You won't really truly appreciate that comment, until you actually do it, then you will inevitably think... "should have done this so much sooner".
Life, after all, is what happens when you are on your own time, not on anyone else's clock.
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Work Sucks
- Thread starter bluengreen
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Life, after all, is what happens when you are on your own time, not on anyone else's clock.
Viking is not a really a fair comparison to the average company. They do it right and they will work more if needed. Friends and family day is pretty awesome, the culture, people who want to be there, job perks (need some fiberglass and resin from a leftover build? Fill out a form!), etc etc.
What happens in those 40 hrs is what counts.
I enjoy my job. Developing drugs to change human life is rewarding.
Regardless of what you do it is work. I’m sure all the rock superstars feel like taking time off sometimes and pro surfers wish they could just have fun.
I think the key is finding meaning and balance which is a constant struggle.
I think the key is finding meaning and balance which is a constant struggle.
agreed but I just got a ton of equity and I have a 6 week paid sabbatical next year.You won't really truly appreciate that comment, until you actually do it, then you will inevitably think... "should have done this so much sooner".
Life, after all, is what happens when you are on your own time, not on anyone else's clock.
They know how to keep me happy
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If only it were so simple...You won't really truly appreciate that comment, until you actually do it, then you will inevitably think... "should have done this so much sooner".
Life, after all, is what happens when you are on your own time, not on anyone else's clock.
Working on my plan, but it's not gonna be instant sadly.
I did that for years in Santa Cruz. Worked on Swift Street, and surfed the west side alone or with just a few regulars who WFH back in the early 00s.
I like my job, but grow tired of the sales hustle these days, probably one reason being it's a different world than it was three years ago.
I am looking forward to retirement.
Like wise. I can and will still do it for a handful more years but I will be dedicating a lot of resources into more passive and active incomes streams. Renting my home in LB can get me an eye opening amount of money for the MD to LD season. If I’m in Nica or elsewhere 9-10 months a year, the cash from that summer rental alone would keep us comfortable and living easy, if not over the top (one domestic at the most)
And summer in Long Beach is for teachers and tourists and day trippers. Rarely any swells of note minus the odd early hurricane. Id rather be in Nica for the summer anyway, then maybe come back to LB for the glorious north eastern fall
why am I still working? I need to do some math but I’m lit af rn so no major life decisions
people pay stupid money even for semi luxury yoga retreats. A few of those every year pays for years of colonial, I’m sorry, ex pat comfort. Won’t have to touch my investments for years perhaps
And summer in Long Beach is for teachers and tourists and day trippers. Rarely any swells of note minus the odd early hurricane. Id rather be in Nica for the summer anyway, then maybe come back to LB for the glorious north eastern fall
why am I still working? I need to do some math but I’m lit af rn so no major life decisions
people pay stupid money even for semi luxury yoga retreats. A few of those every year pays for years of colonial, I’m sorry, ex pat comfort. Won’t have to touch my investments for years perhaps
Exactly my plan. Summer is a shitshow and fall is glorious pretty much everywhere that's livable in the states. Waves, indian summer heat waves, college football, fall colors, and it all rolls right into the holidays.
My industry sales cycle is heaviest from the start of the year through the end of June. Not much gets sold from July through October. Some important events, meetings and bulk deals for the following year are inked in the last few months of the year but otherwise it's pretty lean. My 5 year plan is to negotiate some sort of deal where I don't work through those times in terms of day-to-day grind in exchange for a reduced annual salary but will still answer the phone and email for tech questions to keep my bennies
People here rent out their houses in summer and make bank. Summer in nica and house rental could be awesome.
They start with one and then have to get multiple for taxes- its insane.
