WEBVTT - A Work-Life Balance Worth Framing

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<v Speaker 1>Wind down with Janet Kramer an I'mheart Radio podcast. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to introduce you to On the Job and host

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<v Speaker 1>Avery Thompson. Avery shares stories of people making changes in

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<v Speaker 1>their professional and personal lives. Whether it's a successful athlete

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<v Speaker 1>transitioning into a new career off the field, a fly

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<v Speaker 1>fishing tour guide trying to introduce a new segment of

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<v Speaker 1>folks to the joys of the outdoors, or a stadium

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<v Speaker 1>beer and hot dog hawker who doubles as a CEO

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<v Speaker 1>of a red hot startup. We'll find out what drives

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<v Speaker 1>them and what lies ahead. These are heartfelt stories of

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<v Speaker 1>people finding their lives. Work on the Job is brought

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<v Speaker 1>to you by Express Employment Professionals. This week, Avery talks

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<v Speaker 1>to a Navy vet starting over in a small town.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to On the Job. On today's episode, we're headed

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<v Speaker 2>up to the Granite State to speak with John Bethell, who,

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<v Speaker 2>after years of service to his country as a Navy chaplain,

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<v Speaker 2>re entered the civilian life as a small town shop owner.

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<v Speaker 2>But as different as a two livelihood are as well hear,

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<v Speaker 2>John discovered they actually had quite a few things in common.

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<v Speaker 2>When John Bethel was in the Navy, for two years.

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<v Speaker 2>He was stationed on the Greek island of Crete. Being

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<v Speaker 2>in a distant land poses challenges, especially when you forget

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<v Speaker 2>your wallet.

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<v Speaker 3>It was my second day in the village. I was

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<v Speaker 3>explaining to him, like, hey, my wallet's there, I'll be

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<v Speaker 3>right back. He goes, oh, no, no, no, you're the American.

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<v Speaker 3>You're in the yellow house. We know where you are.

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<v Speaker 3>And he's the only taverna. Taverna's a little restaurant. He's like,

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<v Speaker 3>they're the only tavarnah in the village. He's like, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>where are gonna go?

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<v Speaker 2>And John, who's originally from New York City, found this

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<v Speaker 2>small town trust amazing. And that's not the only thing

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<v Speaker 2>he loved about life in Greece.

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<v Speaker 3>I was very attracted to the way that it seems

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<v Speaker 3>as though they scheduled stuff stuff. Things are open and

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<v Speaker 3>closed as they're opening, closed and figure it out. And

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<v Speaker 3>I remember when I first got there, I thought, how

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<v Speaker 3>do these people live like this? But then after two

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<v Speaker 3>years of it, the question I was asking myself was

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<v Speaker 3>what do I have to do to look like this?

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<v Speaker 2>A big part of the reason that John was so

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<v Speaker 2>enamored of this Greek way of doing things was that

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<v Speaker 2>it was so completely foreign to him. But as a

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<v Speaker 2>Navy chaplain, he never really had any time off.

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<v Speaker 3>With my job as a department head, and I had

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<v Speaker 3>a duty phone with me. I had that phone with

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<v Speaker 3>me everywhere. If I wanted a vacation, it wasn't really

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<v Speaker 3>vacation because I had to have that phone him. I

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<v Speaker 3>was the only chaplain for the whole piece.

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<v Speaker 2>So after two years of being stationed in Greece, John

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<v Speaker 2>was feeling an inkling to try something new. And ever

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<v Speaker 2>since John was a kid, he had this idea of

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<v Speaker 2>opening a print shop.

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<v Speaker 3>I've always loved printing as a hobby. I was just

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<v Speaker 3>going to open up a print shop. At first, I

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<v Speaker 3>was just going to do a letterpress printing shop online

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<v Speaker 3>or through an Etsy shop or through the website.

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<v Speaker 2>So we starts bringing it up in conversation with some

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<v Speaker 2>of his shipmates, saying, you know, I'm thinking about getting

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<v Speaker 2>back to the civilian life, ideally in some small town

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<v Speaker 2>in the US where I could replicate this Greek village

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<v Speaker 2>way of living and lo and behold. One of his

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<v Speaker 2>ship mate says, that sounds like where I'm from, Laconia,

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<v Speaker 2>New Hampshire, and immediately John's ears perk up, but like

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of the people that spend their summers in

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<v Speaker 2>New Hampshire, they don't tend to stick around much Later

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<v Speaker 2>into the year, Laconia was far from thriving, but despite

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<v Speaker 2>its current condition, John could see the potential. So he

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<v Speaker 2>put on his snow boots and went around town, introducing

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<v Speaker 2>himself to some of the local business owners to get

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<v Speaker 2>a feel for the place, and very quickly he experienced

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<v Speaker 2>that small town charm.

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<v Speaker 3>I said, hey, I want he kind of want to

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<v Speaker 3>do this, and the cobbler said, you know, we have

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<v Speaker 3>a cobbler. That's the kind of downtown Disney we have.

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<v Speaker 3>The cobbler said, well, the frame shop is going to

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<v Speaker 3>he's trying to sell it, and went and talk to

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<v Speaker 3>the guy and he said, yep, you can have it

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<v Speaker 3>for as all.

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<v Speaker 2>Probably the hardest part for John about walking away from

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<v Speaker 2>his Navy career were the relationships he built as a chaplain,

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<v Speaker 2>a position that brought John incredibly close with people, but

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<v Speaker 2>it turns out his new role as a shop owner

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<v Speaker 2>still involved dealing with people in their times of need.

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<v Speaker 3>I tried for the first six months of telling absolutely

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<v Speaker 3>nobody that I was with an episcopal priest I was like, nope,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm a shop owner, that is it. I'm not doing

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<v Speaker 3>any of that stuff. And eventually who you are and

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<v Speaker 3>what you're supposed to be he starts seeping out of

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<v Speaker 3>you for wanting to walk away from being like an

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<v Speaker 3>active priest. It has not stopped because people don't frame

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<v Speaker 3>things that are not important to them.

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<v Speaker 2>After three years in operation, Piedmont Printon Frame is doing well,

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<v Speaker 2>well enough that John has taken on a coworker and

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<v Speaker 2>some interns to help him meet the now steady work orders.

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<v Speaker 2>And with the extra help around the shop, John now

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<v Speaker 2>has more time to be part of the community, time

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<v Speaker 2>to be the new chaplain at the Laconia Firehouse, time

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<v Speaker 2>to volunteer with the local youth hockey team, or simply

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<v Speaker 2>just time to stroll around his adopted hometown of Laconia,

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<v Speaker 2>New Hampshire, saying hi to his neighbors.

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<v Speaker 3>It's nice. It's just it's nice, like you feel like

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<v Speaker 3>you belong somewhere.

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