Well this is a laugh... I'm still in shock! (not ff)
How about this? I have been a paramedic manager (communications) for the past few years after a career in the game of nearly 30 years.... it is a high pressure high stress thankless job that has caused me a lot of grief in recent times. I am burnt out stressed out and generally unhappy, so much so that I have taken time off the past few months to consider my position.
I guess that applying for a heap of jobs that I did not get does not help, and I set my aims lower, lower, and lower. Last week I got offered a job in town here, at the local butchers as an apprentice, and I said yes.
I'm still reeling, and a little excited - a 54 yo apprentice earning in a week what I used to in half a day! I get a small pension from my old career so that will help a bit. Might be a few less fishing trips though!
It will be so different working with food... they do smokehouse stuff and lots of nice things other than dead animals! Anyway, has anybody else made a radical decision such as this and it turned out well? (Jeez...what have I done?) LOL
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Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If your going to a place, having a great time , like being there and enjoy going back day after day AND some one pays you for it , you cant actually call what your doing a JOB. Its called PLAYTIME with a check thrown in.
Best wishes.
Perch
still dont know what I want to be when I grow up. this electrician thing (started studying it at 13 yrs old) is stop gap at best. just thought that by 53 my mind would have been made up by now! :)
You can always get another crumby job...
2001. I'd been in the auto repair business for about 32 years...on and off, but mostly on. Other work came up that paid more so I thought it would be a good change. Most din't hold my interest long and I'd return to working on cars.
911. Closed the shop I'd had for 14 years on that Tuesday...moved everything to storage, began spending all of my time at home. Din't even fly fish for a while. Stayed close, worked on the house, the yard, bought a new pu truck and began noticing something. Stress was leaving me.
The first several years and some went by fast...took those vacations I'd always dreamed about, spent more and more time with the wife and at home. Began fly fishing again. Din't even think about stress. Blood pressure was good. Started volunteering at the local VA hospital. That felt good. Then in 2005 a paying job came up and I took it. A year and some later I was so glad I got layed off I can't tell you. Stress.
2007. Went to work again in yet another line of work. Part time but turned stressful early on. Technically unemployed now but the SS started in August so I'm good. One thing I made sure of when working for almost 40 years of my life was to save some money. Bills are paid, including cars and house we live in. Wife works still and sometimes I feel a little guilty, but I started about 7 or 8 years before she did and great wife that she is, she assures me not to think about that, we're doing fine and besides she says, 'she loves to work' and 'loves her job'.
I'm at the best job I've ever had now though and that is taking care of the yard, the house, all the errands and hey, I squeeze in plenty of fly fishing now. I could go most every day if I wanted to. I do have to hand it to the guys and gals that have done 20 or 30 years on the day shift and the night shift guys, well I got to do that too and man, that takes a toll.
Meantime, some one, some time, some where once told me not to hesitate quitting a job I don't like for any reason because he said, 'You can always get another crumby job'.
Cheers,
MontanaMoose