• Am 28, unhappy in my job, working full time as a teacher on £35k. I moved to London in November after finishing my 4th ski season and doing a bit of traveling. I've started to accept that there's nothing in life I will enjoy more than skiing so am starting to think of how to angle my life towards easy access to skiing.

    A friend of mine has just invited me to go and do another season with him in Canada next winter so I'm thinking of getting out of the urban lifestyle and getting back to the mountains. It's daunting and it's such a financial commitment. I'm leaving teaching either way, my current plan is to get an analytical/energy industry job off the back of my Physics degree but I think I'll always long for skiing.

    Any insight welcome, thanks for the vent space either way (Y)

  • It’s difficult but personally I would go back to what you really enjoy and try make a living out of that. If you are an outdoor person, love sports and already thinking about it, the worst you could do is to get an office job...unless you have a real plan of making good money flr a few years and setting yourself up for a career change down the line.

    I was one of those that thought I could do anything as a job as long as it was paying well enough to do what i like on the side. I basically lied to myself for 10years, it really affected me mentally and in reality should have never got into an office and corporate job in the first place. Always been sporty and always wanted to work in sports. After 10 years I made the sacrifices needed to get a job that was in that industry.

  • Calgary.

    Canadian energy sector base and they've hosted the Winter Games.

  • A friend of mine was a teacher, jacked it in a became a private tutor for a seriously HNW family and spent winters in Verbier (dahling) in a paid for 2 bed appartment

    Not bad job if you can get it, he now works for google

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