Living the dream..are you living the dream???

[icedtea]

Anyone ever watch Waking Life? This could all be someone else's dream.

Hell yea if I won the lottery, I pay off my student loans, buy a spot in the mountains and a spot in Squan and be in Chile all August!

 

[campgottagopee]

If I won the lottery, the only thing I'd change is... I'd probably just spend more time on my hobbies than work. And a lot of time working on the house. I guess that is a hobby.

That happened to a local guy here in town, he won something like 2.8 million (7yrs ago). I ran into him 2 days after he'd won the $$$$ at our local watering hole. I asked him, "Well Walt watcha gonna do now"......" I'm gonna remodel my bathroom,buy 4 tires for my POS Impala and now I can buy really good pot".

 

[180]

Anyone who has the time to answer this post is living pretty good.

If I won the lottery, things would definitely change. I'd work part time, do more charity and travel more. On the other hand, I can't complain. Although work real hard and own my business, I have a long commute, ski 50 plus days with my family, own a ski place 90 minutes from home, and have a motor boat 50 feet behind my house.

 

[ERJ-145CA]

I have a great family and live by two ski resorts and have a job that I enjoy so yes I am living the dream. Most airline pilots are where they are because they considered airline flying a dream job, so when we are sitting on a two hour delay or something like that we sometimes sarcastically say "livin' the dream". But it really is an enjoyable job most days.

 

[snoseek]

I guess I'm fortunate that my work revolves around life and not the other way. I managed to ski a ton of powder days in the last couple years and had some many long jobless winters back in New England. I have a great girlfriend with an amazing dog for a family. We both have similar dreams of skiing 100 plus days year after year, the dog just wants to swim and hike in between. We are going further west in the fall..... I'm going to A-Basin in a couple minutes. I do miss my family sometimes.

 

[Marc]

That happened to a local guy here in town, he won something like 2.8 million (7yrs ago). I ran into him 2 days after he'd won the $$$$ at our local watering hole. I asked him, "Well Walt watcha gonna do now"......" I'm gonna remodel my bathroom,buy 4 tires for my POS Impala and now I can buy really good pot".

I think it's the sign of contentedness, which I always associated with happiness moreso that "living the dream" which is just my personal connotation to that phrase, I suppose, but there it is.

I love Merriam Webster's definition of contented:

" feeling or showing satisfaction with one's possessions, status, or situation "

That'd be me. Hope things don't change.

 

[drjeff]

The one thing I doubt I could ever do right now in my life, even if I won the lottery is retire. My mind would go crazy after a while becuase I really do enjoy the intellectual challenge of my job and having to manage multiple things and solve multiple problems at once.

What I likely would do is change to an 8 week cycle in my schedule where I'd work 6 regular weeks straight and then take 2 weeks off. I'd think that that would be about the right balance for me between the intellectual enjoyment I get from work and the "playtime" that I also enjoy!

 

[Trekchick]

Living the dream or...

I think I do a pretty good job of living a sensible life and making sure I seize opportunities to embrace the things I love.

Northern Michigan is not a terrible place to live, with some phenomenal scenery, mt biking, skiing, water skiing and golf within a short distance.

That being said I would love to live some place like Montana or Utah with the love of my life, but my family, and my source of income is here. I enjoy my day to day, make a decent living, take lots of trips to ski amazing terrain, and keep my mind open to the possibilities of whatever the cosmic tumblers unlock for my future.

I guess I am living a dream, with the chance of bigger dreams to come.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Anyone who has the time to answer this post is living pretty good.

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???? so having the internet means you're living well...lol..

 

[mondeo]

???? so having the internet means you're living well...lol..

In general, people that have the internet are not starving in countries plagued by disease or war. Everything's relative.

 

[Marc]

In general, people that have the internet are not starving in countries plagued by disease or war. Everything's relative.

I just thought he meant cause we all have easy access to lots of free porn.

 

[ERJ-145CA]

I just thought he meant cause we all have easy access to lots of free porn.

That's the other reason.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I just thought he meant cause we all have easy access to lots of free porn.

Hell Yeah

 

[Mildcat]

I just thought he meant cause we all have easy access to lots of free porn.

There's free porn on the internet??? I never knew that! :dunce:

 

[RootDKJ]

I just thought he meant cause we all have easy access to lots of free porn.

in the end, it always comes down to that

 

[bigbog]

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The one thing I doubt I could ever do right now in my life, even if I won the lottery is retire. My mind would go crazy after a while becuase I really do enjoy the intellectual challenge of my job and having to manage multiple things and solve multiple problems at once.....................

No matter what anyone's doing...I think that's pretty On Target drjeff. Use it or lose it! Doing something stimulating in life is what seems to keep people feeling and acting young[er]...

 

[Johnskiismore]

I would say yes, live in a nice area, skiing, kayaking, riding are minutes form my front door. The people I work for are great, my girlfriend is awesome and does the things I like to do. Starting my own guided tour business in July, and construction on my house begins in July! Took a while to get where I am, but I'm enjoying it now

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

I've landed in what was, in my younger ski shop rat years, a "dream job" Work in the industry...get paid to travel to places like Jackson Hole, Snowbird, etc and ski with people from Powder Mag, Freeskier, Ski/Skiing, etc...but sometimes even a dream job can be a nightmare. Work is not fun right now...looking at revenues down 30%, pay cuts, layoffs, etc...but its a damned good thing I'm working in an industry I love otherwise it would be a struggle just to head to work. Family life is the american dream...nice house, great neighborhood, great kid with another one on the way, my wife and I have a great relationship...most importantly we make each other laugh. Our families get along great and we spend all of our holidays together...very happy family life. the only constant struggle is money...don't even need a whole lot more of it, just another 25K a year would ease any financial burdens we've got.

If we won the lottery...like last night's powerball (about 30 million cash after taxes)...we'd have fewer worries and more time to spend with family. I'd go back to skiing 80-100 days a year, the whole family would be mortgage/debt free and I'd for sure quit my "dream" job in the ski industry...to ski more and be with my wife, daughter and the bun in the oven. We'd have a ski house at Sunday River and a condo in J-hole and Snowbird...we'd travel (to warm places for the Mrs)...and probably find a small, fun, business to invest in and help grow.

 

[HD333]

Living the dream...

Like the goofy shirts say "Life is Good"...

Great wife, two great kids. We both work to live not live to work. The wife puts up with my BS (god bless her because there is alot of it). We do tons of stuff together as a family. We are fortunate to have a family place on a lake that we use year round that is about 1/2 hr from our new "home" Mountian of Gunstock.

I guess I am living my dream, I don't know about "the" dream.

HD

 

[hammer]

Life overall is pretty damn good.

Sure beats the alternative...

I consider myself to be quite fortunate...life can be hectic and full of annoyances at times, but the family's healthy, my wife and I can more than meet living expenses, and we each have jobs that are mentally stimulating and rewarding.

Living the dream? No...but I sure can't complain.