Signs that you are a burnout

You mean youre burnt out in a career sense and now are being a ski bum or burnt out on the ski bum lifestyle?

Either way w33d
 
14089287:AndrewGravesSV said:
You mean youre burnt out in a career sense and now are being a ski bum or burnt out on the ski bum lifestyle?

Either way w33d
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finally the herbs come around
 
Symptoms of a burnt out ski bum include a lack of knee cartilage, back problems from futon sleeping, bitching in the liftline about crowds, vail, and ONLY 4 inches of fresh, and befriending kids much younger than you to party.

Symptons of being a burnout are a yearning for uprooting your current life and potentially vanlife, browsing instagram and NS way too much, getting slammed on weekends as a form of escapism, and lack of sleep.

You can couple either of these with blazing a lot
 
14089796:Young_IPMC said:
When you’re kind of hoping you get fired so you can ski tons while looking for the next job.
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lowkey this is me right now. im rollin into the office at like 9-930 most days now because the worst thing that can happen is i live the dream of skiing everyday
 
14089897:3oh3 said:
lowkey this is me right now. im rollin into the office at like 9-930 most days now because the worst thing that can happen is i live the dream of skiing everyday
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Yeah dude. The only reason I haven’t quit is because it’d be pretty hard to take two years off and still be able to find something in my field
 
you start getting fucked up the ass as a resort worker and start to lose a bit of your love for skiing because you work so god damn much for very little.
 
Its sad ski resorts pay so little to most of their employees. For 9 bucks an hour, the resorts should literally be defending and paying for employees legal costs when the get busted for selling drugs, because thats pretty much the only way to make it when your basepay is 9 fuckin bucks an hour. Base at resorts should be 15.
 
Yea but everyone wants to work at their dream mountain, it’s not a scarce position where they need to increase pay to draw in employees. You work in the sacred environment you love while 95% of the population is at the office or in traffic. You get to hang out with people who share the same passions while getting paid for stress free work. People don’t pick those jobs for the salary, it’s a job that allows a lifestyle.

**This post was edited on Dec 21st 2019 at 10:28:36am
 
14090011:DolanReloaded said:
Its sad ski resorts pay so little to most of their employees. For 9 bucks an hour, the resorts should literally be defending and paying for employees legal costs when the get busted for selling drugs, because thats pretty much the only way to make it when your basepay is 9 fuckin bucks an hour. Base at resorts should be 15.
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There's a lot of places where people could get a raise to go work at taco bell. Shits pretty fucked.

"We just cant find enough workers to meet the demand" fucjing scumbags. Lets import and geberslly fuck over a bunch of south Americans because they're stoked to get to the states on a visa so it doesn't matter how we treat them.

Also shout out to not just paying good employees better so they stay.

Vail is on the drugz big time right now.
 
14090086:STEEZUS_CHRI5T said:
Yea but everyone wants to work at their dream mountain, it’s not a scarce position where they need to increase pay to draw in employees. You work in the sacred environment you love while 95% of the population is at the office or in traffic. You get to hang out with people who share the same passions while getting paid for stress free work. People don’t pick those jobs for the salary, it’s a job that allows a lifestyle.

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Let me tell you this as someone who has worked at resorts all of my adult life until this past year.. it gets really old really fast. Yeah it’s cool to meet friends and all that.. but most of the employees eventually do get tired of all of the rain days; unridable (or least desirable days) yeah you get good days once in a blue moon but the crud days far outweigh the good days.. nobody likes just standing out in the rain all day while nobody is riding. I was lucky to have worked at a chill as resort And I got the good spots since I was a rider (a lot of lifties believe it or not Don’t ride) I was able to watch movies in the job, etc.. it’s easy but only pays $11.75 and sometimes it can weigh on a person.. everyone has some kind of bills to pay, and $11.75 Barely puts Non Parrishable food in your stomach..
 
someone asked me to name all the continents recently and i couldn't, that was enough of a sign for me
 
14090145:Segsxi said:
Why is this me right now lol
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Because work sucks and nobody wants to spend the only portion of their life that they can ski hard doing something they’re not passionate about. The only people I’ve met who are passionate about their job had no hobbies of their own aside from video games
 
Finding a different place to crash, pitch your tent or squat every few days.

Feeling like your welcome is worn out.

Riding in constant fear that your skis/bindings/boots will give out on the next send.

Having bases that are >30% epoxy.

Using your avi shovel blade as a frying pan.

Sorting through your clothes each day in vain to try and find the least filthy garments to wear.

Never being completely dry.

Maxed out credit card.

Shopping at grocery stores that will cash your EI cheque.

Dumpster diving.

Filling your water bottle/hydrapack from outdoor hose valves.

Poaching the shower at the local pool.

Eating leftovers on the tables in the lodge.

