[richard jagger]

This is a very interesting thread.I find this a really good business but very boring with not many challenges.I also find theirs not much respect out there for our industry.I am a diabetic for 30 years and this puts me under a lot of pressure which add to my daily stress.

[Dave Anderson]

Like Ross and Tosh have suggested...it's more the person than the situation..

Window cleaning is lets face it, pretty casual in the main...for me the part that made me stressed was the thought of doing it when I am in my 60s'...now I am working on another business for myself (homebased) I am happier knowing that whilst I clean windows I am working to provide another income stream for the future.

Good luck to all.

Cheers
Dave.

[thewindowcleaner1]

Start when I want - Eat when I'm hungry - Go home when I've had enough

The secret in life is is not he least bit new - It's not doing as you like  - but likening what you do

[g.brookes]

dave thats my issue right now as well.  biggest concern is still doing this when is 60 to 70.  its fine now in my twenties when i can work fast but it'll be a nightmare in 30 years time and thats not even considering how bored i'll be of looking at windows.  considering heading back into education part time- best of both worlds for me

[dazmond]

g.brookes your worried about what your gonna do in 30 years time and your in your twenties?ruddy hell lad!what happened to the arrogance of youth and the feeling your gonna live forever??maybe it was the drugs i was taking when i was in my twenties!!but i had the attitude live fast die young!!!

im 40 now!hopefully ive got another 30 years left of window cleaning then part time until im 80 then retire!!

i know a guy whos 66 and still running up ladders every day and balancing on sloped roofs!i knew a guy who was still on ladders in his early seventies.he d do a morning and then go to the pub around 1pm for a few pints then home!!

truthfully i reckon 20 years and ill be knackered at 60!!

[richard jagger]

g.brookes don`t worry about 60- 70 it will sort its self out. As you get older you will need less and the growth in your business will give some money to invest in other things just don`t start to late.I am 62 years old and can do this job easily I am happy with what |I take home.So don`t worry it will just kill you early.   

[g.brookes]

see! exactly! its my nature to look far into the future.  you say you see people running up ladders in their sixties but you dont see them moaning to their wife all evening begging for a massage! i know you cant have everything- was talking to a customer today saying it seems to be a toss up between sitting in an office stressing your self out, losing all your hair, or doing a manual job where there is little stress but its really bad for your body.
i know for a fact that it being 60-70 wont sort its self out, especially with how many of us there will be at that age