On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:19:43 +0200, scott wrote:

>> The trick is, finding a job that you actually enjoy.
> 
> Hmm, maybe I don't enjoy my job as much as I think I do, if I am always
> thinking it would be more fun to stay at home and do other stuff.

Well, one upside, though, is that if your job isn't your hobby (it almost 
always has been for me), then you can walk away from it.  I worked in a 
factory when I was in college (building paint sprayers) and to this day I 
envy some of the people I worked with because at 3:30 when the shift 
ended, they could go home and not think about work.  Many of them did - 
there was outstanding pay and benefits for the full-time employees (many 
with 15-20 years on the job), so it wasn't uncommon for them to have 
cabins, boats, etc so they could enjoy their time away from the office.

Additional benefit:  You go on vacation, and when you come back there's 
no work that's piled up - the assembly line doesn't stop just because the 
guy who assembles the coil for the armature goes on vacation.  Someone 
else fills in until he gets back.

Jim

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