[Closed] Striving for success? What are you working for?

Tomorrow I'm going to ride my bike until my legs give up, phone the GF to collect, and eat vast quantities of cake.

Today I shall get lycrad up to the eyeballs and run amongst my favourite hills, through the bogs, crags, heather, forest, long disused quarries.

Will that do as a start?

I'm off to look at a gazebo today.

I've got my priorities right.

surviving at the moment, striving comes after that.

Finished the first part of my training for a new job yesterday.

Same money but I'll not be finishing 3 hours late most shifts and going 8-9 hours without a break. So I see more of my family, my health will be better so that's a win for me.

World domination. I have a cunning plan.

Very apt epicyclo, I like that. It reminds of " R Crumbs" work.

Epicyclo, that's religion as well that is.

It's not about having what you want...

...it's wanting what you have

To pay off the mortgage early.

Happiness will then follow shortly. Right?

Fun mostly. I tried not working for a while but missed the social contact and, TBH, I think I still have an ingrained protestant work ethic. What I work to earn also provides for a few luxuries like the occasional bike bit, new hillwalking gear or paddling kit.

(grum - smug enough?)

I seem to be spending a lot of time getting fit these days. Not sure it's working, but I am certainly lighter and stronger.

Other than that. it's just trying to be happy.

I can specifically recall the five minutes of my adult life when I was "Happy".
I was on holiday in France with friends, messing around in the swimming pool with the French girls next door.
Other than that, I don't mind trundling through life somewhere in between happy and sad.

Alternatively, don't miss out on today because you're fixed on tomorrow.

Just live in the here and now.

Once you pass 30, you don't have a career, you have a job.

The number in this sentence is variable but it holds a lot of truth.

Happiness is the moment between pain and suffering. Accept this and you'll see the brief moments you are happy.

Don't take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

Happiness is an abnormal state. Realise that and you can be content.

Christ!…you lot are a bundle of giggles and happiness this morning, it's saturday, the sun is out, you are still alive - it's going to be a good day.

I should have added.

I still enjoy my work, the rewards I get when a job goes well is fantastic. My new role is less hands on but the influence I can have will help to have similar outcomes. That's why I work too.

Once you pass 30, you don't have a career, you have a job.

For me the number was 50, which I turned last year. Was sat in my annual performance review thngy and was asked that clichéd question about "Where do you see yourself in five years". My reply was "Not here". For me it's no longer a career and instead a means of diverting money from a large financial company to various small LBSs (in a legal way of course 🙂 )

Now know I'll never be promoted again, and that we only need a few more years of work till the mortgage is paid off, I feel so much more relaxed. Having more and more chats now with MrsKenny about taking off round the world or buying a camper van or spending a full three weeks following the Tour, all that sort of stuff.

The great thing is though that now I'm at the point where I don't feel any pressure, and don't particularly need the job, I'm actually back enjoying it again. Good company to work for and a great bunch of people to work with.

I think the point is, live for today.
Happiness isn't something you buy.

I'm not striving for anything at work, but my main target is compete in the British Masters Weight Lifting Championships next year, which means I need to hit the qualification weights in competition this year.

Once you pass 30, you don't have a career, you have a job.

Speak for yourself.

I'm working to earn cash to buy things and go places that excite me, make me happy and put a smile on my face 😀
I bought a motorbike I use to tour the alps and camp while I'm there 😀
I`ve got a mountain bike that takes me well on the beaten track of trail centres that I enjoy 😀
My road bike put a big smile on my face as I rode round Derwent water after dropping a child off at school on thursday 😀
I'm getting a new car that I'll use for camping trips and jollies away and do a couple of laps of the Nurburgring when I go to Germany in May 😀

That's what I work for 😀

Once you pass 30, you don't have a career, you have a job.

Isn't it the other way around?

A career needs progression, so you can't have a career without relevant experience etc.

I'm having a packed lunch in the lakes and the suns out, with my wife and kids... I'm happy!!! 8) and what I work for!!

bearnecessities - Member

Don't take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

That's brilliant, good way of dealing with the sods that try and make your life a misery.

In regard to working towards stuff, I'm not an ambitious man and take more pride/pleasure from helping others. Though I do get annoyed with people doing a half arsed job.

Fun mostly. I tried not working for a while but missed the social contact and, TBH, I think I still have an ingrained protestant work ethic. What I work to earn also provides for a few luxuries like the occasional bike bit, new hillwalking gear or paddling kit.

Anyone who follows your FB feed is probably pretty envious of your current set up!

Once I accepted that life is for the most part unhappiness, I started to feel happy.

A career needs progression, so you can't have a career without relevant experience etc.

A career is what you intend to do with your job/work, if you're happy sitting in the same position then that's a job. If you're wanting to progress then you can do that at any age.

Career is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a person's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)". In this definition career is understood to relate to a range of aspects of an individual's life, learning and work. Career is also frequently understood to relate to the working aspects of an individuals life e.g. as in career woman. A third way in which the term career is used to describe an occupation or a profession that usually involves special training or formal education,[1] and is considered to be a person’s lifework.[2] In this case "a career" is seen as a sequence of related jobs usually pursued within a single industry or sector e.g. "a career in law" or "a career in the building trade".

I suppose I'm thinking of the third option (being an Engineer myself).

Dont get stuck on the destination, enjoy the journey! Do it right and your job becomes just part of your career, which in turn is just part of who you are.

I was too Footflaps also having a profession but you don't need experience to embark on one. I have 2 students who are well over 30 so certainly also don't need to be young. I'm 42, in April I start on the next part of my career. A career I started on from leaving school

I'm working to spend a few years not working before I die.

I also actually like what I do.

To buy food, heat and shelter. Only work 3 days a week and that's 3 too many. Can't wait to knock it on the head in a couple of years time so i can ride my bike, yomp up hills with my hound carrying a heavy rucksack and hone my physique in the gym.