Is every contractor depressed?

[Bovvered]

And you deserve to work your arse off for a bunch of arrogant money motivated tosspots in the city ! one day you will realise that your life has passed you by and you have done nothing (except for two weeks a year)



Fool !

How wrong you are. I am currently shopping for my next house well outside the City. At the age of 30 I shall only be taking out a 40% mortgage. I think I will be living quite a life of relaxation after all? And in the mean time I would thoroughly recommend working in the City to anyone: work, and socal life in London are a ball.

[DimPrawn]

If it makes you happy it can't be bad.

[Andyw]

How wrong you are. I am currently shopping for my next house well outside the City. At the age of 30 I shall only be taking out a 40% mortgage. I think I will be living quite a life of relaxation after all? And in the mean time I would thoroughly recommend working in the City to anyone: work, and socal life in London are a ball.

Must get a bigger house, must get a new car, must get this must get that ! all materialistic stuff and you know what ! at the end of the day ...nobody cares what you have !!!

I personally have been there done that and realised that it gets you no where in the long run !

[lukemg]

Know what you mean George, best part of any job is the call saying you've got it, always a rush. Way I see it is that work is necessary to finance everything else. By it's nature work is dull and predictable, with a tiny number of exceptions, therefore the more you can earn for the smallest effort is the best you can hope for.
I haven't developed a plan B (beyond some stashes in PEPS + ISA's that are building up quite nice) and don't see me doing so at this stage, I suspect I lack the imagination and skills and most of all the desperate necessity to make me do it. I have been given/engineered a second bite at the contract cherry and after earning less than I spend for a couple of years (damn unpleasant situation) it is now the other way round. I look forward to the happy contractor state when money takes care of itself and I don't have to give it any thought, not for day to day bills, holidays, new stuff with a plug on, clothes etc you can just buy them and not worry about it, after having that and losing it, I really appreciate it this time round !

[Bovvered]

If it makes you happy it can't be bad.

Alas! Some common sense! This thread is about being depressed. I simply stated I enjoy my work and people can't hack it! Perhaps it is because they are not happy themselves??!!

[Andyw]

Alas! Some common sense! This thread is about being depressed. I simply stated I enjoy my work and people can't hack it! Perhaps it is because they are not happy themselves??!!

Enjoy it then ! personally I can think of better things to get off on ! rather than slaving away in some thankless fast paced job !

[Bovvered]

thankless

Actually, it's very rewarding, and not just in the monetary sense.

[Andyw]

Actually, it's very rewarding, and not just in the monetary sense.

AND ! you're in denial !

[sasguru]

AND ! you're in denial !

You really are a thick plank, aren't you? When you're on 6 figures (which will never happen to you) life can be pretty good.

[Andyw]

You really are a thick plank, aren't you? When you're on 6 figures (which will never happen to you) life can be pretty good.

Go to hell loser ! I wouldn't and dont need to get out of bed for 6 figures unless it started with a 5