You'll need to start selling your paintings.

yeah good session today took the 9,2 out for a change , forgot why i mostly hang out wide on my 12,6.

teatrea said..

Now im unemployed can take advantage of the great surf we get , Alley pumping on low tide today

Are you serious!!! Now you surf, paint and do the Market circuit/circus. Things happen for a reason and this is the opportunity to pursue something you have a feel for. Take your easel and paints to the beach and set up after you've had a surf. I wouldn't be suprised if you make a fortune just selling to tourists off the beach. It's worth considering., what's the worse that can happen - you do heaps of surfing but might not sell anything? Still sounds good to me!!!!

What about doing custom paint jobs on some of those DC and Laguna Bay SUPs, I'd pay a coupla hundred extra to have you do the cut back on the bottom of mine!! Put out a business card and a brochure of some of your paintings and give it to the custom shapers up and down the coasts, again worth considering? Sounds like you know how to run a business Good luck with it. At 40 (15 years ago) I went from being a successful but redundant Operations manager to becoming a Primary PE teacher. Besides the massive salary drop, I've never regretted a moment. That thrill of watching a student get something they were struggling with is priceless and much, much less stress! They can fast track teaching degrees nowadays and you get paid while you learn and teach....art perhaps. Remember a change is as good as a holiday so enjoy your break, if it's like most family businesses you probably haven't had a proper holiday in 15 years........ Bloody Dragons.... sorry watching Monday night Footy and St George pinched an unlikely victory from the Rabbitohs, 15th beats 1st!! Good luck with it all, use that Masters in Common Sense well, you're one of the hundred odd people left in Australia that still possess it. Cheers Leroy!!