Rob, that was my third time doing it. :P
I did it before in 1997 and in 2006.
And i guess it won't be my last time either hehehe
Life is just more!
Cheers
Paulo
my choice to put the mountaneering in background was good or not ...
I only know that NOW I can't do anymore some mountains and routes that I didn't do when younger (or better, less old) because family and work were overriding ...
I think that's a normal process for the life itself. Some day i hope to have kids and i'll probably keep on a low profile myself. But never because of work hehehe
Do things we love to is good for health!
Cheers!
Paulo
Now I understand the tie pictures which is something I used to wonder about. I completely agree when you say work less for better quality of life. I absolutely refuse to work 40 hours a week. Most of the year I take 2 hiking days per week. I have had to adjust my lifestyle to support this change though.
Tell me, is it really true that you were the first Brazilian to climb Aucanquilcha? I remember looking at that peak a few months ago wishing I had the extra time to climb it.
Well here in Brazil 40 hours is really usual. At my current job is 44!!!
Yes it's true. I never had sure about Aucanquilcha but some weeks ago, talking to some friends i figure that out. Indeed i was the very first brazilian to do it as well. At first, i was sure only about San Pedro but now both!
Cheers Adam!
Paulo
It's a way to teach us to find solutions like this. I've thought along the same lines my whole working life, but I don't know if I would have without the mountains that I was dying to get into!
I have managed to pack in some good times in the mountains and other places this year - but nonetheless, the 'work-life balance' is shifted way too far to the left - and I shall bear your words in mind.
I read this article some time ago and recovered it since it was actually linked on the main page again.
When I read the article the first time, I felt some disagreement, but didn't write any comment. After I read it for the second time, I decided to place my comment now.
Speaking for myself I can say that I work a lot having a weekly average of 50 hours, sometimes up to 60 hrs. I am doing this for about 13 yrs. now, but I like my job and find identification through my work. It can not be reduced to shear money. Money is a short motivation factor. There are many other colors like personal management that brings ongoing touch with interesting characters or effective technical solutions I find with my work that produce better infrastructure.
From this perspective someone might be able to understand how people like me (and many others) can work so much.
In other words: if I didn't like my work at all, I would never be able to work as much and stay alive and happy with it.
Serious analysis dealing with work and reasons why employees are getting ill show statistics, that there is no direct link between the amount of time someone spends for his works and his personal risk in percentage of getting ill. Besides genetic disposition the psychological circumstances are the major factors why people are getting sick from job.
Teachers are a good example to practically understand that. Their risk to get off work by getting ill and unable to continue the job is one of the highest at all in Germany. German teachers have a lot of holidays and they work less hours during the week compared to other working-groups. As civil servants they do not face any risk loosing the job in a passive way. Teachers have much free time to spare compared to other working groups for hobbies. Anyway they are faced to the fact that they statistically have the highest possibility, to become sick from job and quit service.
Conclusion: working too much in the wrong job can be as deadly as climbing the wrong route at the wrong place with wrong conditions taking too much time to get to the summit or falling off the face before that.
Otherwise working in the right position can be as fulfilling as a good climb in great condition that fits the personal skills.
Wisdom is a combination of personally finding the right job and the best moves in the mountains.
From my point of view it is possible to work much and also have a good life. My mountain experiences fell shorter during the last years because my wife and I raise two sons and I still work a lot. I don’t feel any regret from that. Goals in the mountains have been getting less and shorter, but nowadays sometimes give me more satisfaction than the higher goals did many years ago.
very good view of life,i started having this same out look a few years ago,next year i am going to be working part-time,my father worked long hours for years and finally retired,just after he retired he got cancer and died 4 years after retirement. Life is meant to be lived as we go thru it not at 70.
EricChu - Mar 19, 2011 2:44 pm - Voted 10/10
Excellent article!I always enjoy reading your articles and sharing your views upon matters, Paulo!
Very warm greetings,
Eric
PAROFES - Mar 20, 2011 10:32 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Excellent article!Thanks Eric, glad to provide all folks here with such views :-)
Best wishes!
Paulo
rgg - Mar 19, 2011 6:12 pm - Voted 10/10
Just keep on living, Paulo!Nice to read that there are others out there that take drastic measures to get the right balance between life and work :)
Cheers, Rob
PAROFES - Mar 20, 2011 10:34 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Just keep on living, Paulo!Rob, that was my third time doing it. :P
I did it before in 1997 and in 2006.
And i guess it won't be my last time either hehehe
Life is just more!
