The 5 year plan to £50k

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I've been stuck in my job for nearly 6 years and I've gone absolutely nowhere. But I am extremely happy to be renting my own little 2 bed house with a fiance and a baby due in 7 weeks. Not an awful lot of money spare after bills etc.. but I can safely say I've never been happier.

Mr tommo hit the nail on the head with his post. It's not the amount of money in your life that makes you happy, it's what you do with your life and what you have experienced that makes you happy. Enjoy it is all I say.
 
Skidder said:
Aren't you the furry? Surely having your own pad would allow you to pursue that more easily.
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FoxEye said:
Pursue what exactly? Despite what you may have heard (from certain people), I don't dress up like animals or anything like that.

[edit: As mentioned before, the one big plus about having my own place would be that I could own a cat. That's pretty much it.]
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Skidder said:
Fill your boots, no judgment here :D when you say own a cat, you mean it in the conventional sense, right?
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Bit of a bump here but I was just catching up on this thread. The above is the funniest exchange I've read on here in a long time. :D :D :D
 
Well, if you want to dress up in a cat suit and let me be your owner, we can see where it leads...

Just don't tell Mags... it would break his heart.
 
FinglisHobbit said:
So have you made any changes since the start of this thread? What direction you headed in?
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I'm still in the "looking for inspiration" stage. Ie, have the occasional idea, do some Googling, try to find out a bit about whatever it is and if its viable to do for a living.

Not hit on any brilliant ideas just yet. Lots of dead ends as you'd probably expect.
 
FoxEye said:
I think for a significant number of people the reality is exactly the opposite. They do work in jobs they hate, in order to be able to enjoy their off-work time. Maybe it's a class thing, but I know loads of people who hate their jobs.

Additionally, I imagine some of the most rewarding jobs are voluntary. But you can't support yourself with voluntary work, no matter how much you enjoy it. Conservation work falls into this category. I imagine that has a really good feel factor, but most conservation work is voluntary, as you may know.

You have to compromise, and a lot of people take work because it pays. How many bin men or miners enjoy their jobs? They need the income and society needs the work done.

The people who hate their jobs and earn little are the worst off. They stay poor, and what money they have ends up in the hands of the better off.

The question is who is happier? The man who hates his job but earns a lot, or the man who loves his job but remains poor?

Aren't the people who hate their jobs but earn a good amount in a better place? They still hate their jobs, but they aren't exploited by everyone else.

I don't know. It's late and I'm probably starting to waffle now. Time for bed.
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I think your spot on, I would much rather have a job I absolutely hate and earn 10x what I do now then slave away hours and hours to something that is paying peanuts even though it's enjoyable.

Work 40-50 hours a week for 1 day off and little pay in a job you "like"

or

work 20-30 hours with stupid amounts of money and the time off to actually enjoy it in a job you "hate"

I know what I would take.
 
FoxEye said:
I'm still in the "looking for inspiration" stage. Ie, have the occasional idea, do some Googling, try to find out a bit about whatever it is and if its viable to do for a living.

Not hit on any brilliant ideas just yet. Lots of dead ends as you'd probably expect.
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I think with that approach you're going to be still at that stage in 5 years time

you're going to have to have a bit of a reality check - if you want to earn 50k in 5 years then there are already plenty of suggestions in this thread - it is achievable if you pick a direction, work at it etc.. whether that will be an enjoyable way to live your life is another matter entirely.

On the other hand, perhaps it would be better to simply find an area you enjoy and pursue that, forget about the 50k in 5 years thing... it may still happen, it may not...
 
FoxEye said:
I'm still in the "looking for inspiration" stage. Ie, have the occasional idea, do some Googling, try to find out a bit about whatever it is and if its viable to do for a living.

Not hit on any brilliant ideas just yet. Lots of dead ends as you'd probably expect.
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it's pretty obvious your heart isn't in it, and you're not really feeling driven to make any real and tangible changes. Like you said earlier in the thread, you occasionally get this feeling, get excited for a few days, and then sink back into torpor.
 
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Richdog said:
it's pretty obvious your heart isn't in it, and you're not really feeling driven to make any real and tangible changes. Like you said earlier in the thread, you occasionally get this feeling, get excited for a few days, and then sink back into torpor.
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It's the difference between those that make it and those who don't. That period of "the feeling" and enthusiasm to do something about it shouldn't end. If it does, you're too comfortable or don't really want to do anything about it. Probably "too much effort" to make those hard decisions.
 
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