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 Well I went and met the potential new job team on Monday and they're all nice people who are willing to let me work mostly independently and it would have some flexibility as long as the (in-person) work get done. I know how it goes and in the summer it would be 3-4 days a week in person. I'm going to flip a coin later today, I have no idea. At the end of the day, current job has more free time, less responsibility and nonsense wrt higher ups. New job has independence, money and a long commute. No clue. Am I wanting to stay in current job because switching jobs is a hassle? 

In other news, I took yesterday off work and sheared sheep. Sheared 14! It went super well and I had a nice time. 

I will say, that I think I'm doing too many things generally and I need to cut back on stuff. Not sure what, but something. Maybe since shearing is basically over, that will free up some brain space but who knows. 

oh no the miles

Just actually sat down and did the $$$ math on potential new job. Went something like this: 

Summer (May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept) - commute 4 days/wk -> 16 commute days/mth x 5 mths = 80 commute days/yr
Spring/Fall (Apr, Oct) - commute 3 days/wk -> 12 commute days/mth x 2 mths = 24 commute days/yr
Winter (Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar) - commute 1 day/wk -> 4 commute days/mth = 20 commute days/yr

Total of 124 commute days.

Said commute is 88 miles one way, 176 miles round trip

total miles commuting is 21,824 miles. Using federal mileage reimbursement for 2023 of 65.5 cents per mile, that puts my commute cost at:

$14,294

Potential increase in salary? gone. It only would make a difference if the 8% raise kicks in but I'm not relying on that. So uhh. not taking the new job if I don't make more money and I have to drive 3 hours a day. I could take part time shifts at the local employee owned gas station chain and come out ahead.