Change of Career
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Thanks for the insight @Appfaff that's a hell of a lot of hours you cram into the week. Combined with the Twins!! Making my ass look lazy
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naw @spitfiredealer - In all honesty, I get bored with one thing. Doing multiple different gigs keeps me sane.. or maybe it keeps me insane.. either way, it's what works best for me. Would I love a less hectic schedule? Sure - I was driving the kids back to the house from the nanny yesterday afternoon and had an urgent email while I was stuck in traffic. It's taken me a few years, but I have fully accepted, the "all things will happen in due time" approach to life, and that includes my projects.
My secret is no one really knows what I do. It's great job security, since everyone is too afraid to fire me
before the twins came, my wife made me pick up a hobby to put a little "me" time in, so I started skateboarding again on Sunday mornings with a few of the other "old" guys… Now that my mornings are a little hectic, Im looking for something else since I havn't skated in the last year. Luckily, a package from my from Cabelas (from my father) arrived yesterday for Christmas, and it is shaped an awful lot like a flyflishing set up
Hoping the stocked fishing pond 12 yards from my house will be my new "hobby" in 2017 haha.My final piece of advice is to ask your partner what she feels is best for you guys. If she wants you home more, and you can afford to take a cut in salary, that that's what your priority needs to be. If she feels you guys need more salary to encourage financial freedom for your family's future, than that's the route you should pursue. You can make money doing anything. But you can't always have the time you want or need. For me, the fact that I have multiple jobs that allow me to either 1. bring the kids to work with me or 2. work from home while the kids play, allows us to save money on full time childcare. Does it eliminate financial stresses? Not at all. But does it allow for me to take the kids to the doctor this afternoon and no worry about anyone saying anything about it? Yes.
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tradies like plumbing and electricians along with brickies and such.. are one of the highest paid tradies is oz… not too bad of a job change if you're down under.
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12 yards….......There goes at least 3 of your jobs.....
Stocked with Large Mouth Bass and whatever else the rednecks in my neighborhood throw in there lol
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I can definitely relate to Appfaff, we both have multiple jobs and his Job A is roughly the same as my Job A (or is it Job B? I can't tell anymore…).
I would advise you do this questionnaire to help you determine which careers might be in line with your values. It makes little sense to move to a new career that is not in line with your values, since the reason you're feeling the need to make a change is due to your current career not being in line with them in the first place. The questionnaire is only one method, of course, but it's actually quite helpful to notice where your thoughts/energies lie.
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I was a trainee at a supermarket, putting cans into shelves and stuff like that. I finished the 3 years training after 2 years with pretty good marks, but it sucked. So I went back to school and became some kind of social worker and now I work 40h (mon-sun) at a special part of a local childrens-hospital. Its fun and tough at the same time.
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Weirdly I've turned down a couple of jobs in the last couple of years that I probably would have loved (denim related). The jobs involved a hell of a lot of travel (monthly), and supporting a product that I didn't believe in.
I do wonder if I should have just done one of them, but ethics and time with my family made them a no go.
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I will try not to be to wordy. I started out as a medic in the US Navy. I am a rare breed that has rarely changed companies in my life. From this background I became a Dialysis technician taking care of patients with kidney failure. I had that feeling of I can't do this the rest of my life , and started repairing the Dialysis equipment used to treat the patients, paid for by the company that I was working for. I then moved on to be in charge of the Philadelphia, PA. area bio meds doing what I was then doing.
Again by my company, I was trained to install the water purification systems that are the heart of the dialysis clinic. Plus side I travel the country doing this. Time off is adequate. But time at home is sketchy. Out o 365 days a year, I spend 240 nights in a hotel. I fly over 100,000 miles with a particular airline, and get usually automatic upgrades. And free hotel rooms for Holiday.Pay is great. I don't have a supervisor breathing down my neck.
I think my point to this is to really search what your background is and to see if you can broaden your horizons from what you are already doing.
The negative side is that when I am home for a bit, my other half questions when do you go back to work.
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Most important is that for most of my career I have been able to wear jeans.
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I scored my first job as an Economíc Developer when I was still in University. Got my Bachelor's in City Planning, kept the job for like a year before I eventually wanted a better job at the same place. Went back to school, finished my Master's in Landscape Architecture. When I was done, my old department had shut down so I couldn't find a job.
Now I work with beer. Beer > City Planning.
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Just thought i would give a little update.
So today is my last day in the office. On Monday i start a new career as a landscape gardener. I will be working with one of best friends who has been doing it for years. I am looking forward to learning something new and being outside in the fresh air without any of the office bullshit.
I am going to keep doing design/retouching on a freelance basis in the evenings and weekends as i have a few clients that are keen to use me. I dunno how long that will keep going for but it is a good way to boost my money.To say it feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders is a understatement!!
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Cheers G
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Just thought i would give a little update . . . . .
. . . . . . To say it feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders is a understatement!!Good for you chief. Action brings about change and you've taken positive action to bring about positive change. RESULT
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I needed a change from office life about fifteen years ago and took up an offer from a mate of working for him doing landscape construction and tree work. Enjoyed it so much I stayed with him for five years until I got a dream job totally out of left field.
I remember how unbelievably therapeutic the first few months were. Loads of exercise and time to think about anything and everything really sorted my head out.
Good luck.
The jeans are great by the way. Extra thanks for the free dog biscuit in the back pocket.
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Cheers guys
@Streetwise Hercules glad they worked out for you. Haha bloody dog biscuits i can't remember a time when i didn't find one in a pocket!
