Ahhh summertime. A time for vacation, a time to relax a little by the pool, and a time for family memories. Perhaps it's a time for you to reflect back to your childhood or teenage years and reminicse about working your first summer job. Unless you're a trust fund recipient, you're each involved in some sort of work to pay the bills. Why is it that MOST of the jobs that we're doing are not at all what we envisioned when we were teenagers?
I mean come on, who really said when they were a kid that they wanted to sit in a cubicle all day, pushing papers, or in some un-fulfilling job? The idea for this article came last week as I was pulling our boat up a marina to fill up with gas. As I carefully coasted the boat up to the pier in neutral, grabbing the lines to tie-up, out came the attendant to help. But this was no regular gas attendant. She looked like a super-model, dressed in nothing more than a bikini, with flip-flops and sunglasses on. She said "You need a fill-up"? And I said "Ummm, yes"...as I slowly picked my jaw up off the ground.
She had just stood up out of her beach chair, where she laid down the book she was reading and took a sip of her cool drink. Immediately I thought to myself: "Now THAT is a summer job." She tans and reads all day, with the water's breeze, the marina view, out in the fresh air with boats coming to and fro. Now of course, there is some work involved, but really, is handing a gas handle over and taking a credit card really that hard work?
Now I'm not nieve enough to say that she was making big bucks doing this gig, but for her I venture to say it's not about the money. Sure, she wants spending money for college, but at her age it's really all about the lifestyle that the job provides. The schedule, the perks, and oh yea, the tan.
See at this marina they also rent out wave-runners, there's a very famous restaurant next door with a jumpin' tiki bar, and tons of kids her age hang out there. I'm sure she's been invited to take a spin on a sea-doo or nice boat on more than one occasion. She's not getting rich, but she's enjoying herself working. Humm, makes you think.
That reminds me of back when I was in college, and we were all living at the beach. My fraternity brother Iggy had what I thought was the best job ever. He would arrive at work at 10am, and leave around 4pm. For 6 hours per day, he would sit on the beach under an umbrella and rent out boogie-boards, rafts, beach chairs, and umbrellas.
He had it all figured out. He'd go and set out every umbrella ahead of time and just wait for the tourists to go over and set up their stuff around it. He'd stroll over, and assume the sale. Their kids would need boogie boards, and he'd make a killing in tips. His scenery wasn't bad either.
No, I'm not saying for us all to become marina gas attendants or run a beach rental stand, but I hope you get my point. Think about what you enjoy, what you're good at, and play on your strengths. If you do what you love, you'll do alright.
When you're just starting out - think about the lifestyle that the job will provide before you think about what the tasks of the job are. Do you want to work inside or out? Do you want to have a strict schedule with a time clock or do you want some flexibility? Do you want to earn a certain amount of money and get 2-4% raises every year, or do you want unlimited earning potential? Do you want to wear a suit and tie? Casual clothes? Do you want a commute? No Commute? Do you want to travel with your job or business? Do you want to help people, give back, help the environment?
Make a list of questions like this and then add to it to suit your needs. Once you have all these answered, then start narrowing down the occupations and businesses that would allow this type of lifestyle to become a reality.
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