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soccerzla7ok cool feel free to never come back
mmccarthy14this. Yoski, if there was a competition to see who is the shittiest troll on ns ou'd be my #1 nomination. SFB of course being my second.
tronnedit would be silly to let your life be governed by a hobby.
soccerzla7ok cool feel free to never come back
Randy_QuenchI could not disagree with you more. Of course its important to not lose sight of the real world, but shit man if you really enjoy something fucking do it. Dont quit a hobby just because its a hobby and not a job.
ShredsterrI upvoted your comment, but then saw you said SFB was a shitty troll, so I had to downvote your comment. Sorry.
tronnedThe problem I was having is that skiing takes up some much time and money so my focus was about just getting to the weekend to ski but not enjoying the rest of the week. When you live for the weekends, eventually it will wear you down to a point where it is hard to get motivated to do anything in the week and even harder to save money for your future ( buying a house, setting up savings accounts, buying things for life like clothes and spending money on social things other than skiing)
Skiing is also a super affluent hobby and lifestyle, it is quite possibly one of the most expensive sports/hobby you can have and I found even though I was making around 100k a year at my job it just never seemed like enough since I had to travel atleast 8 hours each time I skied so going skiing 25ish weekends a winter put a massive strain on my bank account without a doubt. Lift passes mixed in with the expense of travel adds up to insane amounts of money to burn through each winter season mixed in with equipment it was getting out of hand for myself personally.
I took the season off from skiing this year when I actually sat down and crunched numbers on how much money has been used on skiing for myself over the past 4 seasons and it shocked me. I was making such good money at my job yet never really had too much to show for it other than travel related to skiing.
I think when a lot of the ns'ers get closer to their middle ages their perspective will change, it happened to me. I always swore skiing was my real passion in life and it would never change but I never really was moving forward in my life while I held onto that ideal, so I took this season off to adjust and could not be happier. Skiing has this tendency to overwhelm your senses and becomes addictive to an extent, it took a pretty serious realization of crisis in my life to make the choice to take this past season off.
When your life is throttle by time(8 hours travel time to a mountain) and about 1/3-1/2 of your income being spent on skiing it can clearly have a negative impact on a person's ability to achieve things in the world outside of skiing.
I am not trying to rain on anyones parade, I still love skiing and think its a perfectly acceptable thing to do with your life if you want to dedicate your life to it... I just needed a break to get my life in order to achieve goals that I have had from childhood.
mmccarthy14SFB of course being my second.
tronnedThe problem I was having is that skiing takes up some much time and money so my focus was about just getting to the weekend to ski but not enjoying the rest of the week. When you live for the weekends, eventually it will wear you down to a point where it is hard to get motivated to do anything in the week and even harder to save money for your future ( buying a house, setting up savings accounts, buying things for life like clothes and spending money on social things other than skiing)
Skiing is also a super affluent hobby and lifestyle, it is quite possibly one of the most expensive sports/hobby you can have and I found even though I was making around 100k a year at my job it just never seemed like enough since I had to travel atleast 8 hours each time I skied so going skiing 25ish weekends a winter put a massive strain on my bank account without a doubt. Lift passes mixed in with the expense of travel adds up to insane amounts of money to burn through each winter season mixed in with equipment it was getting out of hand for myself personally.
I took the season off from skiing this year when I actually sat down and crunched numbers on how much money has been used on skiing for myself over the past 4 seasons and it shocked me. I was making such good money at my job yet never really had too much to show for it other than travel related to skiing.
I think when a lot of the ns'ers get closer to their middle ages their perspective will change, it happened to me. I always swore skiing was my real passion in life and it would never change but I never really was moving forward in my life while I held onto that ideal, so I took this season off to adjust and could not be happier. Skiing has this tendency to overwhelm your senses and becomes addictive to an extent, it took a pretty serious realization of crisis in my life to make the choice to take this past season off.
When your life is throttle by time(8 hours travel time to a mountain) and about 1/3-1/2 of your income being spent on skiing it can clearly have a negative impact on a person's ability to achieve things in the world outside of skiing.
I am not trying to rain on anyones parade, I still love skiing and think its a perfectly acceptable thing to do with your life if you want to dedicate your life to it... I just needed a break to get my life in order to achieve goals that I have had from childhood.
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tronnedI had a problem with spending all my time and money in the mountains for 4 season straight then one day decided to take a break and refocus that energy into my career and I cannot be any happier that I made that choice.
SKI.INGHow many of you no longer ski? Since graduating college I've only skied about 3 times. So who here doesn't ski or do any snowsports anymore and why? Mine is simply location now.
tronnedSkiing is a hobby for the most part and will always be that way, it would be silly to let your life be governed by a hobby. Everything is good in moderation but when your choice to ski dictates your life it can be unhealthy and stunt you in the long run.
That is my thoughts on the matter.
SkibumsmithThat's really unfortunate that you had to choose between your career and skiing. I'm not saying you did the wrong thing at all. For me it's not so much about skiing specifically, as my passion for the mountains and being active in the outdoors. That's what keeps me sane. If I didn't have mountains close by I'd fucking move, end of story. This year I got started in the mechanical engineering program in school and it was a lot of work. I had to really bust my ass and it made spending time outdoors that much more important.
ShepuxGoing a season without skiing would be impossible
SpssI can go without skiing for up to 6 months. Longer than that and i get depressed
vandersteezeI went through Engineering school while still skiing regularly
I work now full time in an engineering job and still ski regularly
Its about how much it means to you versus other things. That is all
ShepuxGoing a season without skiing would be impossible
kshaughnWent to college in Maine (same one as Downey), so I used to be able to ski a bunch during the winter but I graduated last year and now work in Boston. Went out west for a week with my parents but besides that only had one day at a local hill outside of Boston.
Skiing is great and will always be a fun activity when I can, but focusing my career around the winter and a mountain isn't going to pay the bills. I'd rather have a good job and make some money now and go skiing when I get a chance so I can afford vacations or maybe a place on a mountain when I am older.
In my opinion, the long term is what matters most and don't postpone your future just to be able to do some skiing. The mountains aren't going anywhere but your career and future is a full time commitment.
ShepuxGoing a season without skiing would be impossible
_Jeffrey_I can't imagine the day where i stop skiing. Skiing is a way of life.
vandersteezeI went through Engineering school while still skiing regularly
I work now full time in an engineering job and still ski regularly
Its about how much it means to you versus other things. That is all
VinciI'm sorry but speaking about love and passion for the mountains and skiing and then about quitting and focusing on a career is simply blasphemy. If you're truly passionate about something you're going to do whatever the fuck it takes to continue doing it...
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tronnedI think when a lot of the ns'ers get closer to their middle ages their perspective will change
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theabortionatorObviously you guys were never really into the sport. Sorry that skiing isn't fun for you.