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Re: Ok, I'm asking for all you loonies for life advice
05/26/11 09:53 PM


Work/Life balance is everything. Don't know what your financial situation is but what you earn is never really any measure of success or happiness, so long as you're turning over enough to have a reasonable quality of life, its enough.
Personally I would look at things I enjoy doing, or things that would give me a sense of achievement and try to focus future employment or training toward it on those goals, afterall we get a single, finite opportunity to make what we will out of life. Making a significant career move is always daunting, but if you don't do it, you have to ask yourself, whats going to change?. If your life isn't fulfilling then its up to you to do something about that.

For example, a Friend of mine does computer techy stuff for some asian firm. He's always pathetically busy, and spends weeks at a time in Dubai, Oz and various other places. He has a great house, a great car, plenty of money yet he gets to see, use and enjoy none of it.
He has a young family, and is recently married and yet he's constantly stressed and tired, he hates this job, as dynamic the job sounds he's constantly at work, on a plane or in a hotel. He's missing out on all the good aspects of life and at some point he's going to sit and look at all the 'things' this toil has accrued and wonder where his life went and why his now adult kids aren't calling and realise its too late to take a new direction, its finished, he waited too long and all he's leaving behind is a great inheritance.

I'm currently re-training to go into teaching. It will mean a small pay cut and more work and hours, but its something I've always wanted to do, so I squared it with the wife and enrolled on the access course.

If you're happy doing what you do but just want to do it in a different environment, look at the options and what's out there and go for it. Beyond your needs and responsibilities though, don't let finance dictate the decision or you could just end up in something equally hateful.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do.







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* Ok, I'm asking for all you loonies for life advice Hizzout 05/26/11 05:49 AM
. * Re: Ok, I'm asking for all you loonies for life advice Sez  05/29/11 05:00 AM
. * Re: Ok, I'm asking for all you loonies for life advice krick  05/27/11 05:58 AM
. * Re: Ok, I'm asking for all you loonies for life advice Hizzout  05/27/11 04:12 PM
. * Re: Ok, I'm asking for all you loonies for life advice JimmyU  05/27/11 02:54 AM
. * Re: Ok, I'm asking for all you loonies for life advice Gor  05/27/11 02:51 AM
. * Re: Ok, I'm asking for all you loonies for life advice FatTrucker  05/26/11 09:53 PM
. * Be THAT guy GatKongModerator  05/26/11 06:44 PM
. * Re: Ok, I'm asking for all you loonies for life advice DR  05/26/11 06:05 PM
. * Depends what you're in the mood for... URherenow  05/26/11 03:55 PM
. * Re: Depends what you're in the mood for... Hizzout  05/26/11 05:08 PM
. * Information Assurance URherenow  05/27/11 05:22 AM
. * Re: Information Assurance Hizzout  05/27/11 04:15 PM
. * Re: Information Assurance URherenow  05/29/11 04:39 PM
. * Re: Information Assurance Tomu Breidah  05/27/11 04:59 PM
. * Re: Information Assurance Gor  05/27/11 11:54 PM
. * Re: Depends what you're in the mood for... Gor  05/26/11 06:42 PM
. * Re: Depends what you're in the mood for... Vas Crabb  05/26/11 06:32 PM
. * Re: Depends what you're in the mood for... italieAdministrator  05/27/11 12:25 AM
. * Re: Depends what you're in the mood for... Hizzout  05/27/11 01:17 AM
. * Re: Depends what you're in the mood for... italieAdministrator  05/27/11 03:44 AM
. * Re: Ok, I'm asking for all you loonies for life advice Matty_  05/26/11 10:13 AM
. * Re: Ok, I'm asking for all you loonies for life advice DMala  05/26/11 07:52 AM
. * Thanks, (Matty_ too) Hizzout  05/26/11 03:33 PM
. * Re: Thanks, (Matty_ too) Gor  05/27/11 03:42 AM
. * Re: Thanks, (Matty_ too) DMala  05/27/11 03:22 AM
. * Have you been watching Office Space too much? PokeMAME  05/26/11 06:15 AM
. * I still remember the 1st time I watched Office Space Hizzout  05/26/11 06:26 AM

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