tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367747477254807941.post783342359007071392..comments2014-09-01T17:40:04.359-04:00Comments on Flying Lessons: Don't Go ThereAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13325084432311533013noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367747477254807941.post-65339426624292154612012-12-05T18:26:11.416-05:002012-12-05T18:26:11.416-05:00Useful information! I didn't know these statis...Useful information! I didn't know these statistics, but I kind of suspected something like this. So many people who work at physically demanding jobs have to give them up at a relatively early age. Meanwhile, you can work at a more intellectual job well into your 80s. I would love to be one of those people who works at something I love for as long as my body and mind will let me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13325084432311533013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367747477254807941.post-53502778719598062552012-11-25T22:23:38.804-05:002012-11-25T22:23:38.804-05:00Some of us have the luxury of doing work we love o...Some of us have the luxury of doing work we love on our own schedules. I am grateful to be among them. I hope you can pull that off Nancy. It's worth going for!!<br />I heard recently a recommendation (from Michelle Bachmann, I think) that since people are living longer, on average, we should raise the age at which social security kicks in. That sounded reasonable until I learned that the increase in longevity happens almost entirely among the top 50% of earners. Increasing the age for social security would be cruel to the people who must work 9 to 5 or more, to someone else's ultimate benefit, who do not necessarily love their jobs, who look forward to their retirement, who take it as early as they can, who totally depend on Social Security to retire, and also die younger. <br />Higher earners often love their work sufficiently that they don't want to retire.Nancy Montagnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322780775844591336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367747477254807941.post-79403684488107625722012-11-24T18:37:30.500-05:002012-11-24T18:37:30.500-05:00Is that Barbara Winter's book? I have a copy. ...Is that Barbara Winter's book? I have a copy. She's more of the "do anything" entrepreneur. Keep six sets of business cards, one for your cake decorating gigs, one for dog walking, one for handmade jewelry, ... you get the point. But it's worth reading for some good ideas.<br /><br />I was never the sort to do well in a "day job" but I could probably do part time work. I wouldn't even mind a demanding full time job if it was something I could really throw myself into.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13325084432311533013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367747477254807941.post-81499128821575699792012-11-24T18:29:03.616-05:002012-11-24T18:29:03.616-05:00Just this morning Anita asked what you were thinki...Just this morning Anita asked what you were thinking about doing after the year was up, and I told her I wasn't sure but after this year of being out of the corporate stranglehold, I rather doubted you'd be willing to put up with much anymore. (Just reminded me; in my stack of books that I plan to read (or at least overview) "someday" is one called "Making a living without a job." I'm not sure what it's about yet but it's on the pile.)<br /><br />Did you ever see "Peggy Sue Got Married"? That's the movie I'm thinking of now -- she's back in high school 25 years later, and she's not putting up with any of the dumb stuff that the system is trying to pawn off on her any more; she knows better now. I have a hunch even if you end up in another "job" -- I don't guess you'll be anybody's sloughed-off responsibility dumping ground any more! Lindamac - Still designing stuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09585982035615459237noreply@blogger.com