[Richard Groves]

I'm not motivated at all and furthermore I don't care.

[Spruce]

My motivation to make money and be involved in business is high, i enjoy picking up new work and watching the money come in but im pretty much fed up with cleaning windows everyday. Motivation is pretty low and has been for a good year or so but i keep plodding along as overall there are much worse things i could be doing.

Some days i really enjoy it others i really hate it.

BUT i know its not going to be forever, at least not working 5 days a week, i will either employ or end up doing it part time alongside something else or maybe ill do something else entirely but i wont be cleaning windows everyday forever thats for sure, sod that.

i hope im still alive and fit enough to clean windows well into my 70s.......its a great way to make a living IMO....

And I hope you are to. If you enjoy what you do and your enjoy good health then good for you.
Both my father and grandfather worked well into their eighties.

Who wants to work in their seventies ffs!

I certainly don't want to work into my seventies but I have no option as I haven't paid into the UK pension fund long enough to claim a full pension. So until things change and I honestly can't work any longer, my moto is "I retire when I expire."

[Spruce]

Someone put up a post which has since been deleted.

"Sometimes I love it and sometimes I hate it" (or words to that effect.)

I was going to 'like' that as I know how you feel. I feel the same way sometimes.

[SB Cleaning]

Someone put up a post which has since been deleted.

"Sometimes I love it and sometimes I hate it" (or words to that effect.)

I was going to 'like' that as I know how you feel. I feel the same way sometimes.

I feel the same about my missus 

[dazmond]

Who wants to work in their seventies ffs!

Dazmond get a life! My daughters goldfish has more ambition than that.

you wont be around in your 70s....youll die before then........

[dazmond]

Who wants to work in their seventies ffs!

Dazmond get a life! My daughters goldfish has more ambition than that.

i know 2 shiners still working in their 70s(one i used to work for many years ago)..they both look great,fit and healthy and look years younger than their age and both have holiday homes....both still on ladders too!

my dad went back to work part time at 74...he s much happier now he doing a few hours work a week to top up his pension,he and mum have just come back from a month in tenerife....

[Dave Willis]

What’s your pension going to be like Dazmond?

[G Griffin]

I lost all my motivation to live when Lee Priory left the forum; can someone motivate him out of his hot tub to come back on and motivate me back to being motivated again?
And can anyone recommend a good motivational window cleaning magazine to read while Priory is drying his ball (that's singular; least said soonest mendest......it was hot tub accident while he was deleting his account  ) before becoming back being motivational online?

[Spruce]

Someone put up a post which has since been deleted.

"Sometimes I love it and sometimes I hate it" (or words to that effect.)

I was going to 'like' that as I know how you feel. I feel the same way sometimes.

I feel the same about my missus 

 

[dazmond]

my dads still smoking too...hes been smoking since he was 11 so 63 years puffing away! ...nowt wrong with him...he also looks great for his age....

[dazmond]

What’s your pension going to be like Dazmond?

normal state pension and savings(probably around £150,000 by the time im in my 70s)

[Kev Martin]

When you get to 50 you get sick of the ignorant customers and the crappy payers and tight gits in west yorkshire ,dont get me wrong a big part of my work is good but its the crap that puts me in this mood 😔😔😔

That happens in most walks of life not just windows.  In 2000 I walked away from a six figure salary  mainly because I had a stroke, but if I had gone back I would have just ended up smacking someone or dying according to my Doctor.  It took the stroke to make me realise just how stressed I was and how much I hated the job.  Money is not everything, health and happiness are the key.

[AuRavelling79]

I hope I'm fit and well for my age in my 70's.

I don't want to have to work then but I quite like the idea of a couple of half days (3 hours) a week of easy work paying the equivalent of the better side of a £100 a time. Maybe just do that two weeks a month and that adds over £400 a month to any other income you might have.

Perfect for treats for grandkids, days out, weekends away. And it keeps you moving and healthy.

Don't know if I'd do it in my 70's but certainly mid 60's when state pension kicks in - employ someone on the bulk of the round, pay them £2000 in wages, bonuses and costs and bring in north of £3000. That would be £1000 a month for admin and oversight. Then if it's the right person sell them the round when I'm 70 and let them pay me monthly over 12/18/24 months.

[Dry Clean]

my dads still smoking too...hes been smoking since he was 11 so 63 years puffing away! ...nowt wrong with him...he also looks great for his age....

It makes me so mad that in a country this wealthy a guy still has to do manual work in his mid 70's, I blame Thatcher and Brexit for this.

[G Griffin]

my dads still smoking too...hes been smoking since he was 11 so 63 years puffing away! ...nowt wrong with him...he also looks great for his age....

It makes me so mad that in a country this wealthy a guy still has to do manual work in his mid 70's, I blame Thatcher and Brexit for this.

What does he do?
And Daz didn't say he has to work.

[tlwcs]

my dads still smoking too...hes been smoking since he was 11 so 63 years puffing away! ...nowt wrong with him...he also looks great for his age....

Best he doesn’t inhale that poop 😁

[dazmond]

my dads still smoking too...hes been smoking since he was 11 so 63 years puffing away! ...nowt wrong with him...he also looks great for his age....

It makes me so mad that in a country this wealthy a guy still has to do manual work in his mid 70's, I blame Thatcher and Brexit for this.

What does he do?
And Daz didn't say he has to work.

driving a van picking up perfume and he does some packing occasionally too....he enjoys it....he does around 16 hours a week.....

he doesnt HAVE to do it......its his choice....the extra money comes in handy for even more days out with the grand kids/holidays abroad with mum...

[Johnny B]

I love this game so much and I'm in it for the long haul. I'm 57 now and have no plans to ever retire. The nearest I'll come to it is cutting back to 2 or 3 days a week, which may happen when I'm 70 (ish) if I make it that far.

John

[dazmond]

window cleaning is great...its not like working full time hours for someone else...

all i ever wanted was a flexible low stress good paying part time job ....and ive achieved that(finally after all these years)

[robbo333]

Not even motivated to reply until now!

But i'm working on it!