tangomonster
Full time employment: Posting here.
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- Mar 20, 2006
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So after over 18 months of FIRE, it happened: someone acted like it was crazy to have retired at 52 and was incredulous that we are hoping to never work again. (He is retired, but is about ten years older and is trying to write a book and self-publish it.) And he suggested that we "should do what (we) love and get paid for it."
Hello? Has this guy not heard about how bad the economy is doing? What are the chances that someone would pay us to do what we love? Last I checked, no one is going to pay me to read, watch movies, exercise, and play on line! I do like to cook, but that doesn't mean I am qualified to be a chef. And would I still enjoy these activities if they were part of a job, with all that this entails? I love playing with animals, so I guess that could translate to being an attendant at a kennel or doggy day care center, but would it be fun doing it day in and day out on a fixed schedule? And reporting to a boss?
Years ago there were books like "Do What You Love and the Money Will Follow." But how realistic is that, really? How many people start businesses doing what they love....and they fail/don't make any money? I guess this guy is all hyped up now with the excitement of writing a book and dreams of substantial sales, but let's see what he says down the road when he sees how few sales he makes, self publishing the book (it's about how to save money). I've written eleven books that were published by regular publishers and I know how little money most authors make!
I don't know---just rubbed me the wrong way on so many levels---this guy acting like we couldn't have a happy, meaningful life without working, then acting like it would be so easy to get paid for something we love to do...and his dispensing advice as if he was some great sage who ahd it all figured it!
Does anyone get why this bugged me?
Hello? Has this guy not heard about how bad the economy is doing? What are the chances that someone would pay us to do what we love? Last I checked, no one is going to pay me to read, watch movies, exercise, and play on line! I do like to cook, but that doesn't mean I am qualified to be a chef. And would I still enjoy these activities if they were part of a job, with all that this entails? I love playing with animals, so I guess that could translate to being an attendant at a kennel or doggy day care center, but would it be fun doing it day in and day out on a fixed schedule? And reporting to a boss?
Years ago there were books like "Do What You Love and the Money Will Follow." But how realistic is that, really? How many people start businesses doing what they love....and they fail/don't make any money? I guess this guy is all hyped up now with the excitement of writing a book and dreams of substantial sales, but let's see what he says down the road when he sees how few sales he makes, self publishing the book (it's about how to save money). I've written eleven books that were published by regular publishers and I know how little money most authors make!
I don't know---just rubbed me the wrong way on so many levels---this guy acting like we couldn't have a happy, meaningful life without working, then acting like it would be so easy to get paid for something we love to do...and his dispensing advice as if he was some great sage who ahd it all figured it!
Does anyone get why this bugged me?