Dream Jobs
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that sounds fun/a fancy way of saying social media outreach specialist/knockoff wendy's twitter
my dream is to not work or not have to worry about work. I think I enjoy it enough to be engaged, but I don't want to do what I love, I want to enjoy it enough to not quit and save doing what I love for just enjoying it!
my dream is to not work or not have to worry about work. I think I enjoy it enough to be engaged, but I don't want to do what I love, I want to enjoy it enough to not quit and save doing what I love for just enjoying it!
careful, or this could get NSFW real quick....
for me, it would be to operate a coffee shop/mountain bike store in a mountainous area close to the sea (e.g. Pyrénées, French/Italian Riviera, Sea-to-Sky, Sunshine Coast), that also run a mountain biking guiding operation on the side.
for me, it would be to operate a coffee shop/mountain bike store in a mountainous area close to the sea (e.g. Pyrénées, French/Italian Riviera, Sea-to-Sky, Sunshine Coast), that also run a mountain biking guiding operation on the side.
I'm with @SkaredShtles here. FTS FTW option.
Hey, if they would pay me to travel México and eat tacos, I would go all Bourdain on it. For a while, maybe two years? I’m retiring in 3-5, unless I start selling joint replacements.
(I guess I could work in a dispensary!)
(I guess I could work in a dispensary!)
See this if you haven't yet:
I've had two dream jobs in my life. Scuba Instructor. Diving every weekend and getting laid by different women in each class I taught 1980-86 and being a fire fighter 2002-2014 Both were super fun and rewarding, 3rd place was as a climbing guide 1996-99
I may not have made a lot of money in my life but damn I have had fun
I may not have made a lot of money in my life but damn I have had fun
500 dollars a month and 1 bedroom in aurora......that is what your utopian dream will end up being....
FTS. Thinking perhaps something like this:
Apartment for rent for €800 in Siena
70 m2, Space for 2 people, Desk. Check it out.
housinganywhere.com
Having spent a lengthy time as an unemployed adult, I'd gladly do that again. Full time too. I'd be perfectly content making 0 contribution to the progress of humanity except for my sunny disposition.
Because of the stupidity of Brexit, younger brother and his family are thinking down the road they might trade their UK passports for Italian which they can get from his wife's side.FTS. Thinking perhaps something like this:
Apartment for rent for €800 in Siena
70 m2, Space for 2 people, Desk. Check it out.
that shitter leaves alot to be desired....FTS. Thinking perhaps something like this:
Apartment for rent for €800 in Siena
70 m2, Space for 2 people, Desk. Check it out.
I have been very fortunate the last 4.5yrs at my current position, for several reasons. What I do is very fun and fulfilling, it enables me to afford a nice house and living for my family, I have made very close friends through my current project and my boss/group puts family-work balance as top priority. Also have many opportunities to move into different positions/fields and relocate across the world fairly easily if I wanted.
honestly i really like what i do 90% of the time. but if not...obvs. a backcountry pisgah guide. wouldn't mind being a trailbuilder either. maybe a nat'l forest ranger?
Says someone who hasn't been around for three months, and too stressed to celebrate his b-day.
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I've been posting less because I've been at work/my computer less. It's summer time, dummy.
Operating an LCM-6 was pretty close...
so working on the brodozer?I've been posting less because I've been at work/my computer less. It's summer time, dummy.
This was totally the dream job when I was in my twenties. A quarter century later and still going isn't bad for a working artist/craftsperson I suppose.
Do you know there are small towns in Italy which have become empty due to urbanisation where you can buy a pretty nice place that needs some restoration for, in some cases 1 euro if you commit to said Reno. I quite like fixing stuff up and I actually looked at a couple when I was living in Denmark, one was this frickin castle. Maybe a nice retirement plan for the able bodied?
Edit; thanks Google:
1eurohouses.com
Edit; thanks Google:
1 Euro Houses - Cheap Houses in Italy
The 1 Euro Houses Projects are available all over Italy. Here's where and how to buy 1 euro houses in Italy.
1eurohouses.com
HBD, CJSP!Says someone who hasn't been around for three months, and too stressed to celebrate his b-day.
Unemployment is still my favourite profession to date, fuck I was good at it.
Friends would randomly ring up with some short term work which kept the dream alive.
I currently work at a job I hate because they let me do a four day week and it is three miles from home.
Once I have the perfect toolkit I will quit and get a proper job.
Friends would randomly ring up with some short term work which kept the dream alive.
I currently work at a job I hate because they let me do a four day week and it is three miles from home.
Once I have the perfect toolkit I will quit and get a proper job.
If my furlough taught me anything; to quote Scott Lucas, "work is for suckers, and the sucker is you".
Great series. Would also recommend.
Japan has a similar program in place. $500 USD gets you a house.Do you know there are small towns in Italy which have become empty due to urbanisation where you can buy a pretty nice place that needs some restoration for, in some cases 1 euro if you commit to said Reno. I quite like fixing stuff up and I actually looked at a couple when I was living in Denmark, one was this frickin castle. Maybe a nice retirement plan for the able bodied?
Edit; thanks Google:
1 Euro Houses - Cheap Houses in Italy
The 1 Euro Houses Projects are available all over Italy. Here's where and how to buy 1 euro houses in Italy.
In Japan, a Countryside Home Could Be Yours for Under $500
The empty akiya frequently found in rural communities are priced to move, but some factors still stand in the way of Japan’s plan to reverse its population’s rural flight
A free house that’s hardly inhabitable and will take thousands and plenty of labor to get it workable. Then you get to live in a depressing ghost town, far from services. And while you fix up yours, everything else in the village continues to crumble. Sounds terrible to me. I looked at some of the pics on the site you sent and yeah, hell.Do you know there are small towns in Italy which have become empty due to urbanisation where you can buy a pretty nice place that needs some restoration for, in some cases 1 euro if you commit to said Reno. I quite like fixing stuff up and I actually looked at a couple when I was living in Denmark, one was this frickin castle. Maybe a nice retirement plan for the able bodied?
Edit; thanks Google:
1 Euro Houses - Cheap Houses in Italy
The 1 Euro Houses Projects are available all over Italy. Here's where and how to buy 1 euro houses in Italy.
What would be more interesting personally is a house in a town/village that needs some tlc.
This general phenomenon is happening all over Europe. The success rate of these villages turning around has been very low to nil.
it's happening in the US, too. I grew up in syracuse, my wife in Utica. Parts of utica are ghost towns. The little town she grew up in is like methhead central. House values in the area I grew up in haven't budged since I left for college in the early 2000s. Everybody is moving towards cities, towards opportunities. My home value has gone up 25% since I bought it four years ago- it's bananas.
There's hope that telecommuting will revive some areas, but honestly if I'm going to be able to telecommute, I'm going to live someplace awesome like VT or CO, and I feel like most jobs require more than occasional visit, like a couple of times a month.
But you don't actually own the house and need permission from the owners to do any major updates, do I understand that correctly? If so, FTS.Japan has a similar program in place. $500 USD gets you a house.
In Japan, a Countryside Home Could Be Yours for Under $500
The empty akiya frequently found in rural communities are priced to move, but some factors still stand in the way of Japan’s plan to reverse its population’s rural flightwww.google.com
There are age limits on some of those "we'll pay you to live here" offers. My Japanese wife and I took a quick look at the offers in Japan - over 40 need not apply. Same deal for the Italian offer I think. Ageist assholes.
CO is not that awesome...
Ironically, I would like to be functional enough to actually be able to get a job.
Forced retirement with no formal daily structure due to my fucking head really really sucks.
Forced retirement with no formal daily structure due to my fucking head really really sucks.