I renewed my mortgage yesterday with my current lender, as my deal was coming to an end. It was a good deal and one I was comfortable with. The decision was easy and the process simple, though long, albeit over the phone, so convenient. There was one question and part of the conversation that irked me somewhat. During the call, the young lady asked me if she thought my financial situation could worsen in the foreseeable future, to which I replied that I didn't see that although you never know with a job. She then asked if I planned to change jobs and I said that I didn't. At this point she asked if I did change presumably it would be for more money or a better financial situation. My reply stumped her. I said that it may well be to be happier and less stressed. She genuinely stumbled and wasn't sure where to go. I decided not to push that as, after all, she was about to sign off my new mortgage deal. Is this me getting old? Is it so wrong to say a job change could be for happiness or health reasons? Has the world gone nuts? My last job change was a step down the career ladder but for better financial reward, but I would consider a financial step down if I felt it was necessary. I always have told my kids that health and happiness is most important.
Much More important than money-no contest. You've only got to read football forums to know the world has gone nuts.
Hahaha, no Fats, you're quite right - I'm laughing as I gave up a very well paid job in the city to do this music lark, where I get paid....umm....let's say "not much" and that's generous. But I wouldn't swap it for the world.
I gave up a supervisor's job when they asked me to move departments...decided I'd rather drop down and stay where I was with less stress. They thought it would cause problems, but why would it....I knew how hard the supervisor's job was so was the most cooperative employee. And of course I had already given up a job in medical research to be a Mum, so was quite familiar with going for happiness.
Strange how in our enlightened times the response depending on your sex varies. A mother making adjustments to look after kids is just accepted. A man doing the same still attracts comment, shame. I was more senior than my wife in the NHS when we decided to try for a child, but she was more ambitious. So I agreed to change from full time Charge Nurse to part time Staff Nurse and do the childcare. The reaction of my colleagues (in 1998) was quite bizzare, they thought I had gone mad. Best job I ever had was looking after my girls for the pre-school years, count myself lucky to have the chance. Everyone has different priorities I guess but there is still a negative response if you don't express a wish rule the world in 5yrs time or something.
You can't have everyone lacking ambition, but ambitions vary. There is too much pressure for everyone to reach their potential...only one thing comes after attainment of your potential....failure. I know someone who is very proud of her son who is an officer in the Army....no problem with that, but I didn't find out until several years had passed that she had a second son who was a gardener. She never mentioned him.
It's quite sad sometimes. My father was furious at my decision to enter nursing, took it as proof of my being gay. My marriage and three children was a great puzzle to him. Too right about ambition though, I remained ambitious through my working life, just not keen on certain management roles. Nothing to do with ability, just found it rather boring. Always grateful that others chose do do those jobs I'd loath like soldiering, work in a morgue or manage Chelsea FC.
This is ridiculously amazing - NASA have released the 'biggest' photograph of the solar system ever taken. No way we're alone here. http://inspiremore.com/nasa-just-re...o-ever-taken-what-it-shows-will-shake-you-up/
Amazing....especially when you see most of those shots are only of one galaxy, Andromeda. Think of all the others out there. Have to remember that the further we go, the earlier in time we go....many stars that we see will be gone by now. Of course we cannot be alone....must be millions of planets with life out there, but they are very far away and will be very different from us. Many civilisations may have come and gone...look how things have changed on Earth with life nearly wiped out several times, and technology has only developed in the latest blink of an eye. A astrophysicist said something that stuck with me. The Universe is massive and may make you feel very small, but we are curious enough to develop technology to allow us to investigate that universe...that makes us giants.
Sorry I can't come to Koeman's with as exciting news as LTL's, but I find myself astonished. Petra Lazlo, the camerawoman who tripped the refugee carrying his child is to sue Facebook and the refugee.! Yep, it isn't a typo. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...lo-sue-refugee-filmed-tripping_n_8344716.html Apologies if posted earlier.
Nothing crazy about it. I have always picked my jobs with happiness as top priority. I will always happily take a pay cut if it means i can get up in the morning without dread of the coming day. I have mates who prioritise the money and when i see them slumped and miserable at the mention of their job i know i made the right call.
Good post, though I take issue with the astrophysicist. We are very feeble insignificant triers, at best. A gnat's wotsit would register more in our Solar System than we do in the Universe. So giants has to taken into context. With apologies to those who may suffer from confidence issues, or depression, due to feeling insignificant. Remember, we're all insignificant together. Douglas Adams put it rather well in his description of the Total Perspective Vortex.
Iain Duncan Smith spent more than £8.5 million on an ad campaign featuring a giant fluffy monster - as his department makes savage cuts to disability benefit. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will tonight launch the bizarre new ad campaign featuring the character, known as Workie. Mr Duncan Smith has been tasked with slashing the welfare bill, axeing vital help for disabled people, reducing the welfare cap and banning young people from claiming housing benefit. In June, the Work and Pensions Secretarychoked off government cash for the Independent Living Fund (ILF), which helped 18,000 disabled people live at home instead of in care homes. The DWP confirmed this morning that the campaign, which will premiere after tonight's episode of Coronation Street, cost £8.54m. Tonight's Workie ad, which will play in the costly commercial break between Coronation Street and Emmerdale , is the first of a series of spots promoting the policy. The DWP say the whole ad campaign cost £8.54m That's enough to pay for 1,725 young people to get housing benefit for a year. Or enough to remove 18,813 people from the bedroom tax for a year. Or enough to let 448 disabled people live independently, instead of in a care home for a year. Or enough to sign Brazillian footballer Philippe Coutinho. Though we suspect Workie wouldn't be much use filling the void in Liverpool's midfield. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/iain-duncan-smith-blows-85m-6673199 Kind of messed up. Even if it wasn't a ad for DWP, that is a hell of a lot of cash.
RE: the NASA picture, I read a study suggesting that Earth was among the first 8% of potentially habitable planets to form. This makes us the dorks early to the party.
That's really all you need to take from this country's attitude to getting things sorted, in almost any field of necessary endeavour. If GB were France or Germany, the problem would be thoroughly researched, a copper-bottomed strategy would be put in place, sufficient money would be properly allocated, and the problem would be sorted. But here we get a woolly character called Workie.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/man-chokes-woman-row-us-flight-094501616.html#Fv36cUc Whilst not condoning a man who attacks a woman, they really should stop having seats that can be tilted on aeroplanes....there is not enough room and it is pure selfishness.
I get really annoyed when people tilt their seats. I know they are allowed but it's so inconsiderate of those behind you. Your tiny space gets even smaller, you can't see your screen and your tray is useless unless you go on a speedy diet. Trying to get out of your seat is nearly impossible unless you pull on their seat....which I wouldn't do on purpose of course
You can buy a device to fit to your tray which prevents the seat being tilted...that too can cause a punch up. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/t...-seats-tilting-starting-fights-airliners.html
