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Originally Posted by chrissy
and your wife can help out..
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I have to have get married to change careers? sheesh!
Actually, I've often thought about having kids for that very reason ... create my own personal little army, my minions. That's what kids are for ... right?
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Originally Posted by Fazor
Josh: I wrestle with this all the time. I'm in a job that I don't so much dislike, as I'm not suited for. I'm bad at it in that I can't motivate myself to give my all. But what would I do instead? Could I even do it? My goals all involve beaches, old worn-in boats, and lots of fishing gear. None of those have any sort of wage attached to them (nor do I want there to be -- often hobbies are no longer fun once they become jobs).
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Sounds like my boat. It's not that I hate my work and oftentimes it's very interesting, but I struggle with things I don't have a passion for. I've thought about giving it all up and heading to Vanuatu or something and setting up a SCUBA Diving business. Cost of living would be low, lifestyle would be easy, peaceful. But I like where I live and I like having my friends around me. Similar trade off.
Setting up this charity business would be a lot more hard work than engineering, but it wouldn't seem that way because of the passion. When you have a passion for something, it stops being work. I set up a business a few years ago that now pretty much runs without me having to do anything .. i don't make very much money from it ... but it was a good lesson in setting up a business. In the beginning it was 16 to 20 hour days, lots of running around, etc. I was working myself stupid ... lots of hard work. But I didn't once think of it as "work" ... there was never that "oh god, i hate this job" feeling. I know I'd get the same feeling doing the dog stuff multiplied by a hundred. But ... it all comes down to money.
I spoke to my boss at work yesterday about working shorter hours ... taking a day off a week to pursue some charity work. He was very receptive ... so we'll see where that gets us. I've even worked so I shouldn't have to take a pay cut .... brilliant!