I won’t rent my house, but rentals may be in my future
The only way I could work “when and if I choose” is if I hung out a consulting shingle. I can think of a few dozen clients that would gladly retain me to buy the very same stuff I’ve been selling for decades. I can pick and choose clients, work my own hours negotiating and making media plans for them in between surfs. Take on as much or as little work as I like.Exactly my plan. Summer is a shitshow and fall is glorious pretty much everywhere that's livable in the states. Waves, indian summer heat waves, college football, fall colors, and it all rolls right into the holidays.
My industry sales cycle is heaviest from the start of the year through the end of June. Not much gets sold from July through October. Some important events, meetings and bulk deals for the following year are inked in the last few months of the year but otherwise it's pretty lean. My 5 year plan is to negotiate some sort of deal where I don't work through those times in terms of day-to-day grind in exchange for a reduced annual salary but will still answer the phone and email for tech questions to keep my bennies
My current career requires year round pedal to the metal, minus a decent amount of PTO and “wfh” lulz but I can’t abandon my book for more than a few weeks tops. The whole damn ship sinks without me at the helm; as frightening as that thought may be
Yeah I hear you. I wouldn't be able to disappear for 4 months but if I was strategic and systematic about it I could pull it off. That's the benefit of being highly seasonable. Of course, that comes with the drawback where come summer if you aren't at a certain number, your chance of recovery by year end is almost impossible
Fuck a bunch of adult ing but I like money and the time and freedom it buys
DAMN YOU MODERN LIFE FIRST WORLD EXISTENTIAL DILEMMAS!
DAMN YOU MODERN LIFE FIRST WORLD EXISTENTIAL DILEMMAS!
At this point in the game it’s tough to walk away because it is uncertain if you could come back to the same comp level, especially if you disappear from your network.fook a bunch of adult ing but I like money and the time and freedom it buys
DAMN YOU MODERN LIFE FIRST WORLD EXISTENTIAL DILEMMAS!
So make hay while the sun shines. Prepare for winter. If/when there comes a time where a downgrade is imminent, GTFO
Yeah I’d be a fool to leave too too early. I’m peak earning again and it’s (mostly) fun again, or as fun as the b2b media sales world can be. I’d like to have the Nica retreat built and actually operating as a getaway and a money maker. With two sick beach houses in diverse and desirable beach towns, I could walk away from Madison Avenue without a second look. I came, i sold, I mentored and changed the lives of dozens, I left my mark on an industry and (hopefully) set myself up for a fantastic 2nd half answering to nobody but the swell, tide; and Mrs Greenbaum’s bunions
Surf is fickle but I was able to be on-it, and time the wind/tide whenever there was a hint of a rideable swell. Once I see the palm trees from my office window blowing in a favorable direction, step out and feel the air, I slip out quietly.
Some days it can get exhausting because I felt like I "had" to go, given that I was so close, and would have regretted it had I passed up the opportunity. Then I just stay an hour or 2 later to make up the work.
During a really good all-day swell, I was able to go pre-work, lunch, and post-work. I always felt recharged and my mind was at a good state. The only thing that sucked is inability to take showers to wash the seawater, and get cleaned up properly. All my work clothes were loose, wrinkle free type, easy to change in-out and comfortable.
For what its worth I've closed a lot of sales without my clients knowing I was vacationing during my stays in Puerto Rico. Its an hour ahead so you can get in a full morning session, eat breakfast and be making calls by 10:00 Eastern Time. Phone and internet service is good down there.
Better than working when and if one chooses, is not having to work at all.
You get bored? There's plenty of stuff to do. And if you WANT to work, you can pick and choose, cause you don't have to.
You get bored? There's plenty of stuff to do. And if you WANT to work, you can pick and choose, cause you don't have to.
I’ve closed (often several) 6 figure deals on virtually every every surf trip I’ve taken in 15 years. Still gotta work hard to make that luck spring into action
my bosses call it my beach business. I’ve always paid for the trip within one or two contracts that come in whilst on said trip. YOLO
I even send clients thank you emails with photos like this attached and say something horrifically corny like “thanks for making a magical trip with my wife and mother even more magical” and I tell you they light right up with joy
