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This is similar to what was around in the 80's with corporate people and owning a Bed and Breakfast. Many wanted to get away from the stress of corporate americ
by larrys 15y ago
This is similar to what was around in the 80's with corporate people and owning a Bed and Breakfast. Many wanted to get away from the stress of corporate america and traded it for owning a B&B in the country. What they found was that running a B&B was obviously much different then staying there as a guest.
"The 1980's was the ideal time when everybody wanted to own an inn, thanks to Bob Newhart," she said. referring to the popular television show that featured Mr. Newhart as a Vermont innkeeper. "
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/19/realestate/19bandb.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/19/realestate/19bandb.html?pa...
Something you like doing everyday and something you like doing occasionally are two different things. As well as something you have to do as opposed to something you can decide to do (like writing comments on HN - imagine if it was your job to do it 8 hours a day 5 days a week or more..)
- cosgroveb 15y agoI know a guy who was a broker on Wall Street throughout the 80's and 90's... He retired to take over the family farm, the sort of thing a lot of his peers wanted to do, and after 10 years of working non-stop to almost-not-quite break-even he's almost ready to sell it. He says that he had no idea how much harder than working on Wall Street it would be. He's got to know everything about the domain, he's got to know accounting, sales, marketing, and just about every other aspect of running a business and it is exhausting for such small potential gains.