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Do you like your job?

I love my job! It complements my Downsizer lifestyle perfectly

15%

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I love my job, but it is at odds with my Downsizer aspirations

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I mostly like my work, but it leaves me too tired to live the life I want

[ 5 ]

Totally indifferent about it, but it pays the bills

19%

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I hate my job, but can't afford to change it

19%

[ 12 ]

I gave up a job to Downsize/have kids or work for myself

14%

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I've never had a job of any description

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Other (discuss!)

14%

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Total Votes : 63

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Northern_Lad

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 14210
Location: Somewhere

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 10:55 am Post subject:

Lozzie wrote:

I honestly expected to be in the minority when I voted for the first option. But at the moment we are slightly ahead ... How brilliant!

That's 'cause all the job-hating members are at work and aren't allowed to log in.

HG

Joined: 08 Apr 2005
Posts: 105
Location: London

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 11:02 am Post subject:
Also went for Other - resigned from Corporate Hell and will do Something Else as yet Undecided in 5 weeks time Tra la laaaa! As Ruby mentioned I'm sure we'll find ways of living within our now well-reduced means, the need for happiness/fulfillment and sanity began to outweigh extra dosh! Still it's so good to see there are others out there who really enjoy what they're doing

Jb

Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 7761
Location: 91� N

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 11:40 am Post subject:
I went for hate my job and can't afford to change it even though strictly speaking I could afford to change it. The main problem is that much as I despise my job I wouldn't quit work without having a plan for what to do next. As all my plans for what to do next require far more capital than I have I wouldn't quit just to do something similar or idle.

sara jane goodey

Joined: 12 Apr 2005
Posts: 45
Location: north wales

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 11:40 am Post subject: How i wish....

being a midwife i should be in the love my job catagory, but i'm not afraid to say that i'm not keen,who would love to work in a boiling hot hospital that has a view to the ogwen valley and carneddau that makes me ache to get home! Besides all the litigation and hospital protocol.for the past year i've been trying to downsize my life so that i can go part time or leave so i can spend time at home with the animals and the garden, and reeducating myself how not to spend money, my OH loves his job, he's a manual worker but outside doing a bit of hedge laying and dry stonewalling, lovely or is it that the grass is greener....

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45669
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 11:44 am Post subject: Re: How i wish....

sara jane goodey wrote:

being a midwife i should be in the love my job catagory, but i'm not afraid to say that i'm not keen

Have you looked at the Radical Midwives association?

monkey1973

Joined: 17 Jan 2005
Posts: 683
Location: Bonnie scotland

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 11:53 am Post subject:

I did enjoy my job as a Structural Engineer until the latter couple of years. The job was very varied and involved a mix of office design and site inspections etc and every job was different. The trouble, I think, started when I moved to a company outside the Big City in order to shorten my commute.
Initially this was great as it allowed me far more time at home to concentrate on the things I really enjoy like gardening and drinking. The trouble was the company that I moved to wasn't a particularily good one and was mis-managed to the extreme. The workload was relentless and there was no real support from the senior management so I was pretty well flying by the seat of my pants the whole time. Anyway, after my mum passed away last summer I took a step back and re-evaluated my own situation. Basically, I asked myself "What the hell am I doing this for?" I was no longer enjoying myself and was finding it extremely difficult to get out of bed in the morning so I bit the bullet and jacked it.
I'm still not entirely sure what I intend to do with myself but the most likely option is going to be a gardener. I want the flexibility of working for myself and also want to work outdoors. Oh, and I also love gardening so it seems to be the logical option. So, by spring I hope to have myself a van, trailer and a small client base to get myself started. Fingers crossed.

sara jane goodey

Joined: 12 Apr 2005
Posts: 45
Location: north wales

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 11:58 am Post subject:
not keen 0n court room drama! Would like to keep my registration incase of the rainy day. The RMA do things very differently and usually have the confidence and experience of aeons and have overseas experience too.

sara jane goodey

Joined: 12 Apr 2005
Posts: 45
Location: north wales

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 12:03 pm Post subject:
Hooray for you monkey1973 like me you'll be so skint that you become delusional that nettle beer is good and that elderflower wine had undertones of a good sauvignon blanc... but no more crapping your pants on the way to work and during work! and maybe we won't develop stress related illness!

monkey1973

Joined: 17 Jan 2005
Posts: 683
Location: Bonnie scotland

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 12:06 pm Post subject:

sara jane goodey wrote:

Hooray for you monkey1973 like me you'll be so skint that you become delusional that nettle beer is good and that elderflower wine had undertones of a good sauvignon blanc... but no more crapping your pants on the way to work and during work! and maybe we won't develop stress related illness!

