The Work / Life balance ?

[legrandefromage]

Often it is the poorer or less skilled a person is, the more their work life balance is tipped in the favour of work.

Except for those who see work as their reason to live, which I can understand but those that do that only tend to realise too late that work is not everything in life as they look back at the best years of their lives wasted on an employer.

Are you actually aware of the self employed?

 

[pigman]

usually rich men are made through hard effort and spending lots of time at work. And (contovertially) often the poorer, less outward thinking have little to do out of work, so spend their time there. The number of pubs at docksides/steelworks is testament to this.

But I take the point, its the poorer that in many cases need the overtime.

 

[gibbleking]

i love my job....lots of free time,decent wage,nice enviorment(hottie teacher types) and i get paid to ride me sannie ...oh and long holidays plus holiday pay and travelling.


all my past jobs have been hard,low waged lomg hours ect with little time off...


believe me i live every day knowing im lucky and dont forget it.

my work/life balance to me is just the one thing...not 2 seperate matters..


gibbles late nite ramble

 

[mavesyn]

On my 6th 12 hour nightshift on the trot.......

I'm getting the balance wrong

 

[silverclaws]

Often it is the poorer or less skilled a person is, the more their work life balance is tipped in the favour of work.

Except for those who see work as their reason to live, which I can understand but those that do that only tend to realise too late that work is not everything in life as they look back at the best years of their lives wasted on an employer.

Are you actually aware of the self employed?

Yes, I am and I hope to become that very soon after some reasonably hopeful talks with the joke centre yesterday, my idea is good and useful in these austere times. My plan is doing the job I used to do for my own benefit not an employers, for I was the operation my employer reaped the rewards, the employer can be cut out of the equation as I have been collecting the tools I need these past few years and making others. All I need now is a noddy van as transport and a place to work from, a premises. My craft, that thing I have at college been pursuing these past few years, the question now, why do I need a BA when my skills already peak above that standard, what is the point of a qualification when I can be self employed already.

My skills are self taught, my silversmithing and jewellery making, just grab a book, read and do, self taught through trial and error, I now unofficially teach my art to other students, so it has been suggested a pgc I should take as my skills are natural as I understand teaching as communication that thing I struggle with, so try so many different ways to make my teaching understood as to not be successful in teaching tells me I have yet again failed in my communication.

My plans are to be self employed doing what I love as my craft and pastime, so I see the work life balance with me, if I can get it going to blend all into one as I find enjoyment in fault finding repair and rectification, tools are my craft, the making and using of.

That is if I can find the confidence to believe in my own abilities, believe what others have told me is true, like why am I struggling and getting frustrated at college when I can do to a high standard already.

But confidence is the key, long term unemployment has the nasty effect as to sap that right out of a person, not that confidence was a strong point in me before that either.

But whatever, never again a slave to others, if I am skilled, then it is for my benefit, pocket and joy to reap.

 

[Neil G]

Work quite low on the agenda for me, no kids so getting ouot there and enyoing myself is the priority for me

 

[perry]

I'm pretty happy with what I do , if I wasn't then I wouldn't do it . For fun I poke bikes with tools and work is pretty much doing that . Only real difference from doing that for fun to "work" is that I have to travel to do it and at the end of the month I get money for my troubles . When I left school 10 years ago I didn't have a clue what I wanted to do work wise ; I just knew I didn't want to end up hating it and of course myself .

Life should be one long good time , excluding the ball aches like owning two cars and them both being broken and all the other unforeseen stuff that crops up . There is no reason why what you do for money can't be enjoyable . I have never lived for the weekend and never had a " holiday " I always think of what Martin Ashton said in chainspotting " Whens the weekend ? "

Over the years having done jobs I've disliked I've realised the most important factor is being around quality people ; You could have what many would call the best job in the world but if the people you deal with on a daily basis aren't people you find fulfilling to be around then it wont be enjoyable , maybe not right away or even over a long time but it will eventually get to you .

My "weekend" ( wed and thurs ) was spent helping a mate in his job , hes a self employed builder and seeing as I used to be in the trade I thought I'd give him a hand , I'd only have been bored at home anyway . He's a great person to be around , extremely motivating and it'll make me happy to see him do well . He didn't move to this part of the country that long ago and put in a position of there being nobody to employ him he made it all happen himself and set up his own business based on the idea that it's something he can do so he did . Silverclaws I highly recommend you do similar and just get out there and make it happen for yourself . You might not make millions in your first year but you will be able to get by , it wont be easy and you will have to pimp yourself to the fullest to become established but doing something you enjoy for work will make it worthwhile , even more so in the areas money can't buy

I will probably be up till gone 1am having a good time and then tomorrow will be spent playing with parts people like me pay money for , it's a hard life

 

[silverclaws]

Life is what you make it that is for sure, and anyone can do it if they have that dream. For the singles it is easier to do, but those that are lumbered , it takes the other to believe in them. I went from a successful cousin recognising my skills to the present where things are in motion and a cousinly kick up the ass to keep me in momentum. As it is, I have no other so I am ready to move and spite all those who have degraded my ideas, my unemployed friends who I now realise are stuck in a mindset of their own making, but then I had skills before unemployment, they were not so well endowed in that area.

I have plans coming out of my ears now the work mindset has taken hold, repairs first to make a sustainable living, then a few years into the future, mini diggers is the way I will go, as ten years in plant hire has taught me where the money is.

I have no great plans to make a million, my plans are for a worry free work load and with that the right to live unhindered in a place of my modest choosing. In time maybe it will happen that I will find a mate to share my dream of activity in society, for I know after four years of doing nothing, I know that which is called work, is far superior to that which I am leaving, for if one has to work, then I highly recommend it is done for oneself and no other, for that is true freedom to be your own boss. All it takes is courage and that from me, the lion without a roar.

I have had my time of easy, and I tell you doing nothing is not fab, the mind soon runs out of ideas to keep one occupied, so I have come to the conclusion, we were designed to work and if we work, then it must be to our advantage as anything else will be slavery to another.

 

[highlandsflyer]

I have had my time of easy, and I tell you doing nothing is not fab, the mind soon runs out of ideas to keep one occupied, so I have come to the conclusion, we were designed to work and if we work, then it must be to our advantage as anything else will be slavery to another.

Doesn't seem to me, from what you have said on this forum, that you are a natural for self employment. Perhaps you need more externally applied motivation and discipline.

 

[Tad]

mini diggers is the way I will go, as ten years in plant hire has taught me where the money is.

Following the money? Spoken like a true capitalist Silverclaws, are you sure that's you or has someone hacked in to your account? This sounds remotely sensible as opposed to the self serving clap trap you tend to propagate about this forum.

Good luck to you as you appear to have seen sense now.