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In a message dated 12/10/2007 8:33:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:

work is for people who can't fish for a living.<<<<<<<<<<

OK that is funny and made me think of my dad. He worked in a factory,
making nails, screws, little metal things, LOL. Very efficient at what he did and
the pay was pretty good but had great benefits. He HATED it. So one day my
mom said "why don't you just quit" so he did... and went fishing. For the
rest of his life he supported the family digging clams, hauling crabs and
lobsters and diving for urchins and loved every minute of it.




Pam G

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Michelle Turnbow

great story! it doesn't matter how much money you make, if you hate your job you it's not worth it.

Genant2@... wrote:
In a message dated 12/10/2007 8:33:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:

work is for people who can't fish for a living.<<<<<<<<<<

OK that is funny and made me think of my dad. He worked in a factory,
making nails, screws, little metal things, LOL. Very efficient at what he did and
the pay was pretty good but had great benefits. He HATED it. So one day my
mom said "why don't you just quit" so he did... and went fishing. For the
rest of his life he supported the family digging clams, hauling crabs and
lobsters and diving for urchins and loved every minute of it.

Pam G

Our Blogs:
_http://gentlegull.blogspot.com/_ (http://gentlegull.blogspot.com/)
_http://ourgreenerpastures.blogspot.com/_
(http://ourgreenerpastures.blogspot.com/)

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trektheory

How nice that your dad was able to make that change (and still support
the family) and that your mom was supportive of it!

My dh grumbles about going to work -- but says he enjoys it.
Personally, I hate the grumbling, the implications he makes that my
life is so much cushier because I don't have to get up every morning
to go to the office (mind you, I'm usually awake BEFORE he is!) -- if
he wanted to strike off and try starting his own business doing
something he loved, I would be all for it. But he doesn't want to do
that -- so he grumbles. Maybe he just likes grumbling....

Linda

--- In [email protected], Genant2@... wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 12/10/2007 8:33:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
>
> work is for people who can't fish for a living.<<<<<<<<<<
>
> OK that is funny and made me think of my dad. He worked in a factory,
> making nails, screws, little metal things, LOL. Very efficient at
what he did and
> the pay was pretty good but had great benefits. He HATED it. So
one day my
> mom said "why don't you just quit" so he did... and went fishing.
For the
> rest of his life he supported the family digging clams, hauling
crabs and
> lobsters and diving for urchins and loved every minute of it.
>
>
>
>
> Pam G
>
> Our Blogs:
> _http://gentlegull.blogspot.com/_ (http://gentlegull.blogspot.com/)
> _http://ourgreenerpastures.blogspot.com/_
> (http://ourgreenerpastures.blogspot.com/)
>
>
>
>
> **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's
hottest
> products.
>
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>
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>

Deb

> For the
> rest of his life he supported the family digging clams, hauling
>crabs and
> lobsters and diving for urchins and loved every minute of it.
>
> Pam G
>
Reminds me of the two young people on a recent episode of Dirty Jobs -
they were maybe 36 yrs old TOTAL (that is, add up their ages it was
maybe 36 or so, not even 40, barely a whisker between'em lol) who
have chosen to make their living hauling in lobsters. They have TWO
lobster boats which they bought and are apparently doing well on the
business end of things (given that anything involving weather, ocean,
and living critters is bound to have ups and downs).

Oh, and here's one I think is humorous: my dr when DS was born had 2
brothers (that I know of). Dad was a dr, obviously my ob was a dr,
his brother was my anesthesiologist. Brother #3 (not sure of where in
the birth order) - dr? nope. medical field at all? nope. He's a
hunting and fishing guide with a program on the local public TV
station.

Third one (then I'll stop). My cousin lives in Oregon (Portland area
maybe?) Anyhow, he's always been into sports big time - anything at
all from fishing to snowboarding to surfing to football and so on.
How to make a "paying career" out of that if you're not pro level? He
works for a sporting goods mfr/distributor. He's got the West
Coast/Pacific territory. That means he travels FOR BUSINESS to
Alaska, Hawaii, California, the Pacific Northwest and goes hunting,
fishing, skiing, surfing, etc. with clients to showcase the new
products and so on. He gets PAID to surf and fish and all AND the
travel is paid for by the company!!

