Lost Opportunities.......?
Discussion
I'm a graphic designer. Wouldn't want to do anything else.
Just would like to earn a bit more than I do now.
If I had to choose a completely different job, I think I'd like to be a Boeing 747 pilot.
Too old for such a job change now... (almost 37)
>> Edited by klassiekerrally on Saturday 4th February 11:05
Just would like to earn a bit more than I do now.
If I had to choose a completely different job, I think I'd like to be a Boeing 747 pilot.
Too old for such a job change now... (almost 37)
>> Edited by klassiekerrally on Saturday 4th February 11:05
For a time wanted to be an archaeologist(now I'm not even sure if I can spell it right!).
I also wanted to be a fighter pilot, but my eyesight wasnt good enough- still slightly bitter about this.
Formula 1 driver seemed quite a cool job when I was 9 until watching people die on live tv put me off it.
I really dont know where the urge to be a lawyer came from.
I also wanted to be a fighter pilot, but my eyesight wasnt good enough- still slightly bitter about this.
Formula 1 driver seemed quite a cool job when I was 9 until watching people die on live tv put me off it.
I really dont know where the urge to be a lawyer came from.
Einion Yrth said:
I really dont know where the urge to be a lawyer came from.
£££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££?
Need to get a training contract first!!! Would still be a pilot given the chance- when you meet up with people you hated at school you can almost guarantee that you're job would be more interesting than theirs!!
)Part of me - a little tiny part stuffed away at the back of my brain where the surrounding cells tell it to shut up if it arises - wishes I'd paid more attention to my economics tutors, or looked more seriously at law, because as I'm told repeatedly 'the only way you're going to afford nice cars/houses/holidays is if you're a banker or a lawyer'.
And then I looked in a classic car magazine and realised that for under £10k (and most of the time, under £5k), you can buy all manner of sports cars, supercars, GTs, track machines, hot rods, muscle cars - all promising pleasure far beyond the price tags without the pain of depreciation.
And I've become a bit of an interior design geek recently, and realised that, if you choose your furniture and furnishings carefully and sparingly, you can have the sort of living room that graces magazine covers for under £1k. For example, I know a website that does reproduction Aarnio 'globe' chairs for £129. For a creaky '60s original you're looking at ten times that. I've also got this great idea of making an all-glass coffee table out of an old fishtank.
As for the holidays - well I'll be honest, I sometimes find holidays a bit of a drag - all that listless burning of yourself and repeatedly bumping into annoying English tourists who brought their own marmelade from Sainsbury's despite the fact that they're in Seville. So I like the idea of doing a job with the opportunity of foreign travel. If it's something I enjoy (ie motoring journalism), then I'll effectively find myself 'on holiday' more often than people who earn more than me.
There is a key to all this though - don't live in London. If you live in London you won't be able to garage that classic car, the rent will eat up your design budget, all your other money will go on Tube fares and all the opportunities for foreign travel will be made by your boss.
And taking this into account, I look at my friends who are in banking, law, management and the like. They're rushed off their feet, overworked, depressed, bored silly, seek solace in alcohol far too much for their own good, make lots of money but don't really have time to spend it and whose main focus in life seems to be early retirement and getting their hands on as much money as they possibly can before retiring to some place in Oxfordshire.
I'd rather accept less money and chill out a bit, frankly.
And then I looked in a classic car magazine and realised that for under £10k (and most of the time, under £5k), you can buy all manner of sports cars, supercars, GTs, track machines, hot rods, muscle cars - all promising pleasure far beyond the price tags without the pain of depreciation.
And I've become a bit of an interior design geek recently, and realised that, if you choose your furniture and furnishings carefully and sparingly, you can have the sort of living room that graces magazine covers for under £1k. For example, I know a website that does reproduction Aarnio 'globe' chairs for £129. For a creaky '60s original you're looking at ten times that. I've also got this great idea of making an all-glass coffee table out of an old fishtank.
As for the holidays - well I'll be honest, I sometimes find holidays a bit of a drag - all that listless burning of yourself and repeatedly bumping into annoying English tourists who brought their own marmelade from Sainsbury's despite the fact that they're in Seville. So I like the idea of doing a job with the opportunity of foreign travel. If it's something I enjoy (ie motoring journalism), then I'll effectively find myself 'on holiday' more often than people who earn more than me.
There is a key to all this though - don't live in London. If you live in London you won't be able to garage that classic car, the rent will eat up your design budget, all your other money will go on Tube fares and all the opportunities for foreign travel will be made by your boss.
And taking this into account, I look at my friends who are in banking, law, management and the like. They're rushed off their feet, overworked, depressed, bored silly, seek solace in alcohol far too much for their own good, make lots of money but don't really have time to spend it and whose main focus in life seems to be early retirement and getting their hands on as much money as they possibly can before retiring to some place in Oxfordshire.
I'd rather accept less money and chill out a bit, frankly.
Twincam16 said:
And taking this into account, I look at my friends who are in banking, law, management and the like. They're rushed off their feet, overworked, depressed, bored silly, seek solace in alcohol far too much for their own good, make lots of money but don't really have time to spend it and whose main focus in life seems to be early retirement and getting their hands on as much money as they possibly can before retiring to some place in Oxfordshire.
I'd rather accept less money and chill out a bit, frankly.
Trust me, it's quite possible to make money and still chill out. A little word called "delegation".
srebbe64 said:
And taking this into account, I look at my friends who are in banking, law, management and the like. They're rushed off their feet, overworked, depressed, bored silly, seek solace in alcohol far too much for their own good, make lots of money but don't really have time to spend it and whose main focus in life seems to be early retirement and getting their hands on as much money as they possibly can before retiring to some place in Oxfordshire.
I'd rather accept less money and chill out a bit, frankly.
Trust me, it's quite possible to make money and still chill out. A little word called "delegation".
Wish I could delegate some of my work.
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