Happy at work?

[brontesorearse]

I think thats great what you've done nighttrain, im an electrician and have always wanted to work with wood ( turning or furniture making) it must be so satifying making furniture?

 

[Night Train]

It is great but only because I have managed to get the rest of my life (mortgage, bills, home, etc) roughly where I need and want it. I have next to no interest in making money and only intend to make sufficient to live and manage on so there is no pressure to meet targets and performance figures. It means I can mostly work only when I need and want to. I can then relax and be creative just for the joy of being so.

 

[brontesorearse]

good for you ! that link to your furniture does'nt work , any chance of seeing some pics?

 

[Night Train]

Yeah, AOL shut down its home pages. Try this thread link, I have a photo there.

 

[brontesorearse]

Seriously nice table fella That is something i would love to do !
Prob a stupid question, but where do you buy your different types of wood for your furniture ?

 

[Night Train]

There is a timber yard called John Boddys in Yorkshire that I sometimes go to but a bit closer, and near friends, is James Chambers on Pellon Lane in Halifax that just happens to have a really good selection of hardwoods.

 

[Abitrary]

I think happiness at work is a microcosm of life in general. You're only unhappy when you realise you should have got out when you were happy.

 

[Piemaster]

4 weeks at work 4 weeks at home .
Over the years I've been to lot of foreign destinations

Pretty much my own boss and big variety of work. Some choice in hours I put in. 4 flights of stairs from to get there, grab coffee and breakfast on the way to it.

Office work, fitter, welder, mechanic, electrician, (poor) carpentry. Pretty much anything I fancy doing when I do get to work.

Does have its downsides, but for the most part I cannot ever see me wanting to commute every day. Weekends and annual holidays only off? No thanks.
I have an admiration for those that can drag themselves out of the house every morning, to jobs they don't actually like, in order to pay bills keep their loved ones supplied with tins of beans though. Not sure I could.

 

[HelenD123]

Has anyone got any experience doing an apprenticeship in their 30's? I would love to retrain as a carpenter or even a garden designer. I'm trained as a countryside ranger, however ranger jobs are few and far between here in York.

I have a friend who retrained in her late twenties. She'd worked in HR since leaving school then left to become a gardener. She was very lucky to get a three year careership with the National Trust.

 

[Maz]

I have an admiration for those that can drag themselves out of the house every morning, to jobs they don't actually like, in order to pay bills keep their loved ones supplied with tins of beans though. Not sure I could.

yeah, cheers mate. That makes me feel just dandy.

 

[Sittingduck]

A this moment in time the answer is a resounding NO. Grrr, stressed!

 

[Maverick Goose]

Currently....YES...Have had a few runins with an evil manageress ["godammit Maverick!"...] but she's leaving next week-yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!I'm really laid back so it's all water off a duck's back really.No job is ever perfect and you're not always going to get on with everyone but I love cooking for a living, I live in a lovely part of the country with some great riding, I work with some really nice people,and I actually have a permanent contract at last. So things are pretty good really....nice short commute too [a few yards from my staff house to the kitchen].