What do you do for Living?

[HoosierDaddy]

You got bored eh? lol lol

Jeeze...the last thing that I want to do is go back to work. It took be about two years to come down (and calm down) from those years of rat racing on someone else's timetable after I retired 15 years ago. Since then, I've found enough projects to keep me busy, finally, on my own schedule. Happy camper here..!!
HD

 

[GHT]

You got bored eh? lol lol

Yep!

Jeeze...the last thing that I want to do is go back to work. HD

Funny enough HD, I thought about you and whether you would react, you have settled into retirement, you no longer live by the clock, no longer at the beck & call of work, you can come and go as you please.

Truth be known, I have a decent pension, so does my wife, we also have our state pensions, no kids, so therefore no grandchildren, no debt, money in the bank, everything that would make retirement a happy experience.

But the cut and thrust of working life, high stress levels, the pure adrenalin rush, it's such a drug, so if it's sad to want that sort of life back, so be it. Like I said: I can hardly wait.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Yep!

Funny enough HD, I thought about you and whether you would react, you have settled into retirement, you no longer live by the clock, no longer at the beck & call of work, you can come and go as you please.

Truth be known, I have a decent pension, so does my wife, we also have our state pensions, no kids, so therefore no grandchildren, no debt, money in the bank, everything that would make retirement a happy experience.

But the cut and thrust of working life, high stress levels, the pure adrenalin rush, it's such a drug, so if it's sad to want that sort of life back, so be it. Like I said: I can hardly wait.

GHT
I don't really think it is so sad. Many of us at my workplace made the exodus as they were selling the company we had worked for during most of our lives. Some of my friends had a difficult time adjusting (even though we had good pensions as well)..and, then, some others felt quite bored and empty without the routine they had been used to all those years. They eventually went back to work and have held several jobs since then..not necessarily for the money..but just for something invigorating to do that they couldn't find elsewhere in retirement.
However, for me it was easier. Retirement gave me a new lease on life plus the time and ability to do many of the things that I'd always wanted to do. For sure, not everyone reacts to things the same. Boredom must be overcome by doing something rather than just sitting in misery.
I do wish you well
HD

 

[jamespowers]

GHT
I don't really think it is so sad. Many of us at my workplace made the exodus as they were selling the company we had worked for during most of our lives. Some of my friends had a difficult time adjusting (even though we had good pensions as well)..and, then, some others felt quite bored and empty without the routine they had been used to all those years. They eventually went back to work and have held several jobs since then..not necessarily for the money..but just for something invigorating to do that they couldn't find elsewhere in retirement.
However, for me it was easier. Retirement gave me a new lease on life plus the time and ability to do many of the things that I'd always wanted to do. For sure, not everyone reacts to things the same. Boredom must be overcome by doing something rather than just sitting in misery.
I do wish you well
HD

Geez, I have so many outside interests that there would still not be enough time in the day to do everything I want to----much less work on top of it all. Give me a pension and watch my smoke.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Geez, I have so many outside interests that there would still not be enough time in the day to do everything I want to----much less work on top of it all. Give me a pension and watch my smoke.

Exactly. Yep, I was able to receive full pension at 52 after 33 years and...zip zoom I was gone. My feet never touched the ground while running to my car.
I've enjoyed every minute of the freedom. I will admit.. ...sometimes I get kinda lazy anymore when the weather isn't cooperating...but..hey ho what I can't do today..I can consider for tomorrow.
HD

 

[GHT]

GHT
I don't really think it is so sad. Many of us at my workplace made the exodus as they were selling the company we had worked for during most of our lives. Some of my friends had a difficult time adjusting (even though we had good pensions as well).
HD

Not for one second did I ever think that you would be judgemental. It's the reason that I enjoy The Lounge so much, everyone is well mannered, tolerant and mindful of the views and beliefs of others.

But it's strange, I can pack more into life, find the motivation to push myself, when I'm working. I don't even think of how many hours I'm at work, long day, short day, doesn't matter, it's the high octane buzz that drives me.

 

[jamespowers]

Exactly. Yep, I was able to receive full pension at 52 after 33 years and...zip zoom I was gone. My feet never touched the ground while running to my car.
I've enjoyed every minute of the freedom. I will admit.. ...sometimes I get kinda lazy anymore when the weather isn't cooperating...but..hey ho what I can't do today..I can consider for tomorrow.
HD

I wouldn't have had to use the car. I could have flown home.
I figure I would have the best garden on the block if I had time.

 

[art89b]

I build crossfit and Strongman equipment, mig, tig, flux all that good stuff. I also volunteer as a wildland fireman

 

[alanfgag]

I make greeting cards.

 

[dallasblues]

I'm a barber in Dallas, TX.


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[AmateisGal]

I make greeting cards.

Sounds fascinating! Do you write them or design them or...?

 

[alanfgag]

Sounds fascinating! Do you write them or design them or...?

Thanks, it is a fun job. Mostly I am the chief cook and bottle washer, which is a little of everything. A little more info here.

 

[AmateisGal]

Thanks, it is a fun job. Mostly I am the chief cook and bottle washer, which is a little of everything. A little more info here.

How cool! Congrats!

 

[Fading Fast]

IMHO, greeting cards in general have become much more creative and artistic in the last decade or so. They seemed much more formulaic years ago, but now there seems to be a revival - almost as if, with the internet and email, the industry knew it had to up its game, so it did.

Alanfgag - yours look like the new bread of creative and artistic ones.

 

[alanfgag]

Thanks!

There have been waves of ingenuity... we rode in on one during the mid 1980s and have been lucky to stay afloat in an industry that has gotten much smaller during the last decade and is dominated by two very large companies. I think you are right. Young people today are finding a new mystique and intimacy in paper. Trouble is there are vastly fewer independent retailers to support small producers... even in NYC, which was densely packed with wonderful card and gift stores and bookstores when we began in business. It's a much smaller landscape of independents today.

 

[AmateisGal]

For my part, I'd much rather recieve a card in thr mail for my birthday than an e-card, so keep up the good fight!

 

[alanfgag]

Will do... for a little longer, anyway.

 

[1mach1]

Thanks, it is a fun job. Mostly I am the chief cook and bottle washer, which is a little of everything. A little more info here.

Those are really nice looking cards, Alan. Do you have any retailers in the DC area, or Richmond, VA?

 

[alanfgag]

Hi Harv, yes, quite a few good accounts there. Politics and Prose, Wegmans (the new store in Alexandria has a rack) some Smithsonian stores... Will have to look it up and send a list by PM. Thanks!

 

[Fading Fast]

Thanks!

There have been waves of ingenuity... we rode in on one during the mid 1980s and have been lucky to stay afloat in an industry that has gotten much smaller during the last decade and is dominated by two very large companies. I think you are right. Young people today are finding a new mystique and intimacy in paper. Trouble is there are vastly fewer independent retailers to support small producers... even in NYC, which was densely packed with wonderful card and gift stores and bookstores when we began in business. It's a much smaller landscape of independents today.

I've noticed that unfortunate development living here. Instead of a lot of small independent dealers each carrying their own selection, it's "Papyrus," "Papersource" or "Hallmark" everywhere and even the drug stores now have little kiosks of those same brands. Growing up we "never wasted money on greeting cards," (depression era parents), but my girlfriend and her family like them and I've come, over the two decades I've know her, to really appreciate the creative cards. Since, as adults, we really aren't that into the gifts, sometimes the card will get more attention if it is unique, artistic, creative, etc. Keep up the good fight.