highpeaksdrifter
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You must not have read the question. Too eagar to make your post. There where qualifiers there.
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Would You Change Your Life Path?
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You must not have read the question. Too eagar to make your post. There where qualifiers there.
That's a really tough question for me. I love the last 15 years of my life but also envy those with stability and money. Don't get me wrong I do very well in my work but haven't consistantly worked ever. I have very little to show for my life except awesome experiences and memories. I know that will catch up with me someday.
Lostone
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I've kinda done 2, except I canceled my income, instead of halving it. But I've also canceled my work hours. :wink:
I've downsized my material wants and upsized my life.
Life is good. 8)
I've downsized my material wants and upsized my life.
Life is good. 8)
riverc0il
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Was just trying to evolve the thread as I though the choices were limiting....
Stache
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I made the change 22 years ago at age at 29. I quit being a Computer Engineer for DEC and became a Landscraper/Arborist in the Summers and PSIA Certified Ski Pro in Winters. The white collar and wingtips were replaced by the white snow and the wings my skiis provided.
Regrets, I have a few, but then again, too few to mention......
Regrets, I have a few, but then again, too few to mention......
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Vinny
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1) No way. Not a big hot/sticky/flat fan
2) No. I get plenty of skiing in where I am and I'm a big Northeast fan. Great seasons. Terrific cities. Without the cut in income, we can still go out west or wherever for vacation.
3) Easy winner.
Can you support a family on that?
mondeo
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Option 3. I'm less than an hour away from Sundown, 2:45 to the Bear Mountain base. That's close enough for me. On the job side of it, there are three other companies in the world that I would consider working for - Cessna, Gulfstream, and Bombardier. The need to ski knocks out Cessna (Witchita) and Gulfstream (Georgia.) Down to Bombardier as my only real option. And that's not option 1 or 2, anyways.
Stache
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I probably could have if I stuck with the Landscaping/Arborist business in the summer.
Just too damn much trouble complying with all the gov't regs on hiring hung over high school kids to chase a self propelled lawn mower. And then came the posting regulations before and after applying pesticides.
Right now I support the family with my internet income, drive school bus and limousine part time for fun and profit, and I teach skiing every weekend and everyday of the holiday weeks including the Brit week at K-ton. Allowed me to get 57 days on skiis this past season.
Geoff
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If I were really doubling my income, I could buy a house at the base of Little Cottonwood Canyon and ski Snowbird every weekend. You can fly out Friday afternoon, ski all day Saturday, and ski most of Sunday before getting on the 4:44pm nonstop flight back to Orlando. You wouldn't need to check anything and you'd be an elite frequent flyer so you wouldn't need to worry about waiting in the security line. I could ski 'til last chair on Sunday and still make the 7:00pm SLC-Atlanta flight and connect on to several cities in Florida. 20 round-trips to Salt Lake City is 'only' $10,000.00. A drop in the bucket if my income is doubling.
drjeff
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That extra couple of grand by ski season would still just be a drop in the bucket! Plus, with that ski set up, the chances of you getting "stuck" up in LCC atleast once during the season for avi work would be just an "awful" risk to asume 
andyzee
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Financially it makes sense. But come on, Florida?
highpeaksdrifter
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A skiing couple I know where moving to Florida many years ago. I told them if the wanted me to I could sell their ski gear for them. They said thanks but no thanks we plan on taking lots of trips out west. They never went once.
Your post is well thought out, but no body is making that trip every weekend. Delays, cost, as soon as you do all that traveling it would feel like you have to come right back. Even if you got there Friday nite, ski all day Sat., how much could you ski on Sunday? Tuff pace to keep up every weekend.
drjeff
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If you're a boater, well then it does have potential. Just need to bail out of there if a Hurricane comes rolling along
abc
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Your friend is atypical. They must not really care for skiing that much. When I lived in Florida, I did go skiing out west on weekends (not every weekend though) and got in as many days as I normally did in the midwest on year one. After the first year though, I got into more water sport and skiing took a back seat. Now, I have a winter hobby AND a summer hobby, which sucks money out of the bank faster than a vacume cleaner suchs dirt.
The cost has been analyzed. But the time expense has not. With that much traveling, you'll never get to even settle in in your own house, never mind hanging out socially into the community. It gets lonely fast.
The worst part is, Florida is such a "desirable" place to live by the vast majority of non-skiing, winter hating population. Your income is more likely to half than double by moving there!
So, the hyperthetical question is actually flawed in the first place.
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