Work decisions

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

It doesn't matter what you do for a living - you have to have a work/life balance. I took a different route to achieve just that and although I have suffered a financial penalty, I wouldn't go back to a standard work routine.

In the end the balance is a personal thing. Although it is important not to have money worries. And sometimes life is like a sh1t sandwich - the more bread you have, the less sh1t you eat

pinno

Time rich and money poor or money rich and time poor. That is the question.

The triple constraint. I have lots of money but no time to do X even though I can afford it. I want to do Y and even though I have time, I can't afford it.
If you take the 'want' bit out as it is often unrealistic, you are no longer bound by the constraint.

Stevo_666

It's not as binary as that, more of a sliding scale although not always a direct correlation.

There aren't that many things I really want to do that I feel I can't due to time. Sometimes it's a compromise, sure. Like I said above, sometimes the correlation can be inverse if you can delegate etc like I mentioned above. My CEO seems to leave the office before me more often than I leave before him.

Though you are right, if you can be sensible about what you want that's a great help. What's the saying - happiness is wanting what you have rather than having what you want? Despite the odd overpriced birthday dinner, I try to keep it fairly simple.

FishFish

Actually you do need to get over this paperwork issue.