Your time and the pursuit of money

[whiteworks]

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[TPC]

Their is something to being a minimalist.
Usually it's people that at one time had it all, or certainly had access to it all is the way I see it.

When my parents marriage exploded we eventually moved to an apartment.
Oh brother did I ever miss our home and our neighborhood.
Suddenly I was living amongst a bad crowd of kids in a rotten environment.

The first thing I did when I left the Marines was buy a home.
It took lot's of over overtime and work to be able to make the note, but now I'm glad I did it.

I'll never live in an apartment again, nor will my kids.
As the elders in the family pass away and leave us their property, I'm holding onto it so the kids have a home of their own.

As I got to know Brown, I think I started to take Tom as a person that set his sights for the proper ballance early on.

 

[OCMerrill]

Way to much time spent. If I knew how to reduce it I would. Maybe 60 hrs. a week on average. Plus the wife throws in and pays all the business and personal bills, handles payroll, insurance, etc. If she did not do that...shit I don't even want to think about it.

 

[XtrmWakeborder]

I'm in the process of winning the lotto. Once that happens I'll travel the world, and forget about what it costs:thumbsup Seriously though, i'm contemplating selling everything and just doing random jobs around the country. I'm kinda bored with the 9-5 at 24 already....

 

[HavasuHank]

i am on a rotating shift between days and nights. i love it. i figure that i work half the year considering my schedule. i like having days off in the middle of the week, knowing that if i need to make a run to home depot, i wont have to share my time with other people. i try not to go out after 4pm because that is when the 9-5 people are starting to get off and make everything crowded.

my father in law has worked 9-5 m-f his whole life, which i never have. when we first met, he asked me what i did and i told him. he looked at me in amazement, wondering how i can a job with a schedule like that. i asked him the same thing.

my feelings are you only live once, why on earth would i want to spend the majority of it at work.

 

[djunkie]

Work? Whats that? :skull
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[Classic Daycruiser]

I'm trying to live a balanced life between work and family. One kinda feeds the other. If your not happy at work, your not happy at home.

I work 8-5/m-f w/oncall every 4 weeks. I average 4-8 hours a week in overtime. I'm usually home every nite, but occasionally have to travel up to 3 weeks a year.

I prefer to see it as "My time and the pursuit of living debt free". For some reason, I'm depressed when I'm making a monthly payment, compared to spending cash. :blah::blah::blah:

 

[WTRR]

I got out of the Navy when I was 26 and for the next 10 -12 years worked for a major corporation and did almost any kind of side job I could to make extra money. Mostly low voltage wiring for new home construction. I engineered two AM radio stations between 1986 and 1992, working after hours and on weekends for cash money. I used the money I made to buy and sell timber and land. Once I hit 35 I was pretty much tired of all the extra working and started taking it easy. Everything I owned was paid for. I've been on cruise control for the last 15 years. It was a bitch, but it paid off for me. What I figured out was if you want the big fine house and the fine new toys, you'll probably be working till you die.

 

[Cigalert]

A solid 100 hours no doubt. I'm physically at work 10-12 a day 6 days a week. Sometimes I get to leave, go home and go right back because someone or something stopped working. Most days I'm at work by 4:00 am and still getting phone calls until 9 pm.

I could easily work less by cutting back and building a business that supports only myself. But for some reason I feel a huge reward by employing other people. It's nice to know there are kids that are eating and families that are housed based on all my efforts over the 100 hour work week.

 

[musicFunsun]

Also, a big part if it is what kind of person are you when at home with the family? If kids don't talk to you it's not just cuz you work long hours. Spouse as well. When at home are you crabby, just want to be left alone or do you enjoy those few hours and actually spend it with the family listening and talking?? Are you ready to to go out and do fun things after resting for a while?? Also, some people have an agreement, work hard for say 5 years, then slow down. I've known couples who can work it out by working together for a goal. Others, well, they just can't do it.
just my .02.

 

[lebel409]

I see where many of you are coming from, but I've done it differently.

Got a state job...weird one that very few people could even imagine. It paid great for just being out of music school (as opposed to driving across LA to play for the door). Bennies, insurance, retirement, etc. Barely qualified for the house, wife needs to work to make the nut...but my job is pretty stable 40 hrs a week. I gig and have a little business on the side, but that's not dependable.

A lot of folks said that it didn't pay enough, get into computers etc. Right now my stability looks pretty good.

 

[YoPengo]

A solid 100 hours no doubt. I'm physically at work 10-12 a day 6 days a week.

Holy crap don’t let my wife read this. She will kill me.

I made a decision 9 years ago to scale back and enjoy my family more. Ill buy used and pay cash is my motto. I stay in this house because I can afford it.

My biggest issue is motivation. I get so burnt out doing what I do. It is so easy and I “work” very little because it too easy for me (going on 20 years now). I catch myself purposely procrastinating so “work” becomes more challenging. I know it’s a really bad habit but still catch myself doing it.





<<<<<< Doing it now. Here I am on RDP when I should be working.

 

[Local399]

There's two sides to the coin. I fucked around my entire life. I have lived to play and travel and now I am 42 and and starting a new career, etc. I would not trade it for the world, but certainly would advise others to do a little differently than I did. Luckily I have had 2 homes (still have one), owned my own business that employed 35 people, and mostly payed off my debts. I am certainly behind my peers as far as retirement, investments, family, etc...but I don't trip on that too often.

Now I work in an industry where I have no idea what my schedule is or where I am gona be working in the morning. I likely will never be able to retire with full benefits (due to my advanced age), but I wouldn't change a thing!

 

[Guest]

work....

 

[Cole Trickle]

I was having this dissucion with my Dad and Wife on the way back from Parker last week.

I honestly think it takes an unreal amount of drive and desire to hit the top of the income ladder. I think that the people that work 100 hour weeks (Sorry Cig..lol) like Buffet,Oprah,etc... have serious issues. There is only so much money that you can spend in your life and those two will continue to work obsene hours because that is there family and that is what they love. (sad imho and I imagine there are bigger issues at play with people that have that kind of drive and don't know how to have fun)

Personally I think you need to walk a fine line or things fall apart on the home front pretty quick.I would never sacrafice my families happiness for a dollar.

I quit a very good job as a producer for one of the Countrys biggest Insurance Brokerages after working that schedule for 2.5 years. We worked 10+ hour days and every other Saturday. The money was great but my home life sucked and I was temendously unhappy.

 

[Cole Trickle]

Work is an inconvenience and interferes with my play time. :champagne:

Screw work. Who needs it.

This makes me and my dad polar oposites...lol:blah:

I tell him all the time I work to live not live to work:champagne::skull

 

[RiverDave]

How much of your time do you spend making money? When its all said and done, I really dont think anyone has ever said "I wish I had worked more". Being in the trades I have seen a lot of guys who have burned themselves up, running on pain killers, weekly chiropractor appointments, multiple divorces, kids who wont talk to them. All in the prusuit of money that was supposed to raise the quality of life:hmm. I also have freinds that are constantly raising the stakes in the game, bigger houses, bigger boats, constantly pushing the envelope. The thing with these guys is they cant miss a step or the game is over. I understand wanting to provide for your family, but what in your opinion is the propper balance? Being that this is not a dress rehersal and you only get one go around, it seems to me this is pretty important stuff.

I wish I would've worked more. Now someone has said it.

RD