Ever thought of giving up the rat race to run some kind of beach concession? I can definitely see the appeal!
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Yes, I can see the appeal, too
And your photo makes the appeal even prettier!
Have a nice day!
Thank you Rosie. Of course it has to be said that this was on a nice day, in the summer. Who knows what they do over the winter months?!
Oh, absolutely! Just imagine…
Interestingly, most, if not all of the lifeguards that are here in the summer are from Australia. How they hear about these jobs from half way across the planet, who knows? There must be a surfie grapevine!
They’re a bred of their own, surfers! I’m sure they have some kind of grapevine/intranet for lovely beach jobs. Lucky buggers.
Oh definitely! Probably would not support my photography habit though!!
Isn’t that the truth? We get used to all those little extras that the rat race provides!
Hmmmm… Well I think I could be convinced… with a very small degree of arm twisting… Might need to move somewhere with more consistent weather though… lol..
Too true. One bad summer here and it could be bread and water all winter!
All the time!
I think everyone in a high pressure environment at least occasionally questions whether they wouldn’t be better off just selling bacon sarnies from a beach hut!
Yes, but I know if I went and talked to some of those folks, I am sure they would miss some parts of their old life (at least a little).
Very probably. Most of us wistfully look at what we don’t have, imagining that the grass is greener over on the other side.
Who could say no to that view?
It’s certainly a lovely working environment – one of our prettiest and most popular bays.
When I was on holiday in Hawaii, most people seemed to have tourist related jobs. There was one particular guy who spent his days taking people out on his own private boat. From what he charged us, it didn’t pay much but, that guy was so damned happy. He had enough to pay for food, rent and whatever… and he got to do what he loved, everyday.
There’s a whole blog post in this about what choices we make in life, based around what we are happy to settle for. The gift is in knowing what you are happy to settle for.
I think I’m quite driven to always strive for more but as my husband and I sat at the beach the other day, currently being well and truly side-swiped by being in the rat race, we both agreed that right now, we’d love to run a beach concession! (The trouble is, with our personalities that one beach concession would pretty soon turn into plans for another…and another…and pretty soon we’d be back in Stress Central)!
Some days it’s extremely tempting…
Our youngest just got a job as an assistant golf pro at a golf club in Florida! Life is sooooo hard. Her thinking is that even though it doesn’t pay a whole lot, she will enjoy going to work every day. I think there’s something to be said for that but we’ll check in with her in a few months to see how she’s doing with that new budget. :-O