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Havachatwithhexy... 14-Jun-2005 At 7:35:11 PM HEX

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shmalec
7/06/2005
>Climbing is good. And many people think of it while they are at work all day. But I >wouldn't go choosing your career around it alone. Almost everyone spends more time >working than climbing so make sure you choose a career that is rewarding in itself. >Your climbing can easily be put to a quick end by an injury or some other thing. its >probably a good idea to keep your climbing as your own personal recreation rather >than doing it all day as a job. If you pick a career where each year you build on your >past experience then it will grow and change into something more stimulating each >year...

Very,very good, Shmalec --- I like this smooth-talkin'-jive A LOT ...

Good advice , not only for the Mousey, Steph, Sabu , Chester younguns , but also for the (now potentially-jaded-by-the-rat-race) GenerationXers, who are not only facing another 20-odd years to get to 'retirement', but who are also now being conditioned to accept that 'working' into their 70's & 80's , is not only a good thing because it may be the only way to pay the bills, with-out a pension ... but also because all of the political-correctness-structural-changes, instituted in the Australian culture , during the 1990's,*takes a deep breath&continues*,fascilitates the mind-set required to stay 'happy'(reasonably sane) in the general labour-market --- regardless of the proffession or time-structure ('life-style' flexibility) ...

Very good advice, dude ... as long as ppl don't confuse 'stimulating' with novelty ...

Cheers,HEX...

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