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Originally posted by minestrone View PostI get up at 8 and work till 1 on my plan B, go out for a 12 mile run then usually hit the sofa to watch an afternoon film.
It pretty much looks like I am not going back to contracting again. I have enough dosh, the wife is a printing press and the average IT gig is ******' tulipe.
I would.
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostI get up at 8 and work till 1 on my plan B, go out for a 12 mile run then usually hit the sofa to watch an afternoon film.
It pretty much looks like I am not going back to contracting again. I have enough dosh, the wife is a printing press and the average IT gig is ******' tulipe.
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I get up at 8 and work till 1 on my plan B, go out for a 12 mile run then usually hit the sofa to watch an afternoon film.
It pretty much looks like I am not going back to contracting again. I have enough dosh, the wife is a printing press and the average IT gig is ******' tulipe.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI'm not exactly semi-retired but I have worked to set things up so I work about 3 days a week... but I then choose to spend my time working on plan B stuff rather than swanning about.
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostI'm not doing IT, I'm doing HEOR/Modelling. It's quite interesting and if you have the experience its judging which model to run rather than constant graft like coding. I wouldn't do it if I didn't enjoy it on some level.
The "sadly" related to the fact that I don't seem able to do nothing - too driven.
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Originally posted by nomadd View PostBut surely sitting in an office 5 days a week doing IT whilst watching your life ebb away is depressing?
If you don't need the money, then why not spend 5 days a week doing mathematical research? Phd, maybe (if you haven't already done that)?
The "sadly" related to the fact that I don't seem able to do nothing - too driven.
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostIm on one last hurrah. Hoping to bank the money by the end of the year and go and do a self build/renovation project in the West Country and most likely open a new shop.
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostI thought I could retire and live off rental income. But it drove me nuts.
So now sadly drifting back to 5 days a week.
But i draw the line at commuting.
If you don't need the money, then why not spend 5 days a week doing mathematical research? Phd, maybe (if you haven't already done that)?
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Originally posted by nomadd View PostBut - seriously - what would it take to make your semi-retire?
Don't understand why a seasoned veteran like yourself works so hard?
Surely you can't need the money that badly after all these years?
The way you are going, you might be dead before you ever get the chance to enjoy it...
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostWhat is this spare time you talk about???
Don't understand why a seasoned veteran like yourself works so hard?
Surely you can't need the money that badly after all these years?
The way you are going, you might be dead before you ever get the chance to enjoy it...
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I thought I could retire and live off rental income. But it drove me nuts.
So now sadly drifting back to 5 days a week.
But i draw the line at commuting.
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