Devoting a portion of each day to finding firewood.

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14090658:skiP.E.I. said:
Finding a different place to crash, pitch your tent or squat every few days.

Feeling like your welcome is worn out.

Riding in constant fear that your skis/bindings/boots will give out on the next send.

Having bases that are >30% epoxy.

Using your avi shovel blade as a frying pan.

Sorting through your clothes each day in vain to try and find the least filthy garments to wear.

Never being completely dry.

Maxed out credit card.

Shopping at grocery stores that will cash your EI cheque.

Dumpster diving.

Filling your water bottle/hydrapack from outdoor hose valves.

Poaching the shower at the local pool.

Eating leftovers on the tables in the lodge.

Devoting a portion of each day to finding firewood.

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Oh my god haha
 
Yes working outside leaves my neck red, yes I own a large ranch a very large modern home, 1014 acres, several atvs, rtvs,, a boat a ski, a trailer larger than your shanty and a shop, business and plethora of rental units, however I’m rather urban and spend 90% of my time in the city of pgh, pay my employees 2x the average , but if growing up country, kind , well mannered, consistently standing for my beliefs is a bad thing well ya got me , touché

Yes I am a boy thanks for acknowledging ?

my hairs rather close to a spiked crew rn FYI since your so interested in my hair, I am growing it long tho, looks great especially in a suit, got a very full thick moist mane of a hair bc im quite healthy, well fed and overly groomed ?

Here’s my latest 1wk Check, you should see the 90 day checks!!! Do you get checks? Bc as I recall , you made an honorable agreement and turned it dishonorable, must be the orange in ya
 
When your name is Dogfart

14203934:TRVP_ANGEL said:
Yes working outside leaves my neck red, yes I own a large ranch a very large modern home, 1014 acres, several atvs, rtvs,, a boat a ski, a trailer larger than your shanty and a shop, business and plethora of rental units, however I’m rather urban and spend 90% of my time in the city of pgh, pay my employees 2x the average , but if growing up country, kind , well mannered, consistently standing for my beliefs is a bad thing well ya got me , touché

Yes I am a boy thanks for acknowledging ?

my hairs rather close to a spiked crew rn FYI since your so interested in my hair, I am growing it long tho, looks great especially in a suit, got a very full thick moist mane of a hair bc im quite healthy, well fed and overly groomed ?

Here’s my latest 1wk Check, you should see the 90 day checks!!! Do you get checks? Bc as I recall , you made an honorable agreement and turned it dishonorable, must be the orange in ya
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14090658:skiP.E.I. said:
Finding a different place to crash, pitch your tent or squat every few days.

Feeling like your welcome is worn out.

Riding in constant fear that your skis/bindings/boots will give out on the next send.

Having bases that are >30% epoxy.

Using your avi shovel blade as a frying pan.

Sorting through your clothes each day in vain to try and find the least filthy garments to wear.

Never being completely dry.

Maxed out credit card.

Shopping at grocery stores that will cash your EI cheque.

Dumpster diving.

Filling your water bottle/hydrapack from outdoor hose valves.

Poaching the shower at the local pool.

Eating leftovers on the tables in the lodge.

Devoting a portion of each day to finding firewood.

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Man fuck you did you keep tabs on me these last few months to put this list together this hits way too close to home.

wait... maybe I'm burnt out?

fuck.

Nah no way, I still have some long johns I've only worn 8 times without washing, better put em on and go ski
 
You get tired of working shit jobs just to ski and say you’re going to go to school/get a real job in the summer and then before you know it you’re 30 and you’re still doing the same shit.

Now, all your friends from the ‘golden years’ have grown up and done cool things so now you are are friends with a bunch of 22-25 year olds and you are doing the same thing as them; getting drunk every night and smoking hella dope to try and convince yourself that you still love the lifestyle but really you are doing the same 4 tricks you have been doing since you were 20 and deep down you know this life isn’t sustainable.

As soon as you feel these feelings creeping in, you reach for the bong and crack a beer before heading to your job at the liquor store and can sit and have the same conversation with every customer about how ‘sick the hill was today’ and that we are ‘living the dream’ but really you are living in a seemingly inescapable cycle of dopamine hits and depression that has long term ramifications of debilitating mental health and unfufillment.

Every ski bum should ask the question. If I take the skiing out of my life, what is left? What does that look like?

**This post was edited on Nov 28th 2020 at 4:51:52pm
 
14090086:STEEZUS_CHRI5T said:
Yea but everyone wants to work at their dream mountain, it’s not a scarce position where they need to increase pay to draw in employees. You work in the sacred environment you love while 95% of the population is at the office or in traffic. You get to hang out with people who share the same passions while getting paid for stress free work. People don’t pick those jobs for the salary, it’s a job that allows a lifestyle.

