Isn’t this the best job in the world?

Posted on March 18, 2008
Filed Under Food, Shelter, The Life, Water |

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I mean, look…this was my office today.

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Which, I suppose, makes this the water cooler.

I’m working on a job for an outdoor gear store. So, to get inspiration, I took a hike. To prove I was working, here’s a picture of my ULPO (Ultra-light Portable Office).

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You’ll see the Moleskine unlined notebook, the e-mail enabled cell phone, the 2-gigabyte flash memory drive, with all of the current documents I’m working on, and of course, my pen of choice, the utilitarian Pilot Precise V5

And, to further prove I was working, I brought my personal assistant along with me.

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We hiked into the woods about a mile and a half along a trail that took us around and over lakes, streams and some pretty steep hills. We had a working lunch. He captured the essence of our hike in his own notebook, while I did a little concepting from what has to be the most incredible office space in the entire world.

If you can think of a better job, I’d love to know about it.

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2 Responses to “Isn’t this the best job in the world?”

  1. Michael Kelberer on March 20th, 2008 5:46 am

    Amen, brother! When I really feel guilty about how great a job this is, is when I’m in my outdoor office working on something that has nothing to do with the outdoors!

  2. Danny on March 21st, 2008 11:24 am

    Hehe. No, my friend. REALLY guilty is getting a phone call when you’re in line for Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin at Disney’s Magic Kingdom with your five-year-old. It’s a client who is “so sorry, I know you’re on vacation,” but needs a concept and copy for one (1) post card that’s part of a campaign you helped develop. They need it tomorrow.

    So later, it’s 11 p.m., and you’re in the business center of the hotel. You’ve spent two and a half hours on a job in stolen moments standing in line or riding the buses or the monorail. And the client offered freely to pay you an obscene amount of money for doing this while you’re on vacation. I mean four-figures obscene (that was their offer! I was just going to tack on my standard 15% rush fee!).

    And you walk straight to the front desk and extend your vacation by three days with the money you just earned. And then you go have a quiet drink to celebrate while your family sleeps soundly three floors up, and wonder how the hell you got so lucky.

    THAT’S when you feel for all those people stuck in regular 9-5 jobs.

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