I’m a garden variety SCUBA nerd.
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I’m a garden variety SCUBA nerd.
....I have hobbies other than diving that compete for my attention, money and time.
I hope you are on the mend, I would say baby steps, start with an easy entry shore dive and remember the reasons you liked to dive. 90% of my dives are from shore, I don't own a boat. leave all the spear fishing stuff at home and just go for a short dive, or snorkle.I am dry for a while after a boating accident left me sketchy of the water.
I retired a little over 7 years ago and have been living on my pension since then. I had the opposite problem than you do, my job (RCAF) didn't pay that well, but I was in a position that I loved and was working both with and for a group of people who I genuinely respected and trusted. I was within a year of what we call "CRA" Compulsory Retirement Age, and if I asked for a waiver to allow me to go to age 60, it would likely come with an assignment. I decided that I would walk away with my last (and lasting) memories being fond ones.You said it, brother.
My other drug is high-performance motorcycle track riding. Not for the faint of heart - not because of the speed but rather the costs.
I’m on the cusp of retiring from one career and starting a second one. So, the triangle of location, job satisfaction and salary is frequently on my mind. I think I’ve got location checked off since we’ve landed on Florida so it’s down to a coin toss between job satisfaction and salary. I told my wife yesterday during our morning walk that I can tolerate a crappy job as long as it yields the salary necessary to enjoy my hobbies.
if you are certified, you are a diver. the amount of dives is not relevant to the testing and time you put in to getting your ccard.I am not a diver, I'm someone that likes to dive once in a while. Compared to everyone else, I am pretty much a pretender.
I do not dive for work per se` I am a rescue diver for a fire dept. but I have never gone on a call. (False alarms do not count) I just dive wherever whenever. I do not need to be on vacation to dive.I don’t dive for work, therefore I’m a vacation diver. Dive in both tropical and temperate waters with either a 3mm shortie or drysuit - whichever is appropriate.