career break. what would you do?

15-03-2014 10:46pm #1

so, you have a chance at a career break of a few years.

you are definately coming back to work when finished. Job guaranteed.

so what would you do for the few years??

KungPao · 15-03-2014 10:49pm

Go on the game, just for laughs.

Leo Demidov · 15-03-2014 10:49pm

Get a job.

Aongus Von Bismarck · 15-03-2014 10:49pm

I'm already very content in my current job.

Unless a spot opens up as chief suncream applicant on the Swedish beach volleyball team, I'll be staying put.

biko · 15-03-2014 10:50pm

What would you do, OP?

Sir Arthur Daley · 15-03-2014 10:51pm

Do what 90% of the country are doing, draw the dole and sleep all day.

15-03-2014 10:53pm

biko wrote: »

What would you do, OP?

ahhh, thats the big question!!!

would love to be just a bum, travel the world, take up a cash in hand job here and there for few weeks/months, move on to the next place.

dont know is that a craaaaazy dream......

pragmatic1 · 15-03-2014 10:55pm

A lot of class A drugs.

Blingy · 15-03-2014 10:58pm

Travel the world ...but would probably never come back!!!

anncoates · 15-03-2014 11:00pm

Nothing.

Just aimlessly enjoy my days like I used to.

Stained Class · 15-03-2014 11:03pm

I'd just love the chance to do something like this.

OP. How you fixed for money if you take this break?

PizzamanIRL · 15-03-2014 11:04pm

What would Jesus do?

15-03-2014 11:06pm

Stained Class wrote: »

I'd just love the chance to do something like this.

OP. How you fixed for money if you take this break?

rent out the house, would cover the mortgage.

no debts.
oh and an added incentive of 12k a year from work to take a break.......

Femme_Fatale · 15-03-2014 11:08pm

bubblypop wrote: »

rent out the house, would cover the mortgage.

no debts.
oh and an added incentive of 12k a year from work to take a break.......

Ooh you're in for a whole lot of bitter!

Personally I'd try a different line of work, part-time. Or maybe go back to college. And go on a few long holidays.

Sir Arthur Daley · 15-03-2014 11:13pm

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Ooh you're in for a whole lot of bitter!

British pale ale?

Crann na Beatha · 15-03-2014 11:15pm

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wazky · 15-03-2014 11:16pm

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

What would Jesus do?

Look busy, the fecker.

maryishere · 15-03-2014 11:16pm

bubblypop wrote: »

so, you have a chance at a career break of a few years.

you are definately coming back to work when finished. Job guaranteed.

so what would you do for the few years??

My next door neighbour done this. She is in the public service and got paid she said about 12k a year for 2 years, with the guarantee of a job when she came back. She just stayed at home with kids and took a few extra long fancy holidays, fair dues to her. Wouldn't it be great to be kid free and go on a round the world trip for a few years? Or do something like cycling from Alaska to the tip of South America?

Tombo2001 · 15-03-2014 11:17pm

travel the world.

broadens the mind.

Stained Class · 15-03-2014 11:18pm

bubblypop wrote: »

rent out the house, would cover the mortgage.

no debts.
oh and an added incentive of 12k a year from work to take a break.......

Okay.

Maybe start a small business based on a hobby or intrest you've always had.

Do a bit of free stuff & cash in hand work to see if there's any demand.

If it works out, go legit. Register as a company & see if there are any grants available for startups.

Life's too short to be working at something you hate.

Silverbling · 15-03-2014 11:20pm

travel the world and while travelling either write a best selling novel or formulate your future business plan,nothing better to clear the mind and write a business plan than a bikini and a cocktail

FairytaleGirl · 15-03-2014 11:20pm

Travel. Alot!

Write a book

Learn some new skills (languages etc)

Catch up on alot of sleep

imfml · 15-03-2014 11:26pm

Work abroad. I was able to get 2 years unpaid leave from my job, and I went and did the exact thing I was doing here, but in Vietnam. It was an amazing experience, and a great hub for traveling and exploring that part of the world. It was all the more enjoyable knowing I had the option to come home. If I were you, I would try to work abroad, and not in the UK, put yourself out there and do something you've always wanted to do, and enjoy it.

15-03-2014 11:27pm

imfml wrote: »

Work abroad. I was able to get 2 years unpaid leave from my job, and I went and did the exact thing I was doing here, but in Vietnam. It was an amazing experience, and a great hub for traveling and exploring that part of the world. It was all the more enjoyable knowing I had the option to come home. If I were you, I would try to work abroad, and not in the UK, put yourself out there and do something you've always wanted to do, and enjoy it.

am actually going on holiday to vietnam next month, might look at it differently now!

16-03-2014 12:28am

or maybe ill write a book...........

not sure anyone would be interested in my crazy sexual exploits though..........:D:D

ToddyDoody · 16-03-2014 1:21am

Start with a career kit kat, then... Pornography. Develop African pornography exports.

czechlin · 16-03-2014 1:39am

Travel the world, study languages, finally learn to play the guitar, enjoy the hobbies more, volunteer in a few different places while traveling (first would be working with the lion cubs in SA), gain some new skills, push my boundaries a bit, try all the things I want to try, enjoy arts more... Jaysus I'd be so busy! :pac:

Oh and maybe I would finally figure out what to do with my life.

Ruu · 16-03-2014 1:45am

Disappear to a remote location but probably ending up going mental in the process.

WhiteWalls · 16-03-2014 1:48am

Depends on if you have children or a mortgage or a spouse? All Gardai were offered 30k for 3years, not many took up the offer however, they would much prefer to just stay in the job and complain about it

16-03-2014 1:59am

bubblypop wrote: »

so what would you do for the few years??

Same thing I do every day Pinky...... try to take over the wor..

nah..... I would do the same thing I do every day anyway. The same motto I keep puking onto boards every time I find a thread in which to spew it....

"Find your limits... and then push them"

WhiteWalls · 16-03-2014 2:00am

Deleted User wrote: »

Same thing I do every day Pinky...... try to take over the wor..

nah..... I would do the same thing I do every day anyway. The same motto I keep puking onto boards every time I find a thread in which to spew it....

"Find your limits... and then push them"

Are you Conor Mc Gregor?

16-03-2014 2:07am

WhiteWalls wrote: »

Are you Conor Mc Gregor?

I have no idea who that is or what you are getting at

WhiteWalls · 16-03-2014 2:10am

He is a martial arts expert that does cage fighting.(I forget the correct term for the sport) he loves his inspirational quotes, programme on RTE 2 about him during the week, he is a cool dude

16-03-2014 2:16am

Not a bad comparison then - though I seriously do not deserve it

The closest I get to martial arts is my weekly capoeira.

And the thing I learned about capo early on - as cool as it is - is that if you ever used it in a fight the only person you would hurt is yourself - and if you ever used it to dance in a dance venue - you would probably only hurt everyone around you except yourself

Inspirational quote? Maybe. It is the one I live by. Find your limits and then push against them. It is a great quote. Because it puts you up against no standard except yourself. It put you up against no judge but yourself. All you have to do when you wake up today..... is to make yourself a tiny tiny bit better than the you that you were yesterday.

.... so let me go kick his ass.

career break. what would you do?

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