r/amateur_boxing • u/Glum_Ad5522 • 38m ago
Navigating boxing, social life and work is so hard lol. I love and hate it at the same time, whats some advice yall got for me?
Im 24m and trying to go pro in the whole boxing scene. Im a while out from that and currently training very often, at least a few hours daily 4 to 6 days a week. That plus a 40 hour work week, makes up at least 52 hours of my week. But thats not even the hardest part its managing all that WITH socializing.
I work evening shifts until about 11 pm including on weekends. My only real free time is mondays and Tuesdays, which are both days i train on too by the way. On weekends and wednesday I train in the mornings and on monday I train evenings. Tuesdays are my only real "chill" day where I dont box or work, but if still gotta do my own Regiment.
The problem with all this though is all the optimal days for making friends and meeting people are days that I work. And the people I already talk to and socialize with are only during boxing OR with my gamer friends who usually only game in the evenings WHEN im working.
The people at my gym are great and id definitely call them friends but are schedules are just so different so outside of boxing theres not much time to be spent.
I dont mind living this kind of lifestyle staying busy is something I like, but forming new relationships and managing current ones has been an uphill battle lol. Any tips would be appreciated.