If I make it myself it will be the nectar of the gods! As for incontenance at work, I think I must have got out before you did!

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 12:09 pm Post subject:

monkey1973 wrote:

As for incontenance at work, I think I must have got out before you did!

You mean before 'it' did, surely?

sunpuppy

Joined: 03 Mar 2005
Posts: 169
Location: Exeter, Devon

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 12:12 pm Post subject:

monkey1973 wrote:

I'm still not entirely sure what I intend to do with myself but the most likely option is going to be a gardener. I want the flexibility of working for myself and also want to work outdoors. Oh, and I also love gardening so it seems to be the logical option. So, by spring I hope to have myself a van, trailer and a small client base to get myself started. Fingers crossed.

I hated my office job and love gardening, so early last year I did a crash course, got my RHS Certificate in Horticulture, and started a gardening business. I lasted two months before the work dried up, despite copius amounts of advertising. As soon as August hit, every one went on holiday and although I had some regular clients, it wasn't enough to survive on. I ended up going back to the company I used to work for and grovelling for another job, which they gave me (although worse pay and not in the line of work I was used to).

I reckon you should definitely go for starting a gardening business, but just make sure you have, say, six months worth of living expenses saved beforehand, to make sure you can survive any lean times. Either that, or start the business part time while you're still in your other job, and leave when the client base is well established.

The other thing I hadn't anticipated was just how physically demanding it would be. I knew it was going to be hard work, but I'd overestimated my endurance levels (I've just turned 40), and found it really difficult digging out loads of stubborn shrubs in searing summer heat! On the plus side, it was fab being outdoors, even in the rain, and I absolutely LOVED being my own boss!

Am now making new escape plans, but this time will be better prepared and not let my desperation to leave my cr*ppy job prompt rash decisions!

monkey1973

Joined: 17 Jan 2005
Posts: 683
Location: Bonnie scotland

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 12:21 pm Post subject:

nickhowe wrote:

monkey1973 wrote:

As for incontenance at work, I think I must have got out before you did!

You mean before 'it' did, surely?

monkey1973

Joined: 17 Jan 2005
Posts: 683
Location: Bonnie scotland

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 12:29 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the advice Sunpuppy. I've got some fall-back cash and our cost of living is pretty low and could be even lower if really pushed so I don't foresee having to completely bust a gut just to survive. My wife's a student just now but finishes in the summer and if, fingers crossed, she gets a modestly paid job it will alleviate further how much cash I will have to bring in.
I actually got paid for my first job yesterday. I helped shift some gravel for an neighbour and then pruned her hazel tree and she insisted on giving me �20. I tried to refuse but she insisted saying "If you don't take it I won't have you back, if you take it I'll get you back to do more". She's a nice lady.

Treacodactyl
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 25795
Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 12:40 pm Post subject:

monkey1973 wrote:

she insisted on giving me �20.

You'll now need to spend �200 filling out a self assessment for being self employed.

Only joking, but does anyone know about being self employed and would they be able to give a simple overview of how it works?

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 12:50 pm Post subject:

I do genuinely love my job. I voted for its at odds with my downsizer lifestyle, as it doesn't leave me enough time to have much of a downsizer lifestyle. However, this is only stage 2 of a multi-stage plan, and I chose physio cos you can do it anywhere with anything (or nothing) and the vast majority are female, so being part time and flexible is almost normal. I can also work for myself, and am gettting the experience and the courses to be able to do that at the moment (and paying off some debts). Eventually I reckon I should be able to pay our bills working two days a week, which is perfect.

I wouldn't want not to work at all - I had several months off over the summer, and really felt I needed the structure in my week. That might be differnt if I had more animals (or kids) though.

So I don't feel that my job is at odds totally with my downsizing aspirations, even though it is quite demanding at the moment, as I planned it to fit in with them, in the end. I just don't want to do it five days a week - after all I wouldn't want to knit, or garden or cook all week, every week, and I don't see work as any different, even though I enjoy all those things immensly.

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