working... is it wrong that i dont want to work full time ?

[locutus12]

Currently i work for a few different agencies doing work from finance to I.T to Admin depending on what i can get, just recently ive stated that i want to cut my hours back to between 20 and 30 hour and this has been greated by a look of abject horror on the faces of those agencies that keep me employed.

i dont understand why its so hard for people to comprehend the fact that i dont want to spend most of my waking hours working, im not a huge fan of money, i dont care for flashy objects and trinkets, i just want more time to spend at home and with my friends, maybe take up a college course ect.

i just get this feeling that these people think that if im not willing to give all of my free time in the persuit of money over hapiness and personal improvement then i must be some form of freak...

as if to say, how dare i not want a career...

 

[locutus12]

Are you still living at home? I mean, what financial responsibilities do you have?

I think the reason that most people may react with horror is that other people have financial responsibilities such as a mortage, car, kids, girlfriends etc. These things are impossible to pay for on a part time wage.

At the moment you can work as little as you wish, but as the financial responsibilities grow it will soon become necessary to pursue that career, work full time, etc.

I never will have kids, I dont want a car (might be getting a motorbike but thats it), I never will be able to afford a morgage on a flat and given the shockingly stupid price of everything i doubt id want to, although i am still interested in buying a canal boat (which is a hugely cheaper option) but im waiting for WiMax or something similar to become available.

hence i never will have need for stock piles of cash

p.s. if my partners only interested in my money then i really wouldnt want to know them...

 

[locutus12]

if I didn't work full time, I couldn't afford to live and enjoy life the way I do.

rent bills food petrol blah blah come to about £700 a month for me.

£700 a month is more than do able on 30 hours a week.

 

[locutus12]

as long as you dont scrounge off the state or evade tax, go for it - do what you like. but don't think you can live at home for the rest of your life

actually i moved out of my parents when i was 16 (8 years ago.), i recently moved back from manchester so have moved into the attick, been here for 2 months.

I'm not materialistic and having a good career has never been one of my priorities but the rat race is there to be run and you'll be better off in the long run if you put the hours in while you still can.

the rats can race all they want to, i prefere to be a cat.