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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)
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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.
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One of my oldest friends moved to Calgary over 20 years ago. He's into skiing, climbing, hiking, cycling, etc., and had a succession of contract jobs in the oil industry, but has gradually built up a portfolio of property and now makes enough from that to not have to work anymore, just does more skiing, climbing, hiking etc.
The bastard.
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What are you doing now?
@Aroogah thanks for the tip.
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Personal trainer
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I think I could handle office work so long as it was something mentally stimulating and felt relevant. Especially if I was near the great outdoors.
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Which bike shop do you work part time at? I wonder if I've met you 'in real lyf'?
And congratulations! I'd love to do something similar, but I'm a slave to the IT consultant wage
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Pusch cycles in Stokey
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What are you doing now?
Personal trainer
@WornCleat was looking for a personal trainer, don't know if he's already found one:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/326833/
You might even be near him if you're near PUSH.
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Ta. My fitness studio is in E12, Wanstead. Might be a bit far.
Saying that I have PT mates who work in stoke newington/Hackney and are excellent so I can definitely recommend someone who knows what he is doing with no BS.
@WornCleat shout me a PM if interested. -
I'd love to come and do some felling for you. Where are your woods and when do you plan to do it?
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Might be a bit far.
WornCleat is no stranger to riding long distances:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/308936/
You could conceivably tailor a programme around the commute. :)
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Thanks dude yes I means it’s definitely cycling distance for the motivated! It’d be the perfect warm up and cool down for sure would help get those results. i will should him an email. Thanks man
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Waiting to get our woodland management program finalised and then approved. So possibly feb/March next year.
We are in Upleadon which is near Newent, there is also some great cycling round here.
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I know Newent well. I'd probably be able to take some time off work to come and do that. Keep me updated.
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my brother in law and sister have just moved to ross on wye, the place i grew up, and they are installing wood fires in their new house, i myself am hoping to head back to that part of the world in the next year or two
i dare say he, with some assistance from myself, could give you a few days work chopping trees, in lieu of pay he would take cords of good hardwood for said fires ! -
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Anyone broken free from professional life? Warning: rant
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Thought I would give you an update on my change of career.
Quit my city job of 10 years in February, the day my yearly bonus hit my bank account. It felt good even though there were mind games played until the end. Said goodbye to it all, the company, the people and the industry, never felt so good to finally be myself and not pretending to be someone else just for the money.
Took a couple of months, done nothing apart from a bit of diy around the house and shit lots of Netflix.
Found a part time Job in a bike shop in may to do something fun and break the routine (and also paying some of the bills). No regret here, it’s been so refreshing to work in an environment with no target/performance/reviews/HR/cunts and all that BS. Real life?
Started working on building the outbuilding and gym in April. The transition from trader to builder was not easy but felt relatively natural tbh. Finished building in August but decided to wait for septembre to start advertising.
During that time done lots of cycling, really enjoying the new Talbot Matt built for me. Club rides 3 times a week with longer day rides. Also went touring for 4 days in Suffolk with the Mrs and her Isen. One of the best trip ever done to be honest. The freedom felt so good.
Started advertising my service in our area Wanstead/LeytonStone/Forest Gare area in East London. A couple of facebook messages on the local community groups and a few flyers in the streets around us and after one month I have had more than 10 clients which I could not have been happier with. With really enjoyable people to coach too. Find it rewarding to finally work in something I really care about and have a real impact on people’s life. A lot of my clients have actually come to a point in their life when fitness is mandatory if they don’t want to have any more complication ie. high blood pressure, diabetic etc. Being able to help them turn their life around by given them the knowledge and skills they need has been so rewarding.
Still working at the bike shop once or twice a week, hoping to keep it for the social part, bike skills and trade prices!
All in all. What a change and a pretty amazing one. After 10 years working in big corporates, being your own boss and having the freedom of working whenever you like (to some extend) is amazing.
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