--Deb

diana jenner

What a great bunch of examples here :D
People will follow their passions or they won't.
People who have passions endorsed and supported by their loved ones are
*MORE* likely to follow those passions deep into life.
People who have their passions quashed and belittled have a harder time
finding them again deeper into life.
I'm on the side of fostering passions.
Even if they're not *mine*- no - Especially if they're not mine and they
belong to someone I love.

When choosing what to say to your children, think: Am I giving Judgment or
Joy? - Go with the comment that brings Joy.


On Dec 10, 2007 11:25 AM, Deb <debra.rossing@...> wrote:

> > For the
> > rest of his life he supported the family digging clams, hauling
> >crabs and
> > lobsters and diving for urchins and loved every minute of it.
> >
> > Pam G
> >
> Reminds me of the two young people on a recent episode of Dirty Jobs -
> they were maybe 36 yrs old TOTAL (that is, add up their ages it was
> maybe 36 or so, not even 40, barely a whisker between'em lol) who
> have chosen to make their living hauling in lobsters. They have TWO
> lobster boats which they bought and are apparently doing well on the
> business end of things (given that anything involving weather, ocean,
> and living critters is bound to have ups and downs).
>
> Oh, and here's one I think is humorous: my dr when DS was born had 2
> brothers (that I know of). Dad was a dr, obviously my ob was a dr,
> his brother was my anesthesiologist. Brother #3 (not sure of where in
> the birth order) - dr? nope. medical field at all? nope. He's a
> hunting and fishing guide with a program on the local public TV
> station.
>
> Third one (then I'll stop). My cousin lives in Oregon (Portland area
> maybe?) Anyhow, he's always been into sports big time - anything at
> all from fishing to snowboarding to surfing to football and so on.
> How to make a "paying career" out of that if you're not pro level? He
> works for a sporting goods mfr/distributor. He's got the West
> Coast/Pacific territory. That means he travels FOR BUSINESS to
> Alaska, Hawaii, California, the Pacific Northwest and goes hunting,
> fishing, skiing, surfing, etc. with clients to showcase the new
> products and so on. He gets PAID to surf and fish and all AND the
> travel is paid for by the company!!
> .
> _,_._,___
>


--
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
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Shannon Rizzo

My mom used to work as a nurse at a hospital in northern Virginia. I don't
remember this but she often tells us how she used to come home and gripe
about her job and one day I asked her if she hated it why she didn't just
find a better job. She hadn't thought of it, but she went right out and did
it. She has created many interesting jobs for herself since then - teaching
nursing, performing bone marrow transplants, helping launch an oncology
clinic, giving breast cancer seminars, and (my favorite) traveling through
the Mississippi Delta doing telemedicine: she recruits a team of
specialists at the med center in Little Rock, and then takes video
conferencing equipment and a tech and travles through the small poorest
towns, linking these people to the specialists who gather in a conference
room for the virtual exams. Many of these people would never go to the city
or go see a specialist. It sounds so rewarding! Now she is alternatively
going to go back to law school and combine that with nursing in some way, or
quit all together and invent this toy she's had an idea for for a few years.


The point is there are so many options in most fields, you just have to let
your mind wander through the possibilities.

I enjoyed the book "Wishcraft" for getting some good ideas started.

Shannon


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diana jenner

On Dec 12, 2007 12:22 AM, Shannon Rizzo <shannon@...> wrote:

> I enjoyed the book "Wishcraft" for getting some good ideas started.
> .
>

I saw Barbara Sher <http://www.barbarasher.com/> at the very first
Unschooling (Live and Learn, 2004) conference I attended. She'd not heard of
unschooling before us, but when her sons were growing up they only had two
rules at her house: 1)Don't break my stuff, 2) Take responsibility if you
do. If she'd heard anything about unschooling then, she has no doubt she
would have raised her sons this way. Pretty amazing woman!
--
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
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