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I'M SURE, ESPECIALLY FOR YOU OLD-TIMERS, THAT THE BIGGEST KICK YOU GET OUT OF THIS WORK THAT WE DO, IS "LEARNING SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY!" WE'VE LONG-SINCE FIGURED OUT THAT THE MONEY AIN'T WHERE IT'S AT.....NOT HARDLY! THE BEST THING ABOUT THE GETTING OLDER PART, IS THAT THE KIDS HAVE MOVED OUT, AND YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE SOMEWHAT DIMINISHED, SO THE DRIVE FOR "CRACKING THE NUT" ISN'T AS MANDATORY AS IT USED TO BE! WITH THE STRESS LEVEL BECOMING A NON-ISSUE, WE GET TO PUT MORE OF OURSELVES INTO THE FUN AND LEARNING OF THIS GREAT CAREER WE HAVE CHOSEN.
How do YOU feel about it? YOU OLD-TIMERS HAVING FUN?....OR DO YOU REALLY SEE "RETIREMENT" IN YOUR FUTURE!?
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Mornin' BOB. Well since I am not as (ahem) OLD as you, my kids have not moved out yet. But yes I know whatcha mean about learning something new everyday. Today I learned that people do not always email things when they say they will. (I am waiting for a logo) but another thing I have learned in getting older is, OFW (oh ....... Well). It doesn't matter. Move on to something else.
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I know of what you speak. My kids have moved out a few years ago... We have drastically downsized the company and number of employees. THe best part is I still work with my kids every day... and love it.
While I thoroughly enjoyed those past years I am enjoying what's on my plate now.
Learning every day... YOU BET!
And as for retirement... well there are many folks who thought I did that 23 years ago. After all, my definition of retirement is quitting work to do what you love instead.
That's been my definition of what I do each day for these last 23 years.
I do hope to continue 'working' more and more exclusively for ourselves as a client. THere's nothing more satisfying and rewarding. I love working with no limits and no brakes. I just start the job at the beginning and when I'm done I'm done... I don't worry about time lines or budgets or what the client might like... after all Janis and I are the clients.
Well, off to another busy day of learning and 'retirement'.
-dan
-------------------- Dan Sawatzky Imagination Corporation Yarrow, British Columbia dan@imaginationcorporation.com http://www.imaginationcorporation.com
Being a grampa is one of the the most wonderful things in the world!!! Posts: 8738 | From: Yarrow, B.C. Canada | Registered: Nov 1998
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All that grey in your beard is talking. I'm reaching the point where I need to slow down some, but I still have 2 at home. I heard the call last night as my 14 year old asked for some money to go to his 8th grade graduation dance and the dinner beforehand. "$75 ought to be enough" he says....
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I AM retired! I shifted gears almost 2 years ago and I am loving every minute of it. Learning? You bet. You see, I had never even seen the inside of a sign shop, but I knew this is what I wanted. I'm the oldest newbie on the block!
-------------------- Kathy Joiner River Road Graphics 41628 River Road Ponchatoula, La.70454
Old enough to know better...Too young to resist. Posts: 1891 | From: Ponchatoula, LA | Registered: Nov 2000
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retire???? wear those ugly clothes and play golf....NFW!!!!!! i guess i retired whrn i quite my last real "paycheck job". and that was in 86!!! ill be doin this till the hands wont hold a brush.....or the back wont let me lift the paint kit!!!!! learnin...yep....everyday....and enjoying the diversity of the people i meet, some good some bad, but i can pick and choose who i work for...the biggest advantage i got!!!!
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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Well, I don't know about the rest of ya, but it seems to me that the more I learn, the more I realize how little I knew. Before long, I'm gonna realize what an idiot I am!
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Heheheeee !! - Just yanking your chain... I've been around the BB enough to know that you can find the caps lock when you really want to. .... (usually when you're addressing one of the ladies).
-------------------- Mike O'Neill
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. - Arthur C. Clarke
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I don't know about the rest of you, but if someone was cracking my nuts, I would definately have to do something about it.
Have a great one!
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6451 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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Eric, I read your post under another topic and realized that we are tied for that honor. Almost two years ago I started at age 54. Ain't we brave? Or stupid? Baut we are having the time of our lives aren't we?
-------------------- Kathy Joiner River Road Graphics 41628 River Road Ponchatoula, La.70454
Old enough to know better...Too young to resist. Posts: 1891 | From: Ponchatoula, LA | Registered: Nov 2000
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I reckon one day I will be pulling a brush on some beautiful script and "aaarrrggg..gg,,.....games over!!"
-------------------- Jackson Smart Jackson's Signs Port Angeles, WA ...."The Straits of Juan De Fuca in my front yard and Olympic National Park in my backyard...
"Living on Earth is expensive...but it does include a free trip around the Sun" Posts: 1000 | From: Port Angeles, Washington | Registered: Jan 1999
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Sold the shop last year, work from my garage and van, all brush/paint, no computer,enter more XC & DH mountainbike races, breathe...
glad I made the change, less secure, more fun.
John / BIG TOP Graphics
-------------------- John Lennig / Big Top Sign Arts 5668 Ewart Street, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada bigtopya@hotmail.com 604.451.0006 Posts: 2184 | From: Burnaby, British Columbia,Canada | Registered: Nov 2001
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Steve, the gnarl factor here is the secret!!
Half hour from my place, you're on the North Shore,STEEP TRAILS, THE RAINFOREST MEETS THE SEA!The interior of the province has huge variety of terrain, the Island is great. But you know, wherever you are on a bike seems to be real fine, Check out Dirt Rag magazine out of Phila. All about the East/Midwest.They believe they're in the HOT SPOTS" And they are!
Again, it's the mighty rainforest here, and the fact that we're on the edge of the country, so all the slackers tend to roll out this way. GOL
BTW, if ever you, or any other letterheads get out here, ...Let's Ride!
John / BIG TOP Graphics / Signrider (TM)
-------------------- John Lennig / Big Top Sign Arts 5668 Ewart Street, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada bigtopya@hotmail.com 604.451.0006 Posts: 2184 | From: Burnaby, British Columbia,Canada | Registered: Nov 2001
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It sounds like a great place for a mountainbiker to live. The singletrack isn't to shabby here in NE Oregon, either; lots of mountains and very few people. I'll have to load up my bike and head north one of these days.
-------------------- Eric Barker Rosewood Design LaGrande,Oregon Posts: 107 | From: La Grande, OR | Registered: May 2002
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Hey Eric, good to hear from you. I will email you and talk riding in depth!!
BTW, all you signpeople out there, do yourself a favour, and get out and ride, or golf, or streetskate, surf,whatever, just to disconnect with your "work"(which you love, I know) and focus ONLY ON THE FUN AT HAND(and surviving the activity, too) makes returning to "reality" a treat, or at least less stressful.
just my 64cents worth!
John / BIg TOP Graphics
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