is it possible to live as a single/sole person?

[MrPaul]

Took me more than 8 years to realize I had to pump money into my operation to justify my higher wages.

 

4x4, winch, Hobbs, rigging, radios, insurance certs etc. all the stuff a typical arb expects from his boss, belongs to you, and is worth charging premium coin for once you really know how to use all that cool stuff methodically and safely.

 

Equip yourself like a general go to foreman who can winch a dump truck out of a bog?

 

Making yourself indispensable to a bunch of paper pushers ain't that hard mate, but it is costly.

 

I fooled about for 10 years before truly gettin serious at what I do for a livin, and investing my savings equipping myself well enough to do it independently, with or without paper pushers involved.

 

Look at a foreman in the field's kitbag, it's 4 wheel drive, and stuffed to the gills with super valuable saws n riggin gizmos.

 

Become that well equipped foreman and you'll na starve wherever yu go!

 

Prime the pump lads, while you're young n fit!

 

Jomoco

 

Great advice IMO

 

These things take time, it wont happen straight away after education, just put the effort you used to put towards grades into pushing yourself into the position you want to be in.

[JimM]

Or Australia, Canada, Western US. One guy even went to Argentina. While you're single these could be great opportunities.

[Stubby]

What was it that took 5 yrs of study to achieve? And what was your predicted / desired outcome on completion of training?

 

Maybe, like 10's of thousands of other pointless academic qualifications the problem actually lies at the beginning of the study process (poor or pointless choice) rather than at the end??

 

If "management" wasn't a desired or suitable end state surely you'd have been better off with vocational studies?

 

Don't beat yourself up over it, if you want to crack on, do some graft, chase & follow the work, find a niche, keep your chin up!

 

This answer has some insight . I made the mistake of always working for someone else . Grateful for the work but just treading water . You godda go for it my man ! Chase the work as others have said . You only have yourself and your prick to keep so skimp were it does not matter . Graft hard and fare . Be honest and you will go far .

[ArthurBottlesworth]

I wasstupid enough to do degree in early 80's

Top of my course every year

Came out with good degree when thatcher government oxford graduate ***** were having fun smashing up the UK engineering industries -- 500 engineering redundancies every night on news, so had to jump sideways into insurance assessing

Been hard graft .......

Made jump to self employed, would have preferred engineering job but that was no-go

 

I'd say look for profit ....and cash

Avoid down time, if no body will pay you to climb, spend your time cutting firewood for winter sales ......

Keswick nice posh area, with holiday homes....they all need keeping tidy .....

Nice to turn up on holiday and find a shed full of dry logs and kindling ....

Once they trust you with firewood look for something else to expand into .....

Make sure you have web presence .....

[eggsarascal]

Are you carrying student Debt?

Do you run a credit card, and roll the debt forward?

Is your car on finance?

Have you itimized each working week and non working weekend, EXACTLY where the money goes.

What are you prepared to do WITHOUT to move forward?

As a single man you have the luxury of living in digs/a single room/caravan/sleeping beneath the stars, and working all the hours under the Sun, plus chasing high earning work where ever it be located.

Us happily married men do not have these freedoms.

regards,

Marcus

 

I'm going to have a go at a few of these questions.

Q1.probably.

Q2.probably.(needs must)

Q3.nah, it's an old knacker.

Q4.yes and even when I pull my belt in I still can't make ends meet.

Q5. There is nothing else I can do without. (I couldn't afford to put the gas on last winter).

 

Moving about to find work is a good move if you are single. Lived in a caravan for over ten years. If Mrs Egg and I were ever to go our separate ways I would definitely live a life on the road again.

[mendiplogs]

I'm going to have a go at a few of these questions.

Q1.probably.

Q2.probably.(needs must)

Q3.nah, it's an old knacker.

Q4.yes and even when I pull my belt in I still can't make ends meet.

Q5. There is nothing else I can do without. (I couldn't afford to put the gas on last winter).

 

Moving about to find work is a good move if you are single. Lived in a caravan for over ten years. If Mrs Egg and I were ever to go our separate ways I would definitely live a life on the road again.

 

Hi eggs I'm thinking the same now mate large wood stove in caravan just job I will face you now thanks Jon

[SteveA]

Little steps arrive at the same place as a giant leap. Cheers, Steve

[biggarlogs]

i wish .lose the wife and kids and i would be rich.......

[ArthurBottlesworth]

I keep thinking there is a big opportunity in agriculture

Lots of amateurs who own a good few acres ...

And don't really know what they are doing....

Why not

1) set up management company

2) approach amateurs and say you'll write business plan for them listing what they need to do over next say ten years ( you charge sensible cost for this) and grants available

3) offer them honest management service at so much per year + profit share

4) you source subcontractors at reasonable cost, and generally make owningthe land fun and profitable

 

Do the job properly and you'll be running decent size agricultural business within a few years And making decent money WITHOUT HAVING TO FIND CAPITAL TO BUY THE LAND

 

Now trick is when your clients want to downsize/retire ....who is obvious person to sell to .?

 

This lets you start with nothing and end up with agricultural business ......

[Graham w]

I keep thinking there is a big opportunity in agriculture

Lots of amateurs who own a good few acres ...

And don't really know what they are doing....

Why not

1) set up management company

2) approach amateurs and say you'll write business plan for them listing what they need to do over next say ten years ( you charge sensible cost for this) and grants available

3) offer them honest management service at so much per year + profit share

4) you source subcontractors at reasonable cost, and generally make owningthe land fun and profitable

 

Do the job properly and you'll be running decent size agricultural business within a few years And making decent money WITHOUT HAVING TO FIND CAPITAL TO BUY THE LAND

 

Now trick is when your clients want to downsize/retire ....who is obvious person to sell to .?

 

This lets you start with nothing and end up with agricultural business ......

 

one year we let a well respected ag consultant have a field. they organised a crop of barley but did it by the book, put too much fert down, half dozen different sprays etc. when harvest came the weather was poor, the heavy crop lay flat and wet. so off to the grain dryer quite costly... our half of the harvest was cut a few days later perfect!

 

the theory is good but you really need to have a life times experience before doing something like that.

 

oh and there is already well established powerful competition