Is work as bad as work experience?

I am unemployed and have done that type of work for the past 30 odd years, the only difference I would have is I would find something closer to home and I drive so something no more than 30 minutes drive away. Normally if you were employed to do work in the office you would be snowed under with paperwork and the time goes by a lot quicker. You will have to consider what you want to do with your life in the future but office work is not as bad as if you worked in a factory. Good Luck.