Work V Holidays

Work=something you do for money
Holidays= something you do for fun
I turned a hobby into a small hobby business then it became a small business and now it's not that much fun, nor very financially rewarding. However it is still immensly rewarding personally. I'm sure that others have a different story.

For the last 27 years I have got up in the morning and thought "I am going to work, you beauty"

For roughly 4 weeks each year I have got up in the morning and thought "I am on holidays, as good as work is this beats it into fits."

Seriously I enjoy my job, it is challenging, satisfying and rewarding. But there is nothing better than a week in the bush. Ok maybe 2 weeks, 3 weeks..........7 weeks or even 8 weeks. Sa far that is as far as the long service leave has stretched.

Never have made money out of a hobby so I don't know what that is like.

Duncs

I think anything that you enjoy and then turn it into you Job would destroy it, cause it goes from being something you are doing cause you can, to something you do cause you have to.

I like the field of work I am in but I still hate going to work.

G-T

Firstly - get rid of those four duds you own/drive and buy a JEEP and all your problems will be solved.

Secondly - Always remember it is far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

Thirdly - you way to much time on your hands pondering chit like that.

Fourthly - if all else fails , take up crocodile wrestling and you will be wishing you had taken the retirement option.

Maaaaaaaaate! could you please tell us what pills you take to give you such thoughts, because I need to get a bucket of them (LOL)

i dont cars what anyone thinks i still love my job.
ive been at my current job for about 9 months(harrison 4wd centre).
i work with 4 others
(1)the boss though hes just one of the guys
(2)his wife she does the office thing
(3)wayne hes the other mechanic
(4)daggy he does the accesories.
i knew my boss when he was working at arb and was a great bloke to talk/deal with.then he went out on his own and i thought if hes the same bloke as a boss he would be great to work with.
took a few years to get in as the place grew.(1 work bay in a factory to 6 bays in 2 factorys)
i get to work early to chat to the guys.
paul(the boss)asked the other week about when i want my hollidays and i said ill have a year off in 12 years lol
we can stand around and talk rubish while we work.
we can bleep estir each other all day.
beer at the end of the week(lift home if needed)
lunch shouted on fridays.
parts at cost(any part needed inc friends) or free(oils filters for our own car).
and most of all the best bit i get to work on 4wds all day.
cheers

After being a guide / contractor for 13 years, I bought a tour business off a great friend of mine.

So a day in my life.

5 am start the usual S,S,Shave then coffee, as I pack the eskies for the other drivers, fill and ice water barrel look over trucks.

630 am give wife and kid a kiss good by, some times wife is driving 1 of the other trucks so a family affair we all go, pick up fresh rolls from bakery, 645 start to pick up paxs.

Driving down Kakadu hwy talking to pax Kakadu this kakadu that, then turn towards Jim Jim and Twin falls this is a 50 km corrugated dirt track full of wildlife, so pointing out olive python here black cockatoo there etc.

Arrive at 4wd track, yip yah 45mins of fun, arrive at Jim Jim falls take pax on a 900 mt walk for a swim and a cuppa, we then head to Twin falls for lunch in a monsoon forest next to the falls, 230 pm start to head back to Jabiru.

Arrive home 530 pm and leave wooffa to wash trucks.

It's now BEER time.

I LOVE MY LIFE, I LOVE MY JOB.

Cheers Steve.

Was a full time primary teacher. Hung out for the 'hols' all the time. You know.... all those holidays that teachers get?

Now I work from dawn to the wee smalls every day. Didn't even realize that it was a public holiday on Labor Day!! Barely know when the weekend hits.

Love it. Get up each morning thinking of the various things to be done that day... look forward to it.

Don't miss the holidays. I have a 20min holiday every couple of hours and sometimes a 2 hour holiday.

Then sometimes I take on a big challenge or adventure and off we go.. last year 6 weeks in Europe... did some work while I was there.

Holidays are a state-of-mind. I have worked my way around Oz three times... felt like a holiday each time.

I reckon retirement is a bit the same... a state of mind. Not sure what it is really...

I have two part time places of employment. I think once they become a job I will not enjoy them as much.

First position is a tool maker. I have been doing this for over 30 years with a 10 year break about 10 years ago when I was fitting 4wd accessories.

I still enjoy toolmaking now but only do it on a very casual basis. Normally 3 days a week.

The second place of employment is Australia. For 8 months of the year I am touring Australia, and I am just about to head north west for the winter(5 months). Even though I visit the same places each year, it is the people that are with me that make it different.

To be paid to go out camping, and touring Australia in a 4wd is still exciting for me, even after 13 years with GDT.

The fact that I don't own the business is also a bonus, less stress and once it becomes a job, that is when I will stop do it.

Wayne

Trop,
I once turned my hobby into my job. Was getting paid incredibly well. Although it was not in the direction I wanted but it was still in the industry. At the end there I was getting the average yearly wage in 3 months. One morning I woke up and realised my passion had become my job, I was not putting my heart into it anymore. My work had become stale. There was no more creativity......I had finally crossed the line after 7 years of having a great time. I put my camera down a did not touch it for 3 years. The best thing about it is I now know what direction I want to take my photography and am slowly getting things sorted to acheive that goal........ Got some very exciting prospects happening in the next 12mths........ including an 8 week trip from sydney to exmouth and back via the gary and anne beadell.
I'm in the process of getting out of the business I have now. Anyone want to buy an Excavator? :)
Anyway the only thing you can do is give it a go.

Hi All

My philosophy in life, which I try to live by are three things.

*Dont be a watcher, be a do-er.
*You only get out of life, what you put in to it.
*God helps those who helps them selves, and God help those who get caught
helping them selves.

END OF SERMON

Cheers
Daza