how many arguments!

[swinny]

Yup... lots of bickering... not good... but it cant be seen by others

[Littletree]

It's sad when it gets to the point that the stress at work is equal the stress level when you walk through your door at home

 

Littletree

[Parker]

There comes a point where you have to ask yourself.....do you live to work or work to live!?

 

Surely your relationship is more important than work.

[Tom D]

Been there and done that.

 

You are working too cheap.

 

Put your prices up, and ask your employer if you can go down to 3 days a week, do your own jobs on the other 2.

[codlasher]

Put your hourly rate up & dump anyone who can't see beyond the front door. It's not a one way street!

codlasher

[Taupotreeman]

There's more to life than earning money, especially if you're in a relationship or have kids. I work six days a week plus bank holidays but I keep Sunday's for myself and the wife. Fine, I do some work on the computer or potter around mowing the lawn but I can be in ear shot of the wife.

 

The Dalai Lama when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered;

“Man…. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”

 

Not sure if it's a true quote but it sounds good and I was told something along a similar line by my old man. He said; there's no use grafting your nuts off for your retirement only to drop dead the day before. Balance your work and private life. You might be too old and knackered to enjoy when you're older what you could be enjoying now.

[Pete Hart]

Taupo that is exactly what I needed to read. Thank you for posting it up!

Just had a bollocking from my old man on the phone to say enjoy yourself more.

 

 

 

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[pie eater pete]

Me and the Missus have date drives on the M6.. We can never get babysitters so only chance we get together is usually driving back from taking the kids out all day and their all asleep..

[treequip]

I think you guys have got the wrong end of the stick here.

 

Simon is a balls out kind of guy who isn't afraid of hard work. He is building a tidy little tree outfit and he is doing it with whatever time he has left over from a full time job.

 

Sometimes it gets on top of you and it can wear on the family time but it will get better, give a little family time now and again to keep things on an even keel.

[gensetsteve]

I have been self employed for over 20 years and although you do have to work hard especially in the first few years its not a race. Even I still have 20 years of graft to go. Sounds like you will need to make the jump to full time self employed soon. I have found occasionally we loose a large customer but its surprising how quickly you fill the time. One thing I would say is if you are supplying logs give that up even if you get the wood free. Profit on logs is appalling and it kills your kit. The turn over looks good especially since it comes in fast and you have forgotten how much work went into it.