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Originally posted by Colin View PostWell paid doesn’t equal an enjoyable job!Last edited by fishbowlhead; 26-04-2018, 14:53.
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Originally posted by Dogg Thang View PostSometimes you just have to quit and then figure out what you're going to do afterwards. When you're locked into the day to day, it's very difficult to make strong plans and there is really never a right time. If you put yourself in a position where you have no choice but to do something different, you will do it.
People joke about "the fear" but I would strongly advise against it.
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Yeah I'm not going to argue with that but it also illustrates the problem I see when it comes to a lot of people making leaps. That safety, that security, is too hard to lose and people get into their secure ruts. And that's fine if that security is all you want - if the only thing that matters is that regular paycheck. You're selling easy here. It makes sense and it's a big risk to cut loose. I just think the chances of you making some kind of important leap are greatly increased if you actually let go.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but you're freelance Dogg? I think that perspective is a little different. Mind you, I don't know what Asura does...
I was hoping to quit working at the hotel for the summer and just chill at home, making teaching resources for the autumn (assuming I get a position), but if we hope to pay for IVF this year, that's just not something I can do.
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My perspective is totally different, no doubt - we all bring our own experiences. I run my own company, so that's barely a stone's throw away from being freelance. I did so after having been an employee in a company for 15 years or so - a fragile safety net in that I would have been one of the last to turn out the lights had the company ever gone under so my job was more secure than almost anyone in there and yet I have always been in a fragile, changing, project to project business. So I guess I have grown up with the threat of insecurity around me.
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Originally posted by Colin View PostWell, aye, but I've been in this industry for 28 ****ing years now! I'd love a change...........
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Another 18 months and I'll be out of the industry. My wife and I are working toward buying a B&B on the Isle of Skye and getting away from the rat race. I'll be the maintenance man and she'll be front of house, on account of me not exactly being a people person.
Every day living in my favourite place in the world, that's my idea of heaven, and pretty much semi-retired well before fifty.
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Originally posted by Colin View PostAnother 18 months and I'll be out of the industry. My wife and I are working toward buying a B&B on the Isle of Skye and getting away from the rat race. I'll be the maintenance man and she'll be front of house, on account of me not exactly being a people person.
Every day living in my favourite place in the world, that's my idea of heaven, and pretty much semi-retired well before fifty.
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Originally posted by Colin View PostI say it as I see it, that's never popular.
Originally posted by Zaki Matar View PostWhere are you getting all these awards and trophies from?!
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Originally posted by Colin View PostAnother 18 months and I'll be out of the industry. My wife and I are working toward buying a B&B on the Isle of Skye and getting away from the rat race. I'll be the maintenance man and she'll be front of house, on account of me not exactly being a people person.
Every day living in my favourite place in the world, that's my idea of heaven, and pretty much semi-retired well before fifty.
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