Comments on: those crazy, deranged fools…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:53:34 +0000

You forgot one. How many people love their jobs but hate their bosses? That’s me.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:14:02 +0000

Hey,
I agree with the poster above me, for some people its very hard to combine things that you like to do with something you have to do to survive/make money from. Many things are just fun because you don’t have to do them! And if you ask me today if I would continue doing my current job if I win the lottery I would probably say no, but if it would happen I would maybe feel different. Because probably it would be much nicer to do it I wouldn’t have to. makes sense?:-)
Just a thought…
Greta Post, though!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:13:19 +0000

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:38:04 +0000

I'm afraid I can't be a CDF. I've tried to make money doing what I love and invariably it turns my passion into a chore. And you can't price your passion objectively because it's more valuable to you than your potential customer, which makes it even harder to make the ducets. One of the reasons I love to do certain things is because I don't have to do them to survive. Goal driven people are much better at making a living off of their passion, but I like a separation of church and state. I have been lucky enough to find A) something I am good at doing, B) something that I don 't hate to do, and C) something that makes good money. So I work as much as I need to to sustain my lifestyle and fund my many passions. That is the tightrope, to keep from working too much at your "job" so that you still have time for the things you like to do.

By: Jeane Goforth

Jeane Goforth — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:30:07 +0000

I’m one. Donated my life savings. Work 7 days a week, some 12 hour days, for no pay. Best thing I’ve ever done. Have faith it will ‘pay’ eventually. Get the intangible reward every single day.

By: Jess Meats

Jess Meats — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:57:27 +0000

I would love to make my living as an author (first novel due out later this year) and that’s been me dream since I first learned to fold sheets of A4 paper together to make a “book”. But I know what the odds of that are.
So I worked hard and got my masters degree so that I could get a job I wanted to do. I can’t imagine any worse hell than spending all day doing something I hate. I don’t have high career aspirations. I don’t dream of climbing the corporate ladder. So long as I have a job the interests me, I will be happy. It may not be my ultimate dream, but my job is often fun, I work with people I like and I’m still uncovering the range of challenges that lie ahead of me to keep me interested.
Unless someone offers me the Booker prize or a multi-million pound book contract, I will be more than happy to keep coming into work every morning and doing my job.

By: Subbu

Subbu — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:45:46 +0000

I am an aspiring CDF. The only thing left is trying to figure out what I am aspiring. Great post!

By: Sara Mooney

Sara Mooney — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:14:37 +0000

Yep. I’ve always wanted to open a large-scale theatre show, and I’m doing it on salary. Also pursuing my other love of libraries and digital media by going to school in the evenings. Crazy, yes. Perfect strangers have told me so. Would I have it any other way. No way in hell.

By: Warner Crocker

Warner Crocker — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:58:39 +0000

Damn, guess I’m an outed CDR.

By: Ms Constantine

Ms Constantine — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:55:40 +0000

I’m working about 30 hours a week on top of my “day job” so that one day I’ll be able to do the work I love.
I’m currently doing the extra hours for free, so I’m kind of one of them.
Gotta pay the bills though.

By: katie ledger

katie ledger — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:16:21 +0000

hell yes I am.…
I help people and businesses tell their story and am writing a book about how to create your own portfolio career. Its about having 2 or more jobs. Either self employed or employed or mixture of both. When you are ready to start changing your situation, you start to meet people who will help you, tell others about you and your “story” becomes clearer. Crofting i think you called it Hugh…:)

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:35:02 +0000

In a couple of years I should be there.
My investments should enable me to lead a simple life with lots of time for projects that I really really want to do. (said he naively, right before the new Great Depression devoured all his assets)

By: Kiri

Kiri — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:29:11 +0000

On a good day, I might be. Though sometimes I think I do it because it’s a compulsion rather than something I love.

By: vicious_kind

vicious_kind — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:32:15 +0000

I am not one of them. That’s why I paint

By: Daniel Edlen

Daniel Edlen — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:58:53 +0000

Have you been reading my blog?