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Originally Posted by flatbutt
You must be happy in what you do for a living. Experiment NOW before you have the responsibility of a family. If it were me I'd look for a balance between the two jobs and examine which means more to me while taking the time needed to be me.
Do it now youngblood, you will not be able to do it later.
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Thanks. I'm not happy at my current job.
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Originally Posted by 1979-930
I have always worked 10+ hrs a day. From 17 to 46 and I don't plan on stopping. I have always made good money. But I haven't always liked my job. I have had jobs with companies for 6 years where I hated being there. I could feel the energy being drained from me as I drove to work.
I kept working and looking. I eventually found myself in a job that I loved doing and the 10hr to 12hr days seemed like nothing. Iv'e been here for 15 years now and President for 6 years. I work 10hr days and I'll die happy here.
My point and what I've learned is; If you hate going to work no amount of money will make you happy.
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Me energy is definitely being drained from me on the daily.
Maybe down the line ill acquire an engineer job that I love but right now I think I can use todays society and tools for my benefit.
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Originally Posted by fastfredracing
If you have a good thing going, make hay while the sun is shining. Pay your house off, keep your debt low. Set yourself up so that when you are older, and can no longer keep up the same pace, you can start to enjoy the fruits of your labor and pull back a little bit .
Make sure to enjoy some down time though.
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I have zero time to focus on things that I actually love doing and creating.
It took me less than a month to find this new job so I might take the chance.
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Originally Posted by afterburn 549
If you are self-employed you immediately graduate to at least 1/2 days , that is 12-hour minimums
for the first 5 years.
The next thing is most business go under in less than 5 because of bad management skills.
Overstock what they don't use, wrong advertisement campaign, etc etc,
Don't complain if you are running in the green with a line looking like it will do better in a while.
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We aren't bringing in much money. All profit goes towards building the business so I understand. The people who originally opened one up have gown to 20+ customers in about 3-4 years and we work with them and always ask questions when we run into issues.
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Originally Posted by javadog
I would keep your day job until your part-time job pays more than it does. Assuming you can make ends meet by doing a half a dozen random things is not a good idea.
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It's going to be a while till the business brings in same money as my salary job.
I'm not a baller but I'm at the point in my life where money seems like an idol to me since I don't enjoy what I'm doing right now.