by "JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2)
Published 04/27/2017 at 18:43
by "JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2)
Published 04/27/2017 at 18:43
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STARS: 6
So, I’ve been living off of savings and investment income (dividends), since I quit my Good paying, Excellent benefits-providing, unbelievably stressful, life-shortening, hair-graying, constant-anger-inducing, douche-bag-boss-having job in January. It has come to my attention, in the intervening time, that I can’t REALLY keep living nearly up to the standard I have become accustomed, eg: continuing to make my car payments AND occasionally eating (not eating out, just eating...) and buying beer on that income alone.... therefore I have been forced to admit defeat, stop playing Fallout 4 6+ hours a day, hanging out with sheep and fixing my tractor (I’ll still do the later two, just not so much, and who am I kidding, there’s always time for SOME Fallout...) and make some money. I don’t need to make much, just enough to make up the difference between the dividends and my spending habits + recurring bills, and so... I have become a Seasonal Tap Puller for one of the 5 largest Maple Syrup operations in Vermont. For 10 hours a day, four days a week for the next month or so I will be spending all day on the North-West slope of Mt. Mansfield, Vermont’s highest mountain. Today I did 18,293 steps and 8.88 miles, mostly zigging back and forth, up and down, yanking taps out of maple trees and lugging them back to the Argo. I am tired, but not unreasonably so, and this is certainly going to help me get back into shape, it also pays $15/hr, which is not bad for a job that requires no real skills beyond physical stamina and good balance. I saw a flying squirrel, which I did not get a picture of, a cool bole in a tree, and got a pretty uncomfortable sunburn on my neck and ears. I think this will be OK.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
04/27/2017 at 18:49, STARS: 9
I like how you mentioned car payments before food
"just-a-scratch" (just-a-scratch)
04/27/2017 at 18:55, STARS: 2
Good for you. It sounds like a physically and mentally healthier gig.
"LongbowMkII" (longbowmkii)
04/27/2017 at 18:59, STARS: 0
sounds like a decent gig for a while.
"CRider" (crider)
04/27/2017 at 19:02, STARS: 1
Priorities.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
04/27/2017 at 19:06, STARS: 4
I quit a very prestigious well-paying job with stupid great benefits and the worst fucking pinhead coworkers and long hours for one that isn’t any of that last year and have no regrets.
"TorqueToYield" (torquetoyield)
04/27/2017 at 19:30, STARS: 1
I’ve walked that much for fun on the side of Mansfield...so, win? One beautiful area either way.
"Stapleface" (patrickgruden)
04/27/2017 at 19:40, STARS: 3
WTF is up with elephantitis tree?
Cool that you found seasonal work. If you have to be outside, spring in Vermont certainly isn’t a bad gig.
"razorbeamteam" (razorbeamteam)
04/27/2017 at 19:44, STARS: 0
As I sit behind a desk dying in front of a monitor daily I can honestly say I am jealous. Looks like a blast, you are paid to hike
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
04/27/2017 at 19:48, STARS: 0
I would like to the same but I have a mortgage and other shit that would mean making less money not an option unless I sold my house and move my family into a cheap apartment in a different town.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
04/27/2017 at 21:42, STARS: 0
15 clams an hour, eh? Whereabouts do you exist?
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
04/27/2017 at 22:28, STARS: 0
Vermont
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"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2)
04/27/2017 at 22:37, STARS: 0
Vermont: Where everyone is an over-educated artist, your college degree is worthless if its not from some obscure liberal arts school you never heard of, and manual labor is in short supply.