I QUIT.......

[Turtle49]

No, not the forum or teardropping.
I turned in my notice at work yesterday, so in 2 weeks I will be able to start designing my Tear in ernest.
Two years after my company was bought out in a merger I simply had enough. I'm going to try the "stay at home dad" thing for a couple of years until my youngest boy starts school, then I will try to figure out what I want to do when I grow up.

The cool part of this decision is that I know there will be one day next month I'll get up in the morning and realize that I don't ever have to go back there again!

What a relief!:wink:
Tim

[mikeschn]

Tim,

More power to you... I wish I was in the position to do that... I would focus 100% on the board and new teardrops...

Instead I am about 70% work and 30% board and teardrops...

Mike...

[Turtle49]

It took us the better part of a year and a half to get to this point, and I' glad its finally almost done!

Instead I am about 70% work and 30% board and teardrops...

Obsession does require its due, doesn't it?

[Arne]

I quit back in '95. Sat down and figured I could make it without working (of course, the past month has been the toughest since then)... you'll like it.

[Chip]

Well Tim enjoy the time and enjoy your son,,,ya might be a lifelong influence and raise up a devoted teardroper,,its all positive,,one door does not close that another one opens,,may be the best move ya ever made and one lots of us wish we could make,,good luck

chip

[mikeschn]

Obsession does require its due, doesn't it?

One has to have fun, right? I don't have fun at work, so I gotta have fun at home... can you imagine if I could get a job modeling and rendering and have fun doing it?

Mike...

[Larry Messaros]

I'm going to try the "stay at home dad" thing for a couple of years until my youngest boy starts school, then I will try to figure out what I want to do when I grow up.
Tim

Congrats on the decision. It reminds me of the song from Lonestar, "Mr. Mom". It's pretty funny.

[Turtle49]

I'm going to try the "stay at home dad" thing for a couple of years until my youngest boy starts school, then I will try to figure out what I want to do when I grow up.
Tim

Congrats on the decision. It reminds me of the song from Lonestar, "Mr. Mom". It's pretty funny.

Ya, I've heard that song. It makes me laugh every time I hear it.

[DanD]

Hi Tim,

My dad always told me....You spend about 90% of your awake hours working....it better be something you like......

I quit my job working for a big corporation about 15 years ago and never looked back. Back then, the company was looking to downsize and asked the staff if anyone wanted to take and "early out". It was like an open door into the sunshine.

A "stay at home dad" is a really cool thing. I got to be the one to ride herd on my kids. All of the extra time with them is priceless. Keeping kids on the "straight and narrow" nowdays is really a full time job. The payout for all of the time expended is the best part. Both my kids have been drug and trouble free. With me staying on their b**t about shcool and homework, both have earned scholarships and are now off to college.

Good luck and have fun with your son. I know I did........

[Turtle49]

I really appreciate the words of encouragement.
Obviously going into this, after working for larger companies for 15 years, I have a little anxiety. I met a guy last night during my older son's football practice that did this same thing, he also said that without a doubt it was the best decision he ever made. It's amazing how many fathers have actually done this.

Thanks again for the words of encouragement.

Tim

[twc3]

Tim - Good for you.

I did the same thing in 2000. I cashed in my 401k to start a business and have never looked back. I am a single father and LOVE the stay at home dad gig. The world of the self-employed father is only limited to ones imagination and ability. Children are only children once and I wanted to give my child the best childhood a child could have or as I could provide. One on One attention is better than riches and I think children grow up better if a parent is at home and gives them that attention. My mother stayed home till us kids went to school and so did her mother and her mother etc. I just think it is important.


Good Luck Tim!

Tom

[Kurt (Indiana)]

Tim, Make the most of the time with the kids. They actually do remember that stuff and will someday let you know how much you mean to them.

I'm semi-retired right now (only working 12 hours a day) but come January, it should be full time (retirement, that is). Then I can really get to work and have fun too.

Good luck to you.

[Ken A Hood]

Tim,

More power to you... I wish I was in the position to do that... I would focus 100% on the board and new teardrops...

Instead I am about 70% work and 30% board and teardrops...

Mike...

Yah I noticed...I'm still waiting for my donor trailer to be added to the hall of fame

I'm also working from home....but never seem to have enought time for my trailer....too much yardwork and grasscutting here and my mom and dad's and a few friends who I do yardwork for. I'm beat after working out in the sun all day.

[martha24]

Tim,
Bravo
I don't think you will regret it for a minute.
I was a stay at home mom & after my husband, David, was early retired from the phone co., we started a small business run from home. I think time with children is more valuable than "stuff", not counting food & a roof over the head of course. This way I was always able to take them to & from school, take them wherever needed, keep track of them etc. Neither of them got into any huge problems. My daughter graduated last year with her English BA and working & studying for the GRE and wants to go to Grad. school. My son is in the Air Force.
Besides a couple of years will give you time to figure out what direction you want to go when you go back to work.
Martha

[Arne]

I have found children remember small and big details. Could be the pancakes every Sunday a.m., or the trips to the aquarium, or just that while traveling, you taught them to read a road map.

Very rewarding and satisfying in later life to see that some of the simple things you did formed the greatest childhood memories for them..

Like the ad on TV where the son wants to help his dad fix the sink, and the dad first tells him it is a man's job... when the boy starts to walk away, the father rethinks it and says, 'well how would you like to hold the light for me' and the child returns with a big smile on his face...

You just never know what they will remember.