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....and you will jinx it
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I almost feel obliged to jump back into a dead end job, become depressed again, just to appease others.
The issue is one of career. If you truly believe that you can continue to earn a living by betting then all well and good. If you suspect that you may have to return to the workplace sometime in the future then the question turns from "making a living" to "making a career". By spending so long away from the job market are you making yourself unemployable? Over the course of his lifetime an average person would expect to make £800K - £1m from employment. Will you make this from gambling? If not, will you be able to find employment/another means of income? |
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Never been into "careers". Had a go at it, hated it. Seen too may "career minded" people die or fall ill. I've thought to myself-poor sods, surely there's more to life than being put on a treadmill like a hamster. Life is for living :D
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Well, a career doesn't necessarily mean staying in the same job for a lifetime, working from ground to top. It can also mean having "experience" - substance to a CV which proves you can be of use to an employer. If you are happy that having a massive gap in your CV won't affect you then you have your answer :)
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Its who you know, how many @rs'les have you seen in jobs just because daddy had them in, mully plough on with what you are doing on here, stay off the tread mill, i was 22 years on the hamsters wheel, and by god its nice to be off it.
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ask these people if they enjoy their job
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Betfairy-If I can help it, I never intend to grace that niche of society again. I worked in the main with lazy automatons who just lived for the weekend and getting sloshed. Working in finance, in an office environment was the most soul destroying thing I ever did. I'm glad I got my University education and broadened my horizons, but it didn't bring me one jot of happiness in the workplace.
You find these days that those who know the least seem to land cushy little numbers, whilst those who know the job the most end up at the bottom of the pile. Never again ;-) |
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I agree entirely with the gap in ur CV being a problem. I was a mortgage advisor, then I became a financial claims manager which is self employed. I'm only 24 but i've passed CeMap (mortgage quals) and CeFa. (finance) I now work self emplyed for a company called Cartel and also trade on here. If I go for an interview in the future i'll not have a CV gap because i'm 'working' for cartel and I love it.
I'd suggest that's a decent idea. Anyone who can do well on here will tend to be relatively intelligent and be able to pass some exams. It took me 2 years and now I can both trade on here and work for myself. (apologies for going on a little there, the point is u dnt have to do this 10 hours a day, u can do it part time and still be successful whilst doing a 'job' u enjoy) |
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Mully, you are right there. I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments and am currently working towards the same myself.
Sick of my job, really. I'd so much rather have my own complete financial independence. I'm sure I put in as many hours on here/studying as I do at work. It's hard, but if you want it you got to do it. |
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Test Match Matt
A good response, but at least you like your job and you want to be there, but there are soul destroying jobs out there making money for fat cats living a life of luxury on your back, i also have part time work surveying underground tunnels and bridges, i like it because it challenges my noodle and its semi dangerous so i get a buzz from it. |
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Test Match Matt-You're probably right-maybe worth keeping a few irons in the fire at this end.
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irons in the fire
That's the point I was trying to make. |
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get a proper job u liar..if u was realy makin money u wouldnt spend your time moaning about it on here u complete idiot
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If you burn your bridges - it makes you more determined to reach the other side.
Burning my bridges [leaving teaching ]was the best move that I ever made. |
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lol @ ijs. I'm not moaning. The question was about immediate family & friends-obviously lacking in your case? ;-)
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Ask them how they feel every month when they see 25%+ taken out of their wage packet in tax to pay for things like the no existent health service and to provide benefts for the hundreds of thousands of scroungers and illegal immigrents.
That should side track them ;-) |
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Teach your family how to trade. That should make everyone happy and richer. :D
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JOB = Just Over Broke for most people.
Why spend 30/40 years of your life helping someone else achieve their goals. The sheep analogy is spot on. They say if you have a 'job' you love, you'll never work another day. |
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Get off the treadmill, Thatcher created a society of want and greed so that people will conform to the system otherwise they will lose their house and and cars, just cut out some of the luxuries in life and do some wise investing, first of all get your overheads down, get rid of the TV and licence debt, its full of crap and overpaid idiots, start paying your mortgage debt while the interest rates are low, buy a banger of a car with cheap insurance, feck keeping up with the Joneses, rid youself of credit cards and HP, start living life, work to live not live to work is the moto.
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A good thread. Gl everyone involved. Keep making the trading pay!
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I like your style Ospreyman
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Ospreyman, some excellent points above! The secret to having money is not what you earn each month, it`s all about keeping control of your overheads. People would be very surprised how far a modest wage can go if they would just limit and control the unneccesary extras they sign up to which then fly out of their account each month as direct debits!
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http://green-all-over.blogspot.com/2008/09/keeping-up-appearances.html
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"and went to work every day in his spare bedroom with his underpants on"
haha cpfc |
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lol @ underpants
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What's funny? I change them every Sunday.
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only fools and horses work
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