Cheers
Paulo
Gabriele Roth - Mar 21, 2011 6:33 am - Voted 10/10
I can't say ifmy choice to put the mountaneering in background was good or not ...
I only know that NOW I can't do anymore some mountains and routes that I didn't do when younger (or better, less old) because family and work were overriding ...
PAROFES - Mar 21, 2011 6:38 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: I can't say ifI think that's a normal process for the life itself. Some day i hope to have kids and i'll probably keep on a low profile myself. But never because of work hehehe
Do things we love to is good for health!
Cheers!
Paulo
gimpilator - Mar 21, 2011 8:36 pm - Voted 10/10
Great Message!Now I understand the tie pictures which is something I used to wonder about. I completely agree when you say work less for better quality of life. I absolutely refuse to work 40 hours a week. Most of the year I take 2 hiking days per week. I have had to adjust my lifestyle to support this change though.
Tell me, is it really true that you were the first Brazilian to climb Aucanquilcha? I remember looking at that peak a few months ago wishing I had the extra time to climb it.
PAROFES - Mar 21, 2011 8:45 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Great Message!Well here in Brazil 40 hours is really usual. At my current job is 44!!!
Yes it's true. I never had sure about Aucanquilcha but some weeks ago, talking to some friends i figure that out. Indeed i was the very first brazilian to do it as well. At first, i was sure only about San Pedro but now both!
Cheers Adam!
Paulo
mvs - Aug 31, 2013 11:23 pm - Hasn't voted
thank goodness for mountaineeringIt's a way to teach us to find solutions like this. I've thought along the same lines my whole working life, but I don't know if I would have without the mountains that I was dying to get into!
Woodie Hopper - Sep 4, 2013 2:57 pm - Voted 10/10
Great articleSomeone once gave me a piece of great advice: "Follow your bliss...". Hasn't failed me yet!
I hope you're on the road to recovery now. I'm eagerly anticipating your next article or trip report.
Best wishes Paulo,
Woodie
markhallam - Sep 9, 2013 3:20 am - Voted 10/10
Nice one PauloI have managed to pack in some good times in the mountains and other places this year - but nonetheless, the 'work-life balance' is shifted way too far to the left - and I shall bear your words in mind.
Keep it lit!
best wishes, Mark
Nikman - Sep 11, 2013 11:24 am - Hasn't voted
Different viewI read this article some time ago and recovered it since it was actually linked on the main page again.
When I read the article the first time, I felt some disagreement, but didn't write any comment. After I read it for the second time, I decided to place my comment now.
Speaking for myself I can say that I work a lot having a weekly average of 50 hours, sometimes up to 60 hrs. I am doing this for about 13 yrs. now, but I like my job and find identification through my work. It can not be reduced to shear money. Money is a short motivation factor. There are many other colors like personal management that brings ongoing touch with interesting characters or effective technical solutions I find with my work that produce better infrastructure.
From this perspective someone might be able to understand how people like me (and many others) can work so much.
In other words: if I didn't like my work at all, I would never be able to work as much and stay alive and happy with it.
Serious analysis dealing with work and reasons why employees are getting ill show statistics, that there is no direct link between the amount of time someone spends for his works and his personal risk in percentage of getting ill. Besides genetic disposition the psychological circumstances are the major factors why people are getting sick from job.
Teachers are a good example to practically understand that. Their risk to get off work by getting ill and unable to continue the job is one of the highest at all in Germany. German teachers have a lot of holidays and they work less hours during the week compared to other working-groups. As civil servants they do not face any risk loosing the job in a passive way. Teachers have much free time to spare compared to other working groups for hobbies. Anyway they are faced to the fact that they statistically have the highest possibility, to become sick from job and quit service.
Conclusion: working too much in the wrong job can be as deadly as climbing the wrong route at the wrong place with wrong conditions taking too much time to get to the summit or falling off the face before that.
Otherwise working in the right position can be as fulfilling as a good climb in great condition that fits the personal skills.
Wisdom is a combination of personally finding the right job and the best moves in the mountains.
From my point of view it is possible to work much and also have a good life. My mountain experiences fell shorter during the last years because my wife and I raise two sons and I still work a lot. I don’t feel any regret from that. Goals in the mountains have been getting less and shorter, but nowadays sometimes give me more satisfaction than the higher goals did many years ago.
j4ever - Sep 13, 2013 11:43 pm - Hasn't voted
great writevery good view of life,i started having this same out look a few years ago,next year i am going to be working part-time,my father worked long hours for years and finally retired,just after he retired he got cancer and died 4 years after retirement. Life is meant to be lived as we go thru it not at 70.