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At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: hunter on March 08, 2010, 01:35:22 PM
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Hey guys, just a quick heads up on what's happening in my life.
You might know that I've been pretty successful in the corporate life over the past 9 years and reached status, team responsibility, money, car and all. But I quit last year, since then seeking.
I realised that the whole corporate stuff is not for me, too much bull shite, brown nosing, pseudo intellectual cr@p and money wastage. Really I cannot imagine going back and pretending to be stupid to just keep my head down and cash in the monthly cheque.
Soooo ... I will be going to Vegas in April for 9 weeks and become a Bikram Yoga Teacher. Imagine, chubby little hunter becoming a health and fitness teacher LOL. Yeah, I am totally thrilled. My fiancee has already been a certified teacher for a while and we plan to one day open our own Bikram Studio in Germany.
Downer is that it'll be difficult to keep playing in the US, the 9 weeks will be tough and full of work & exercise. But hey, might be good to take a break. Maybe there's a GC in Vegas where I can crank it up some time.
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Big change dude - best of luck!
Remember, if you're selling gear let us know! :lol:
Seriously though, I hope it all works out :D
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Wish you the best of luck. Hope it all works out well - who knows you might get residency at one of the hotels 8) 8)
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Big change dude - best of luck!
Remember, if you're selling gear let us know! :lol:
Seriously though, I hope it all works out :D
Thanks for your compassionate comments, Dave ;)
Well I'm very confident - the Bikram stuff is amazing for body fitness, mental well being and back/core strength - whoever has tried it knows what I'm talking about.
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Wow, now that is a change...hope it goes well my friend
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Best of luck hunter! Hope it all goes well.
I would love to visit Vegas sometime, have you been before?
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That is a massive change! Best of luck! :D
I have to ask.... why Vegas? Is it a well-known hotbed of Yoga?
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That's great.
I'm a great believer in taking control and directing your life, rather than having life dictate to you...
Mark.
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That is a massive change! Best of luck! :D
I have to ask.... why Vegas? Is it a well-known hotbed of Yoga?
That's where they do the TeacherTraining. Probably LA is too expensive or sth. Dunno.
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That's great.
I'm a great believer in taking control and directing your life, rather than having life dictate to you...
Mark.
Yeah man, that's the spirit!
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I'm a great believer in taking control and directing your life, rather than having life dictate to you...
Me too.
But I'll probably drop dead before I put it into practice.
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I'm a great believer in taking control and directing your life, rather than having life dictate to you...
Me too.
But I'll probably drop dead before I put it into practice.
PQ - always the optimist...
;)
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Good luck with it and I hope it brings you what you want.
As long as you and your other half don't turn into Sting and Trudy Styler and start going on about your 8 hour tantric marathon sex sessions.
Don't buy anything from Ed Roman if you go into his shop, more than likely the paint will still be drying on the genuine article he's just knocked up. ;) Call him a ginger ####!! and tell him Ron told you to kick him in the arse. He'll know what it means.
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good luck :)
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Yeah, good luck :D
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Good luck on your big change of direction dude. Wish I had the guts to make a change like that!
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Good luck Hunter - refreshing to see someone make a decision/change as big as that. I'm not sure I could do it myself!
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That is great Hunter- I admire your strength of purpose and I wish you all the best. Presumably you will return to Europe to teach. I used to accompany Mrs 38th to her yoga classes and it was all a bit girly and so I fitted in well.
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Hey Hunter, we're on the same path! I quit the corporate life back in October and I'm now setting up a hypnotherapy practice. I had the same thing - did very well in the corporate realm for 10 years, doubled my salary, got a great reputation etc., then a couple of years ago found out that it just wasn't me. The financial and social safety and security of a career are actually a great risk to a creative type - much better to get out there, do creative stuff, take risks and be free. Feeling trapped in a gilded cage is much worse for you than being free and relatively skint.
Your thing with the yoga sounds brilliant - it's going to fascinating and very good for your body and soul. The practical advantage is that yoga is now a very accepted art and more and more people are doing it for their health. Doctors, physios and osteopaths recommend it to their patients. So, there's a living in it. And training in Vegas baby! Major cool points there.
Good luck man, I'm sure you'll do great. Do remember to get rid of any corporate competitive tendencies before you start though. Apparently punching the air and shouting "Yay! I am the serenest!" at the end of a yoga session is considered bad form....
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Best of luck, Hunter. Congratulations on taking a brave step to a new and more exciting future!
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Do remember to get rid of any corporate competitive tendencies before you start though. Apparently punching the air and shouting "Yay! I am the serenest!" at the end of a yoga session is considered bad form....
haha, yeah I'll take it into consideration!
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I used to accompany Mrs 38th to her yoga classes and it was all a bit girly and so I fitted in well.
Bikram is not girlie (except that there are usually around 70% females) - it's very tough and physical, a real workout for strength, flexibility and cardio - plus you feel GREAT afterwards, really, it's an addiction!
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I used to accompany Mrs 38th to her yoga classes and it was all a bit girly and so I fitted in well.
