Depressed: Back to the grind stone, who's working this weekend ?

[sasguru]

oh well back to normality

how's it going everyone ?

who else is working this weekend, and next weekend and the weekend after ?

Milan.

Oh dear. And to think you could have bought some property, sat back and watched it grow. SOme people like to do things the hard way, eh?
Never worked a weekend in my life - life is for living, not working.

[bogeyman]

For those who know what the Reiser File System is, this will be apposite...

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.../10/12/1159201

Maybe he worked one weekend too many.

[MarillionFan]

"been contracting 7 years

age 33

can't complain

Milan."

Well you act 12.

[Joe Black]

Never worked a weekend in my life - life is for living, not working.

Did work weekends once, many years ago, when a very well known company was throwing money left, right and centre to save themselves from possible financial ruin, and working just a morning could net nearly 400 quid, a lot more no doubt in todays money.

That was nice...

[TheMonkey]

I really don't understand working weekends! I never have since permiedom where I was abused with false promises of overtime. Now I do contracted hours on contracted days and get home to see the wife and kids every day at a reasonable time.

[wendigo100]

As a freelancer, I work when it suits. This can be any of the seven days in a week.

[Lucifer Box]

who else is working this weekend, and next weekend and the weekend after ?

No one ever died, went to heaven and said, "I wish I'd spent more more time in the office". Get out, Milan. Your illusory dreams of untold wealth just aren't worth it.

[milanbenes]

nah, it's not about being wealthy none of us are really wealthy are we ?

it's like this, not so long ago, say 7 years ago my biggest worry was enough beer money for a friday, then suddenly it dawned on me, you;ve got to get a house and get a roof over your head sorted out, then not so long after the house is getting under control you start to think, jeez if I'm early thirties and I want to retire at 55, then I have ~25 years to accumulate enough dosh to live on after 55 to say 85

this folks is why I am working a few weekends while the opportunity exists, next contract it may not exist, but the need to put a pension pot aside will never go away and cannot be ignored and as everybody knows, whack a load into it in your early thirties and it _should_ be a good foundation for a decent lump to retire on at 55.

Next year maybe there won't be contracting, maybe there will only be permy work, who knows ? A little sacrifice now for a more comfortable future.

It will be interesting if we are all in touch when we are 55 and we can see what everybody's situations are.

Milan.

[Francko]

It will be interesting if we are all in touch when we are 55 and we can see what everybody's situations are.

Milan.

You'd still be working all weekends as you'll be too worried about the future.

[boredsenseless]

It will be interesting if we are all in touch when we are 55 and we can see what everybody's situations are.

Milan.

I don't have any problem with working weekends I run a company and work as and when required by the directors but I never work more than five days in any seven day period.

Family is too important to let slip by