I hear 'ya, man. I've pretty much been detoxing since I got back from traveling. I imagine you'd have some wild stories to tell! Luckily, I got tired of the partying towards the end of my trip. Do you ever miss that kind of lifestyle, or have you sort of grown out of it? And what do you do now, if you don't mind me asking? I ask 'cause a lot of the teachers that I've met who have gotten out of it never seem to really get over it.
Do employers not offer room any more? Last I heard, the ones in the middle of bum**** nowhere had lodging covered.
The caveat is Australia (even 18 year olds are making 50k a year minimum). If you adjust for the higher cost of living and factor in that their dollar is worth slightly more, you still end up ahead. And I made this thread to see if there might be any more.
You might have misunderstood what I'm asking for: I'm not looking for a shortcut or an easy way out. I've been working 6-7 days a week for the past 3 years, between 3-5 jobs...so I'm willing to put the work in. But I'd rather get paid more at the end of it all. The only difference is that I'd be working slightly less, making more, and I would actually get a week off once a month (to me, that week off is just an added bonus that I never expected, anyway).
And instead of working my way up the corporate ladder again and getting promoted to have more responsibilities and work more hours for a marginal increase in pay, I'd rather just make more to begin with. Besides, I'm not at a point in my life where I care about the prestige or title of my work.
