Today is the last day I will ever wear a suit

[JackofDiamonds]

I like wearing suits. I look good in a suit.

http://youtu.be/vUYeF0xdvNc?t=5m26s

Thanks for not sending me to Justin Timberlake's new POS.

[IMADreamer]

Congrats IMA. That has to feel good.


I suggest you burn a few neckties just for fun. (I did that after leaving a longtime accounting gig).

That sounds like a lot of fun, I may do that.

It's not that I'm really retired, that would be foolish of me, it's just that I'm in a spot where I can, and am going to do what I want. I'm still going to work my butt off, especially when the good weather gets here because my Dad will need a lot of help at the farm, but I'll enjoy that. Yesterday was big for me because it means I don't have to rub shoulders with anyone any more to be connected or anything like that. I don't have to go to stupid meetings, functions, or dinner parties.

I know some of my family and friends think I'm nuts because I've walked away from some decent money and I'm relatively young, but I don't think they understand at all what I'm doing. To them trying to make a living on a website seems far fetched and stupid, but to me it seems like the way to go. I don't have to deal with "customers" I write what I want about and I spend my time photographing bad ass hot rods and muscle cars. Not to mention it has never once felt like work. My only regret is I didn't do it 10 years ago.

I'm just tired of being stressed. I'm tired of dealing with other people who stress me out. I'm tired of deadlines and commitments, putting out fires constantly. If there is one positive thing to come from the last few months it is that I finally realized that this race to more wealth is unimportant. I don't need it. I don't want stuff, it's just stuff. I need a bed, food, a roof over my head, a fun car to drive, my DSLR, and a laptop with internet. That's it. That is all I need for the next phase of my life. I've done a lot of cutting out of my life lately and it feels great to simplify.

[Fat_Bulldog]

That is awesome.

I hope the "food" part includes bacon and chicken wings.

[Radbird]

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[Leroy]

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[Jocephus]

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[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

I haven't been paying much attention. How's this going? It seems like you're working here or there every now and then but nothing too time consuming or maybe I don't remember correctly.

I think I'm going to quit my job next January and just....do nothing. Raise my son. Seriously, going to work every day is driving me nuts. I want to stay at home and be there while he's growing up. Not stuck in some office doing [expletive] bull [expletive]. I don't even know why wait until january....[expletive] work.

[IMADreamer]

It's going amazingly actually. I still "work" so to speak. I've been putting in more hours then ever at the farm which is a trend that is only sure to continue as my Dad ages but I show up in a t-shirt and jeans everyday, no meetings, or customers barking about when is their crap going to be done that they just ordered yesterday. I still do design for my old company but it's pretty rare to get anything difficult. I will go into the office a couple days a week knock out whatever work needs done then leave. It's pretty chill. There is a dress code there which is stupid but I don't follow it. They were supposed to have someone hired to do my job by now but they are kind of struggling so I don't think they can take on a full time employee. Then job number three if you will is working on my website. It's pretty chill since I'm in charge and any profit it makes is just bonus. We are making a little money, enough to say we are doing it, and we have our "staff" meetings which is just really myself and my three buddies playing Forza on Xbox a couple nights a week. Other then that going around and shooting pictures of hot rods and muscle cars is pretty damn easy going.

No way could I just sit at home and do nothing. I'll never do that, but I'm also not going to do something I don't want to do. Life is too short to be stressed out and I can tell you that I was far more stressed then I realized. The work at the farm will be stressful at times but it will be temporary. Maybe six weeks of planting then it's pretty easy going until harvest, there will be plenty of work to do between planting and harvest but it's not urgent. I can handle that and don't mind it at all.

The thing I miss least is dealing with people. Sure I still do at times in the various things I do but it's not as a customer/business stand point. No one is pushing me to give a presentation at the Chamber of Commerce, or to go to some rural development seminar. I've unplugged from all of that so to speak. It's great. It's a little scary at first because I don't make nearly as much money now, but I don't have to either so as long as I can keep fully funding my Roth, pay my bills, and have some goof off money with out owing anyone anything I'm set.

So, if you can make a go of it financially do it. I love being the guy that quit his day job, threw away his suits, and doesn't groom as well as he used to. It's way better then what I was before.

[jim]

I won't wear a suit again until, like, a few days from now. Then, a few days from that.

Last year from May until the end of September I wore shorts and sandals every single day except for one day where I had to wear dockers one night for my son's rehearsal dinner, and a rented tux for his wedding. This summer I have another wedding to attend, and will have to wear a suit. I could probably get away with slacks/shirt/tie/sport jacket, but I don't own a pair of slacks or a sport jacket.

I wilt in clothes like that. When I was a little kid I couldn't even wear a turtle neck. Ties are just evil.

[JackofDiamonds]

I suit up because I like it.