when I was 10 my dad and 10 others bought an incredible duck camp in SWMN on North Heron Lake; by the time I was 18, 5 of those 10 guys were dead! They mostly died in their 50's; these guys were pretty driven, successful guys...work hard, play hard. I vowed I was gonna hunt ALOT along the way. I am lucky enough to be able to work from the cellphone, and not need to go into my office too much. My work phone rolls to my cell phone, and when I was gone for 9 days earlier in the month hunting, I didn't get bothered much by the phone...maybe a call a day or something (lucky!). I make around 9 out of state trips annually bird hunting...don't do too much else, just take care of my 3 labs, follow my college sophomore around in the winter/spring and watch him play collegiate tennis. I live a pretty simple life...have been collecting double shotguns for the past decade or so, need to shoot them more! I bought land in SD 18 years ago, and that has become my 2nd home, but frankly, I LOVE hunting prairie grouse more than anything! Leave in the am again for a different part of ND that i have hunted a lot before, hope there are some birds...should be, it really wasn't hit by the drought of 2017. I make my living serving older rich people--manage their $--and I can tell you that saving and saving for your old age is overrated! You need to save and invest, but I live a simple life...still live in the first house I bought 25 years ago...don't drive fancy vehicles...rarely eat out...spend very little on clothes...if I put my guns in my best vehicle, they would out value that 2016 Silverado by a decent margin...they are my weakness! No one gun is worth all that much, my best gun is an AYA #2 side lock 20 gauge...that, and my AYA 4/53 20 gauge, will be my guns of choice as I leave in the am...I love to walk...so, with my best friends, my dogs, and my prized possessions, my guns...it is hard to beat a walk in the uplands of MT or ND or SD!!!!! I do work with folks that make a lot of $...they work hard at it, really put in their time...I approach work like I did college...how little do I have to do to be a B+ student???? I am not competitive in the workplace...I don't care where my production puts me vs. the others...I care about how many days afield I can hunt! I win that category in my office. And I don't neglect my clients, either...nobody EVER has to wait til the next day to hear back from me...EVER. I just don't allow it to happen...I can't control the stock market, interest rates, oil prices, etc, but I can control how quickly I return calls, and that is more important to my clients than their $ performance...they know I am doing what I can, and being attentive to them is how I demonstrate that. Sorry to digress...in fact, most of them love the fact that I hunt so much, they know it is "my thing", and they care about my sanity and don't want me to burnout....kind of cool when you make clients into friends...today I emailed my top client early in the am, as her husband died 6 years ago today in a plane crash; and I called another premier client who turned 88 today. That is what we all do who are in the service business, I trust, but I don't leave anything to chance if I can avoid it. now I must pack!