Ron.M -> RE: I have quit my job ! (Jul. 8 2005 21:34:24)
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Florian, I guess maybe I have always had a bit of the Gitano in my genes somewhere..[:D] When I was maybe 13 or so, I was building short wave radios and amplifiers and electronic gizmos... I was really crazy on it, spending all my allowance on bits and stuff. When I grew up, I didn't really like this idea of going to work and doing something that didn't really grab my attention completely, although given time, your current project, due to social and peer pressure made you feel that this is was the most interesting thing you have ever done in your life, although an inner voice told you it was crap and irrelevant! LOL! Thankfully, I don't have to think like that anymore. Like, the first time this happened to me I was about 18, I was really interested in my work as an Electronics Engineer...but this time there was a postal strike on, which meant that we couldn't get parts or anything, so couldn't build stuff or do anything at all. All we did was smoke and look out of the window and try and look busy if the boss came in. It was a beautifully hot Summer's day, and we hung out the window, watching the local cats stalking the passing birds, when suddenly I thought..."This is just like being in jail...only getting paid for it!! "[:D] My friend and colleague, Allen, who owned a motorbike said "Fancy making a break for it?" I agreed that this day was too hot and sweltering and beautiful to be stuck indoors....so at lunchtime we got on the bike and went for a 50 mile ride up into the beautiful Trossachs of Scotland!! Of course, the next day, we were called in, as to why we weren't in at work (although there was no work to do). Later, I quit and went to Spain My appreciation for relative "freedom" has always haunted me since. Sure, I had to do loads of Payo jobs on coming back. I don't earn a lot of dough now, but I've managed to live the last 20 years without "clocking in". Mabye that's silly, 'cos I was certainly earning heaps of money as a Design Engineer in the Offshore Industry, before I jacked it in, 'cos I was fed up of being a conveyor belt rat, sleeping, driving to work, working, driving home and sleeping. I dunno...I'm probably covering the same ground here that everybody else has felt themselves. But my freedom has always been really, really important to me... cheers Ron
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