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Soul searching. I do this sometimes. Periodically I take a good look at myself in the mirror and think what could be different.
Despite me being completely driven by money and success, I hate that I am. I work in a world of figures, values and margins, and it’s a horrible pressure that often I wish I could just throw away and not have to worry about. The consumerism that we’ve immersed ourselves in has brought us added pressure: racking up and paying off debts, sales targets and in turn the pressure to earn as much as we can.
Let’s be honest, money buys us nice things; holidays, cars, homes etc. But to me the pressure that we work under isn’t worth the reward. I’ve just come back from a weeks holiday in the Highlands, and the people there live a much simpler, slower life which looks on the surface to be a lot less stressful, and right now I would drop this one for that in a second.
The window industry is a highly driven industry, just like many others, and I do enjoy it, but just not as much as I think I would enjoy a much more basic one. No credit cards, no over-sized homes for small families, no need to prove yourself better than others. In fact sometimes I hate the notion of money – but that’s just the hippy in me coming out!
But for now, I’ll just have to keep working, keeping my head above waters.
Despite me being completely driven by money and success, I hate that I am. I work in a world of figures, values and margins, and it’s a horrible pressure that often I wish I could just throw away and not have to worry about. The consumerism that we’ve immersed ourselves in has brought us added pressure: racking up and paying off debts, sales targets and in turn the pressure to earn as much as we can.
Let’s be honest, money buys us nice things; holidays, cars, homes etc. But to me the pressure that we work under isn’t worth the reward. I’ve just come back from a weeks holiday in the Highlands, and the people there live a much simpler, slower life which looks on the surface to be a lot less stressful, and right now I would drop this one for that in a second.
The window industry is a highly driven industry, just like many others, and I do enjoy it, but just not as much as I think I would enjoy a much more basic one. No credit cards, no over-sized homes for small families, no need to prove yourself better than others. In fact sometimes I hate the notion of money – but that’s just the hippy in me coming out!
But for now, I’ll just have to keep working, keeping my head above waters.
