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[GrahamLewis]

Heh. I just did officially, but with a multi month transition plan, so I couldn't even look for a new one if I wanted to. Then I'm taking at least 2-3 months off. Then I think I'm done with the whole COO thing. Time for someone else to have the responsibility and for me to relax a little bit.

Good for you.

 

[Madman Starryteller]

Y’all ever just randomly think about quitting your job, even though you know you won’t and you are doing precisely zero in looking for a new job?

Back when I worked, I both liked and disliked it. There were some awesome moments only a solid work could provide, like meeting strange people when I worked as a bit of an everythinger at a campsite. Or the morning sunrises when I worked as a paper delivery. But I don't miss the night shifts, and I don't miss the arseholes.

The thing I miss the most about working is the freedom afterwards. Being constantly sick, tired, exhausted over nothing, and just not functional isn't a very happy place. Though I can be content with how it is now, sometimes.

 

[GrahamLewis]

Y’all ever just randomly think about quitting your job, even though you know you won’t and you are doing precisely zero in looking for a new job?

Yeah, I did that a couple times -- and got involuntarily "quitted" once -- and always ended up on my feet. Of course that anti-Boomer crowd will tell you those were different times, and I have to admit I never doubted something would come along. Nowadays it might be different. Of course, nowadays I have been officially and voluntarily retired for nearly a decade now, and don't miss an official job in the least.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Congratulations, Homer!

 

[Homer Potvin]

Nowadays it might be different.

Biggest difference now, I think, is that people have a lot more jobs now than they did before. People don't work in the same company for 30 years and then retire like they used to. And companies don't live as long as they used to. I have nothing to back that up but observation, though.

 

[Homer Potvin]

Congratulations, Homer!

Thanks! And we'll see. It was a very good job working for very good people. The next job will almost certainly fall short on both accounts, but I need to move on. I'm so cooked it feels like I haven't slept in a year. And I don't remember who the real Homer was after being in character for the last 8 years.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Don't discount the possibility of the next adventure being even better than this one.

I have had more jobs in more areas than many people ever consider. Don't want to do any of them anymore, but don't regret having done them, either. I sure as hell don't regret resigning/retiring from any of them.

 

[Set2Stun]

I'd love to quit my job. I've been with the same company for ten years, and am going absolutely nowhere.

However - I've become a complete expert at it because of all that time spent. It's not challenging in the least, which is both bad and good. I'm not in poverty, and though I'll never own a house, I can afford to live alone, which is important to me. Also, I've been working from home for nearly 6 years now, and those jobs are increasingly difficult to find. No commute, get to hang out with my kitty, actually cook something for lunch, etc.

So...though I am unquestionably in a rut, it's one of the better ruts one can find themselves in.

 

[Homer Potvin]

I'd love to quit my job. I've been with the same company for ten years, and am going absolutely nowhere.

However - I've become a complete expert at it because of all that time spent. It's not challenging in the least, which is both bad and good. I'm not in poverty, and though I'll never own a house, I can afford to live alone, which is important to me. Also, I've been working from home for nearly 6 years now, and those jobs are increasingly difficult to find. No commute, get to hang out with my kitty, actually cook something for lunch, etc.

So...though I am unquestionably in a rut, it's one of the better ruts one can find themselves in.

I tell everyone if the situation works for you, go with it. The Rut isn't a bad thing if it satisifes your needs and the possibility of advancement is tepid at best. I did the career ladder thing for a long time and got where I thought I needed to be only to find that success isn't worth the price of admission.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

When I was young and unsaavy about the ways of the world, I vowed to make my life my work and not the other way around.

Oddly enough, that unreasonable goal has worked well for me.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Here's the plane we're going on for our trip to Ireland

 

[Dee-123]

Here's the plane we're going on for our trip to Ireland

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Have a great time! When you're inevitably having craic with a bunch of strangers because they've heard your accent, if you tell them you write they'll want to talk all night. Whether that's a positive is entirely up to your judgement

 

[Louanne Learning]

Have a great time! When you're inevitably having craic with a bunch of strangers because they've heard your accent, if you tell them you write they'll want to talk all night. Whether that's a positive is entirely up to your judgement

I'm so excited to go. We've got a fantastic itinerary planned. From what I read, we can expect temperatures between 5 and 10 C - but we're Canadians so that is balmy for us!

 

[CatrionaGrace]

When are you leaving?

 

[Louanne Learning]

November 22 - gone for 12 days

 

[CatrionaGrace]

More questions, because inquiring minds want to know: what are you planning to see on the trip?

 

[Louanne Learning]

More questions, because inquiring minds want to know: what are you planning to see on the trip?

here are some highlights!

Galway Christmas Market
Galway - Latin Quarter walkabout
Ferry to the Aran Islands and the Cliffs of Moher (tour the island on a horse and carriage ride)
Aillwee Burren Experience
E-bike adventure around Doolin
Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, County Clare
Drive the Ring of Kerry
Muckross House, Killarney
Blarney Castle, Cork
All the rest in Dublin:
The Irish House Party
Parliament Square/Trinity College - The Books of Kells Experience
National Museum of Ireland
Grafton Street - street entertainment, busking, musician, poets, mimes, shopping
The legendary Temple Bar
Kilmainham Gaol (prison museum)
Dalkey Castle and Heritage Centre
Dublin Castle - Christmas Market
The National Leprechaun Museum
Guinness Storehouse Tour

 

[GrahamLewis]

Interesting that the library puts religion in the "nonfiction" category.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

I'm so excited to go. We've got a fantastic itinerary planned. From what I read, we can expect temperatures between 5 and 10 C - but we're Canadians so that is balmy for us!

I will warn you, my brother and Canadian sister-in-law visited my parents every second Christmas for many years and, despite the subzero snow-filled streets of Ottawa, found herself freezing in Tipperary and struggling to cope with wet cold instead of the dry cold in Canada.

Catching up on the last few pages of this thread. Jobwise, I really like my job and the people I work with. Promotion has never interested me because it basically removes the parts I like (engaging with the punters) and replaces it with the parts I detest (admin). I went for it once, convinced myself to give it a real go and am forever grateful it was unsuccessful. Some of the newer staff ask me for advice on case management and I'm happy to oblige while they help me work around the technology.

 

[Louanne Learning]

I will warn you, my brother and Canadian sister-in-law visited my parents every second Christmas for many years and, despite the subzero snow-filled streets of Ottawa, found herself freezing in Tipperary and struggling to cope with wet cold instead of the dry cold in Canada.

Thank you! We're all bringing lined, hooded waterproof jackets, waterproof shoes, and toques and mittens!