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Offline Roger Kettle

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Good Things/Bad Things
« on: March 21, 2007, 09:26:05 PM »
There are good things and bad things about what I do for a living and I'm about to list them. Feel free to make a similar list regarding your own job.
GOOD THINGS:
I work from home and I can choose my own hours.
I can have a nap when I want.
I enjoy what I do.
I enjoy a reasonable (NOT huge) income.
I've been around as my kids grew up.
I've met some great people through this site.
I've succeeded in something I wanted to do.
BAD THINGS:
I can't switch off. I spend every waking hour thinking up ideas and several more when I'm asleep.
Getting ahead for a holiday takes a long time. I take, on average, 10 days off a year.
Um...
...that's it.
All in all, I am very lucky and I hope you guys come up with a similar percentage. Tell me...

Offline Mince

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Re: Good Things/Bad Things
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2007, 10:41:54 AM »
GOOD THINGS:
I work from home.
I can have a nap when I want.
I enjoy what I do.
I enjoy a reasonable (NOT huge) income.
I get to meet kids who actually want to learn.
I get to bully kids.
I have weekends off and ten weeks holiday a year.

BAD THINGS:
I am away from my family and friends for much of the year.
I have to work in the evening (after school).
I can't switch off. I tend to spend the day marking essays, the weekends giving students extra free lessons and the holidays designing new work sheets.
My flexible hours means that I spend too much time on message boards.

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Re: Good Things/Bad Things
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2007, 12:35:50 PM »
GOOD THINGS:

I don't work from home and I can choose my own hours (up to a point).
I enjoy what I do.
I enjoy a slightly more than adequate income.
I meet new people every single day at work, and they almost all thank me very kindly for what I do.
I got to try a new career quite late in life.
My husband cooks and does most of the food shopping.


BAD THINGS:

I can't have a nap when I like. :D