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Hey guys,
I'm on this forum because I'm done with settling for less. Well, almost done.
My 9-5 job is actually great. I'm a photographer/designer/webmaster/video editor at a federal government agency. It's in the old port of Montreal, with a nice view on the city, a great team of 4, no cubicles to speak of. We're more like a private PR Agency. The perfect Slowlane I've always wanted... Guaranteed to retire like a king at 65 (70% of the average of my best 5 years for life, indexed to inflation, which should be around 100K I guess). I don't even work 35 hours per week. I know some people would kill for such a job, but I just can't take it... I really hate it. Not the job per se, but being there. I feel like I'm wasting my life away, that I should be doing more right now.
Does that make me A) a whining lazy bitch or B) am I just standing up for myself as a man and asking for more from life? Yes, I know, answer B. Most people think it's A.
I've always been a Sidewalker, travelled extensively during my 20s (after a quick Slowlane job right after my Computer Science degree), and simple learned from life. I never had the entrepreneurial bug, and I've been in this perfect Slowlane job for 6 years now. Everything changed when my wife (gf of 16 years now) was diagnosed with chronic lyme disease (terrible terrible disease, PM me if you want to know more, and how we actually cured it!) and I finally understood the value of "time" on this planet, and why I cannot exchange my time for for money anymore.
I'm now deep into e-business (a distributor of some health supplements // solo private label for kitchen products // team private labeling all sorts of products) and am very happy about it. I just can't find time to work on any of my businesses after I come back from my 9-5 job. Just can't look at a screen anymore!
There is actually a clause in my collective ageement that allows me to ask for 3 months off every year, unpaid. I've used it in the last 2 years (obvisouly during Montreal's ungodly winters - Best time of my life is when I miss winter) and this year I could finally work on my own businesses in HK and Philippines for 2 months straight! It felt FANTASTIC!!! Sales went up drastically, I felt very proud of my work. Anyways, now I am back from my trip and am sitting at my desk completely depressed (not clinically, just mood).
This year will end very well, I can feel it. These e-commerce successes are just the beginning. Also, they feel like money chasing activities, not really business ideas. I have a few fantastic ideas I want to execute on as soon as i can though.
See you guys on the forum!
John
I'm on this forum because I'm done with settling for less. Well, almost done.
My 9-5 job is actually great. I'm a photographer/designer/webmaster/video editor at a federal government agency. It's in the old port of Montreal, with a nice view on the city, a great team of 4, no cubicles to speak of. We're more like a private PR Agency. The perfect Slowlane I've always wanted... Guaranteed to retire like a king at 65 (70% of the average of my best 5 years for life, indexed to inflation, which should be around 100K I guess). I don't even work 35 hours per week. I know some people would kill for such a job, but I just can't take it... I really hate it. Not the job per se, but being there. I feel like I'm wasting my life away, that I should be doing more right now.
Does that make me A) a whining lazy bitch or B) am I just standing up for myself as a man and asking for more from life? Yes, I know, answer B. Most people think it's A.
I've always been a Sidewalker, travelled extensively during my 20s (after a quick Slowlane job right after my Computer Science degree), and simple learned from life. I never had the entrepreneurial bug, and I've been in this perfect Slowlane job for 6 years now. Everything changed when my wife (gf of 16 years now) was diagnosed with chronic lyme disease (terrible terrible disease, PM me if you want to know more, and how we actually cured it!) and I finally understood the value of "time" on this planet, and why I cannot exchange my time for for money anymore.
I'm now deep into e-business (a distributor of some health supplements // solo private label for kitchen products // team private labeling all sorts of products) and am very happy about it. I just can't find time to work on any of my businesses after I come back from my 9-5 job. Just can't look at a screen anymore!
There is actually a clause in my collective ageement that allows me to ask for 3 months off every year, unpaid. I've used it in the last 2 years (obvisouly during Montreal's ungodly winters - Best time of my life is when I miss winter) and this year I could finally work on my own businesses in HK and Philippines for 2 months straight! It felt FANTASTIC!!! Sales went up drastically, I felt very proud of my work. Anyways, now I am back from my trip and am sitting at my desk completely depressed (not clinically, just mood).
This year will end very well, I can feel it. These e-commerce successes are just the beginning. Also, they feel like money chasing activities, not really business ideas. I have a few fantastic ideas I want to execute on as soon as i can though.
See you guys on the forum!
John
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