**This post was edited on Dec 21st 2019 at 10:28:36am
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yeah and that's the exact same attitude that lets them underpay employees.
 
14204009:JAHBRADOR said:
You get tired of working shit jobs just to ski and say you’re going to go to school/get a real job in the summer and then before you know it you’re 30 and you’re still doing the same shit.

Now, all your friends from the ‘golden years’ have grown up and done cool things so now you are are friends with a bunch of 22-25 year olds and you are doing the same thing as them; getting drunk every night and smoking hella dope to try and convince yourself that you still love the lifestyle but really you are doing the same 4 tricks you have been doing since you were 20 and deep down you know this life isn’t sustainable.

As soon as you feel these feelings creeping in, you reach for the bong and crack a beer before heading to your job at the liquor store and can sit and have the same conversation with every customer about how ‘sick the hill was today’ and that we are ‘living the dream’ but really you are living in a seemingly inescapable cycle of dopamine hits and depression that has long term ramifications of debilitating mental health and unfufillment.

Every ski bum should ask the question. If I take the skiing out of my life, what is left? What does that look like?

**This post was edited on Nov 28th 2020 at 4:51:52pm
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The life can get old. Most people I know eventually partner up with someone, and move up to big boy jobs, and maybe even move away from the mountains to start a family. You have to stay on top of your life, or it will pass you by. Some dudes I know are in their late 30s-40s, still working min wage resort jobs and single. They got just a little too absorbed into the lifestyle, and when they stopped for a quick breather, realised they'd been left behind. There's a reason that the Rockies are the suicide belt. Ski towns have very fluid populations, very few of the people who move in one season are there for the next, and people are always moving up and on. It's really easy to get lonely, because the short amount of time that people are there, doesn't always make it easy to develop deep friendships. And the older you get, the harder it gets, because the age gap between you, and the people moving in becomes wider, and harder to cross, both romantically and platonically. As someone with limited social skills, this has to be my biggest fear When I look at these dudes, it almost feels like looking in a mirror that shows you in 20 years.
 
14204048:SendyMcSendyface said:
The life can get old. Most people I know eventually partner up with someone, and move up to big boy jobs, and maybe even move away from the mountains to start a family. You have to stay on top of your life, or it will pass you by. Some dudes I know are in their late 30s-40s, still working min wage resort jobs and single. They got just a little too absorbed into the lifestyle, and when they stopped for a quick breather, realised they'd been left behind. There's a reason that the Rockies are the suicide belt. Ski towns have very fluid populations, very few of the people who move in one season are there for the next, and people are always moving up and on. It's really easy to get lonely, because the short amount of time that people are there, doesn't always make it easy to develop deep friendships. And the older you get, the harder it gets, because the age gap between you, and the people moving in becomes wider, and harder to cross, both romantically and platonically. As someone with limited social skills, this has to be my biggest fear When I look at these dudes, it almost feels like looking in a mirror that shows you in 20 years.
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U r ur pfp lmao
 
14204009:JAHBRADOR said:
You get tired of working shit jobs just to ski and say you’re going to go to school/get a real job in the summer and then before you know it you’re 30 and you’re still doing the same shit.

Now, all your friends from the ‘golden years’ have grown up and done cool things so now you are are friends with a bunch of 22-25 year olds and you are doing the same thing as them; getting drunk every night and smoking hella dope to try and convince yourself that you still love the lifestyle but really you are doing the same 4 tricks you have been doing since you were 20 and deep down you know this life isn’t sustainable.

As soon as you feel these feelings creeping in, you reach for the bong and crack a beer before heading to your job at the liquor store and can sit and have the same conversation with every customer about how ‘sick the hill was today’ and that we are ‘living the dream’ but really you are living in a seemingly inescapable cycle of dopamine hits and depression that has long term ramifications of debilitating mental health and unfufillment.

Every ski bum should ask the question. If I take the skiing out of my life, what is left? What does that look like?

**This post was edited on Nov 28th 2020 at 4:51:52pm
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^
 
When you've been working in the service industry in town too long, making too little money, doing too many drugs, and it becomes less about the skiing, and more about the party it's time to grow up, and leave never never land.

Just be aware the real world is a trap too.https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/trappings

I lived that Whislife to it's fullest until I realized it was empty. There's days I wish I could go back to the care free youth of having no responsibilities as an adult living in a ski town.

Choose your future; choose life.
 
14090011:DolanReloaded said:
Its sad ski resorts pay so little to most of their employees. For 9 bucks an hour, the resorts should literally be defending and paying for employees legal costs when the get busted for selling drugs, because thats pretty much the only way to make it when your basepay is 9 fuckin bucks an hour. Base at resorts should be 15.
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dang the one time everyone agrees with Dolan. Props man maybe you've turned a corner lol
 
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