Technology Addiction
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RE: Changing jobs away from technology... I daydream about that plenty but stop as soon as I realize the money isn't there to fulfill a lifestyle and family needs that we're accustomed to in a two-income household. It would be next to impossible to take a drastic pay cut and continue to live happily and plan for our lives financially decades down the road. That said, I still like what I do that involves technology and I'm content to keep following that path.
But if I were going to do something different... I used to daydream about running a "bed and dinner" (as opposed to a bed and breakfast) in the mountains in Colorado, on some property with water, trees, activities people can do, and a rotating cast of chefs each month coming in to cook for guests in a small setting. Little of that would involve technology and I expect I'd work 10x harder than I do now for likely 20x the enjoyment.
Woodworking and building furniture would be fun, but as a business I don't know how that would be sustainable on a small scale and at a level that earned enough $.
If I'm completely daydreaming here... a recent dream has been to somehow start writing screenplays and painting large paintings and collages of geometric grids - just cold, sterile, bleak looking post-modern-ish grids that would look good in building lobbies and art collections. LOL, I don't do either of those things at all now, so I like the idea of pursuing something that would involve a lot of learning.
My only realistic pursuit outside of my job is to try and do something with the instrumental and ambient music I've been making. I'd love to find a way towards making music for films, though that wouldn't be an escape from technology, but would be a much more personally fulfilling endeavor.