Aug 2026 at 21:48 · permalink

I did six months of "maybe one scrim a week". Clan did not evaporate. You are allowed a life.

Viper_Six · 1 Aug 2026 at 21:56 · permalink

Tell officers your new window. We plan around honesty. We cannot plan around silent disappearance.

Jumpmommy · 1 Aug 2026 at 22:04 · permalink

I watch VODs when I cannot play. Still feels like part of the group without forcing a queue at midnight.

ClanRecruit_Mia · 1 Aug 2026 at 22:12 · permalink

We would rather keep a tired member than lose a good one to FOMO pressure. Say the constraint.

Flyingeagle3 · 1 Aug 2026 at 22:20 · permalink

As newer: good to hear veterans take breaks. I was scared any absence meant I failed trial forever.

mustafamtecn · 1 Aug 2026 at 22:28 · permalink

Weekends + occasional late EU. Putting it in my Discord status. Thanks for not doing the "git gud attendance" speech.