Bikram is not girlie (except that there are usually around 70% females) - it's very tough and physical, a real workout for strength, flexibility and cardio - plus you feel GREAT afterwards, really, it's an addiction!
That's the problem with too many forms of exercise.... you have to be fit before you start or it'll kill you. :?
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Ha ha, I know what you mean. I wasn't in great shape when we went as I had had surgery and was a bit out of condition and even the "girly" type wore me out but it paid off after a couple of months. The guy giving the lessons was American and decided to go back to the US and so it all came to an end. I am aware that your type isn't in any way girly though.
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I used to accompany Mrs 38th to her yoga classes and it was all a bit girly and so I fitted in well.
Bikram is not girlie (except that there are usually around 70% females) - it's very tough and physical, a real workout for strength, flexibility and cardio - plus you feel GREAT afterwards, really, it's an addiction!
That's the problem with too many forms of exercise.... you have to be fit before you start or it'll kill you. :?
not true. When I started I was not fit. Everybody can start anytime, it's never too late to change for the better. You might have to take breaks as a beginner, but as you get used to the heat and stamina improves you will become better and better.
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I used to accompany Mrs 38th to her yoga classes and it was all a bit girly and so I fitted in well.
Bikram is not girlie (except that there are usually around 70% females) - it's very tough and physical, a real workout for strength, flexibility and cardio - plus you feel GREAT afterwards, really, it's an addiction!
That's the problem with too many forms of exercise.... you have to be fit before you start or it'll kill you. :?
not true. When I started I was not fit. Everybody can start anytime, it's never too late to change for the better. You might have to take breaks as a beginner, but as you get used to the heat and stamina improves you will become better and better.
I was being a bit flippant, as usual, and I'm sure you're right, but I was semi-serious. I somehow totally $%&#ed up my lower back about 10 years ago, and as a result all my "core" muscles have turned to mush over the years. I'm not saying I'm crippled or anything dramatic, far from it, but any exercise which involves the abs or lower back hurts - quite a lot - and I'm never sure if I'm making things better or worse. I wouldn't have a hope in hell of keeping up with any kind of "class" based exercise.
(I'd be highly reluctant to deliberately subject myself to extreme temperatures, too! :lol: )
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I tried Hatha yoga for a bit, quite enjoyed it, made me feel better... but it took about 1h30 which dragged out far too long. I think it could be condensed and still get the same feeling
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Hey hunter I'd never put you down as a yoga type, just wiki searched this bikram style as I'm curious, although the only reason I'd start doing yoga is I hear it's a good place to meet women :D
Speaking of vegas, I just finished watching something on bbc iplayer about the place, to me it sounds like a businessman's dream for cashing in on the self destructive side of people. Just the gambling addiction side looks like an emotion journey of a vicious negative loop in the quest for euphoria from a big win. Seeing the addicts speak and rationalise completely random events is scary, while at the same time being in denial of being an addict.
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Good luck Hunter :D
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Good luck to ya man.
God I'd love to jack in IT, I'm bored senseless with it and working for a big evil corp in the process doesn't exactly make it any better. My problem is that work fuels the hobbies, and the hobbies are fantasically expensive. Though saying that, if I can trickle pedals out every now and then that pays for pedal bits (the last two are already spent, 16 stomp switches = £60, add a few more bits and pieces and it's all gone). I just need to get my big evil corp to sponsor me to dick around with race cars... Not a chance sadly. Which leaves me stuck. I'm really not very good at anything else to make the sort of money I do in IT. It's a bummer and I hate the thought that evil corp effectively has me by the goolies.
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man I envy you, I am a corporate slave, not as far up the food chain as you were but I am probably operating near my maximum potential. I hate it, big time, has really started to effect me but as the only real earner in our household with a lot of financial commitments and no chance for a change of career due to my specialism I am afraid I have no option but to keep at it until I either win the lotto or die.
good luck fella
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I have no option but to keep at it until I either win the lotto or die.
*nods*
*crys a little too*
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man I envy you, I am a corporate slave, not as far up the food chain as you were but I am probably operating near my maximum potential. I hate it, big time, has really started to effect me but as the only real earner in our household with a lot of financial commitments and no chance for a change of career due to my specialism I am afraid I have no option but to keep at it until I either win the lotto or die.
Similar, but (a) I don't have any dependents and my financial commitments aren't too bad; and (b) I'm nowhere on the food chain and nowhere near my maximum potential. Since leaving university I've done nothing but under-achieve in all departments! :lol:
Still haven't got the nuts to do anything about it though. Well done Hunter.
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I can't stand the corporate cr@p. It's hardly rock n'roll is it. If you drive a truck and you can have your ipod on all day and i never get bored of that. Money isn't everything. You need to be busy doing things you like.
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I admire your courage to do this - maybe even with a bit of jealousy.
Good luck with your new life!
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I admire your courage to do this - maybe even with a bit of jealousy.
Good luck with your new life!
I'm 100 % jealous.
Though I do wish you well.
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that's a 180° change! :o
I'm one of those jealous too... been thinking in doing it for a while, not sure how to do...
But congrats, it take some b@lls to do so!