The ideal working lifestyle for a windsurfer (assuming they aren't independently wealthy) would be to work from a laptop, anywhere, anytime. Preferably in a bamboo hut on a windswept beach, after a hard day's sailing.
As for myself, I have decided that I am sick of the grind and this year I will try my hardest to somehow achieve this sublime state of being. All I want (as a bare minimum) is to be able to make at least $150 a week by working about 2-3 hours a night on average, from my laptop, absolutely anywhere there is an internet connection.
Does anyone else do this? Do you know anyone who does? Can please you post some ideas or advice here? I'm sure there are plenty of things I've never thought of...
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Dunno what the answer is otherwise we'd all be doing it.
The only thing that comes to mind is becoming a flea bay trader or day trading stocks. Trading stocks is one way to guarantee you will make a small fortune. So long as you start with a big one.
If all you need is $150 a week then you need to go for the disability pension and then you are set.
$150 works out to be about $8000 a year. If you worked hard for a few years then you probably could save over $100,000 depending on what sort of job you have, but even the lowest paid jobs would be alright as long as you put in the hours.
You should be able to get around $150 a week return on the right sort of investment. My wife works for a bank and they offer capital guaranteed investment products offering around 12 to 15 per cent return per annum.
Last year I had the offer of a lifetime. My wife asked me to stop working as her income was pretty good. For some stupid reason I said I enjoyed my work, which I kind of do. I mainly enjoy interacting with the people at work more than the work itself which is pretty boring.
consultancy might be your thing...
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Wouldn't even need the laptop.. well, maybe a different kind of lap top..
Mate,
have you thought about learning AutoCad or similar and set your self up as a tracer, its a step down from a draftsman and its a monkey see monkey do thing. Client gives you re line marked up drawings and the most you may usually do is mod a few lines change a heap of text and you would get your 150 a night.
Laptop, mobile broadband, Autocad, and a kombi to work from.......
Once you have a few clients do an hour or so each night and sail all day, And you can still afford to buy the new gear.
I have a 6 year plan.
Raise kid till uni.
Buy a 46ft Catamaran with sailboards on Deck.
Get the Laptop etc and work as a draftsman from the boat hopefully somewhere in the pacific moored in the lee of a tropical island.
Windsurf the day and work a little during the night.
Well thats the plan
hers's a plan,
sell your house.
put $70,000 in a line of crdit account to cover 2 years living expenses.
buy a "renovators delight". make up difference with interest only loan. move into house and begin renovating.
when it's windy go sailing, when it's not "renovate"
after 1 year rent out renovated delight then borrow again and buy another "renovators delight".
repeat for 10 years.
then sell 2-3 renovated delights and retire.
Wet Willy I have 2 provide 4 ,6 people so my expenses are greater & being a builder well i cant do it with a lap top but my work is regularly in very luxury homes on the water its why i took up sailboarding instead of being blown off the ladder i now try to get in the water like i saw the people carving it up & i now plan them jobs by the Green arrows ha ha My wife has just asked me to go out & punch the motocrosses in the head that is honing up & down the street but I'm deaf apparently another neighbor has already done this you never here noise complaints from windsurfers (I Race enduro Yamaha 600 tt ) i have being a young arsehole on a two stroke but i grow up on a farm acreage sorry just got phone call grandmother died not joking
Wet Willy I have 2 provide 4 ,6 people so my expenses are greater & being a builder well i cant do it with a lap top but my work is regularly in very luxury homes on the water its why i took up sailboarding instead of being blown off the ladder i now try to get in the water like i saw the people carving it up & i now plan them jobs by the Green arrows ha ha My wife has just asked me to go out & punch the motocrosses in the head that is honing up & down the street but I'm deaf apparently another neighbor has already done this you never here noise complaints from windsurfers (I Race enduro Yamaha 600 tt ) i have being a young arsehole on a two stroke but i grow up on a farm acreage sorry just got phone call grandmother died not joking
wetty, come over here to the phils. let's do something about this am getting to where you are in a couple of years and i think it's time we find a cheap place to retire to or have it rented and do some little work for more windsurfing,,,too bad i live a not so independently wealthy life
there's about 7thousand islands here and i'd place my bet on half of them would suit your work habits
Grasshopper, thanks, I'll look into it.
Gestalt, I love the plan! I'd put my house on the market tomorrow...
but I just can't help wondering what my landlord would say about it!!!!!
What about starting a blog. I saw a thing on the news last night about people who spend all day writing in thier blogs. Once the blog site gets popular enough, you can get paid to have advertising on it. One of the guys last I saw was earning over $100K doing it!
With some background in philosophy surely you can come up with some decent stuff.
Willy have you heard of "second life" a friend of mine is pulling $250 USD a week out of it.He did alot of work at the start but now he only really only has to do a little maintenance every cupla days...You just have to learn 3D modeling and scripting(which is built into the client program) and your right.You can even play the real estate market in there or be a DJ .....I think this year someone made their first million.Google it and find out more......Bit nerdy for me but if it meant not having to do the 8 to 5..... weeeelllll may have to rethink that one........
willbury, I cant help you with Singapore, but in West Aus you can keep your 38hr week job.
You just need to find one that starts at 6 and finishes at 2.30.
The wind isn't really "in" until then anyway and still leaves you with about 6-6.5 hours of sunlight in summer.
day trade world indicies, trade the US or Euro sessions, that will free up your daylight hours.
hey I am deaf and only have two working fingers on my left hand don't try lawn mower wrestling at home kids i could get pension or what ever but who in there right mind would stay home with 4 kids and wife you notice I was pretty polite they just don't understand working for myself at least I can bull**** about hours and I go sailing just looking forward to green arrows have considered formula just for sailing up creeks & if anybody spots some crazy bastard up a creek in a strong wind its just me after work taken advantage of location
A surfing buddy of mine had a fantastic lifestyle, he did a course in accounting and does tax returns as a seasonal job. Of course tax time is mid winter so he works his but off for about four months and saves enough coin for eight months of warm water surfing.
