I love what I do :)
I "want" to go to work every day. The hours can be long and it's cost me in some ways i'd never imagined, but the satisfaction is immense.
I had 15 years on the "treadmill" and when i got the chance via redundancy to start up on my own, I took it.
I had enough cash put by to scrape through for 8 months without having to earn anything. After that, if i couldn't get by, i was goin to pack it in and get a "proper" job again.
I haven't had to do that, fortunately.
The monetary reward isn't that great, but i believe that hard work will always pay off eventually.
What I get from my work though, money can't buy.
Like Chi said, lifes too short. It ain't a dress rehersal. I wish I'd have had the balls to go for it earlier knowing what i know now.

Good luck in what ever you do Dave.

Careful mate ... you're laying yourself open there :lol::lol:

:flame: I despise working....but then I despise most things/people, but it keeps me out of mischief!!!

Ususally i feel like the luckiest person alive and am very greatful for that. After being made redundant at a very early age, i've been self employed/ran my own business for the last 25 years. The moneys not bad and i can do what the hell i like most of the time.

Having said that i still can have really crap days and think whats it all about (yesterday for instance) and sometimes i'm my own worst enemy and don't go home because it is my business and things need doing.

Having said all that i work because i enjoy it, but the most important things are the wife and kids, followed by the bike obsession and work provides me with the most acceptable way of funding al of that other than winning the lottery.

deej

I know how you feel.

I work for a small company and get pi***d off with the us and them attitudes of the production guys who think that sales is an easy option.

Everyone thinks all I do is drive around all day having cups of coffee and nattering to customers.

Fat chance!

I enjoy my work in the summer,not so keen in the winter months-self employed bricklayer,we only get paid for materials used.(roll on global warming) Are the majority of Ducati owners "professional" types or are there many other"manual" workers in the ranks?

Good point Eric, worth another poll eh. How many?

• White collar
• Blue collar

Or can't you say that anymore. It might not be PC?

Your just a wee fanny tho....

/ian

In my experience a lot of people dont truly know what doe's motivate them, most think its money but that is not usually the case. The best thing I ever did was unshackle myself from corporate misery and do my own thing, now I work to my agenda and priorities but I have to live with the consequences of getting it right or wrong. But life couldnt be better and I am actually earning about double my old wage. That'll ding dang do for me!

I guess I am a brown collar worker, I am a developer and my days/weeks are quite varied looking at potential sites, meeting with trades for quotes, architects, Est agents(everything you read about them is true) and the list goe's on. Quite a change from my old employed job as a district sales manager for an insurance company.

To have no job and not want to work must have a terrible effect on your disposition no wonder Berto sounds like such a bad boy.

[Edited on 1-8-2005 by Rossco]