Originally Posted by
Timtruro
I did a little consulting during the first couple of yrs but now find it would get in the way of what I enjoy. What a treat to wake up to a beautiful morning and think 'maybe I will go for a ride today', or 'maybe I'll go to the beach, or take my wife to lunch', rather than saying ' I wish I had this wonderful day off.
It may not sound like much but the freedom to do what you want to do is liberating and precious.
Agreed fully. I did get a call to come back in to work to do some "consulting". At first I jumped at it and only realized later that it was more due to the ego boost it gave me and that I hadn't thought it through very well. All it took was one preliminary meeting and I was trying to figure out how to rescind my offer. Fortunately, they had trouble figuring out a way to pay me, so it was easy to back out. Dodged a bullet there!