{"id":38849,"date":"2011-08-28T15:46:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T15:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/why-you-should-be-a-sand-castle-consultant-when-you-grow-up\/"},"modified":"2011-08-28T15:46:12","modified_gmt":"2011-08-28T15:46:12","slug":"why-you-should-be-a-sand-castle-consultant-when-you-grow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/beaches\/why-you-should-be-a-sand-castle-consultant-when-you-grow-up.php","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Be a Sand Castle Consultant When You Grow Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Not your ordinary sand castles.<\/p><\/div>

If you were told that you could get paid $6,000 a WEEK to play in the sand, stay in fancy hotels, eat amazing meals and get lots of publicity, would you do it? Ok, ok, so maybe play <\/em>in the sand isn’t the correct word – but it feels funny saying “work” when I’m talking about sand. In any case, it appears that some people actually do make $6,000 a week to build sand castles.<\/a> And that’s just not fair.<\/p>

Or maybe it is. Ok, it definitely is. These aren’t just people playing with buckets – they’re educated mechanical engineers and teachers who happen to be really good at building stuff in sand<\/a>. And apparently, people are paying them to do so.<\/p>

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I’m not knocking this at all – I actually think it’s fantastic that some artists can make a great living doing what they love. I’m just surprised by the numbers, that’s all. But then again, anyone who has visited a sand castle building competition has an idea that the sculptures truly are works of art. <\/a><\/p>

So, as summer winds down, perhaps you should think about taking some sand castle building classes. Then, come next summer, you can charge upwards of $75\/hour to give other people classes – it’s a fun, pretty low-stress way to make a living. Kind of like the kayak rental guy I met in Seagrove Beach<\/a> who charged $30\/hour per kayak<\/em> to rent them out. He had 10 kayaks to rent, and I watched him rent out all of them every hour for a good three hours. That was nearly $1,000 in one day, for three hours worth of sitting on the beach and chatting with beach goers. Amazing.<\/p>

Here’s to skilled artists and entrepreneurs. They’re an inspiration to follow our hearts and do what we love in life – and the money will likely follow.<\/p>

Photo: Jug Jones<\/a><\/p>

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