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No prospect, no future. You seem to be waiting for death.

by 1996 7y ago

madaxe_again 7y ago
No, I’m living life. If you measure your entire worth through your position in a corporate hierarchy, sure, no future. Life isn’t about how much stuff you have, but that’s for you to find out - most only discover this just before they die, if ever.
- 1996 7y ago
  I have little care for such things. Human interaction is different - as is doing things with other human beings. Hobby, work, paid, volunteer - doesn't matter. You seem to be living a recluse life. I find that concerning
CalRobert 7y ago
As are you - so what are you doing while waiting?
- 1996 7y ago
  projects, things. Not maximizing the time spent doing nothing or just introspecting off the grid, in a country chosen just because it was cheap. There is a time and place for everything, but after a while it is best to interact and relate with other human beings.
  - madaxe_again 7y ago
    The irony of you talking about relating to other human beings is staggering, given your unwarranted condescension. I didn’t just chose here because it was cheap - I went for quality of life. Friendly locals, good food, sunshine, nature, and a generally laid back culture. I spent two years after quitting wandering the earth, weighing up options, seeing how other people live, broadening my horizons. Because I’m not spending money to make money and have no fixed calendar, I can go travel when everyone else is at school or work, meet up with friends, meet new people, experience new cultures. You can see a lot of planet for a little money, if you have time - I’ve driven the length of the Americas, from Ushuaia to Anchorage, the breadth of Eurasia, from London to Singapore, and down the west coast of Africa - and oh boy do I meander. In these past few years I’ve written two novels, dozens of shorts, and I’m about to be (not self) published. In the last few months I’ve installed solar energy, built a dam, installed hydro energy, run plumbing, installed hot and cold running water, and inbetween I’ve found the time to go crayfish fishing and mushrooming with the locals. Sitting on the riverbank boiling up dinner you just caught and foraged with a bunch of other humans is the epitome of human interaction. Being a cubicle jerk isn’t interaction, it’s a facsimile of interaction, divorced from human meaning, with a mechanistic ersatz set of values imposed by a group delusion. I bought into it for too long - and only now am I beginning to realise my potential.
    - CalRobert 7y ago
      I don't see contact info in your profile, but I'd love a link to your novel (or email address if you care to converse). I haven't wandered, but living somewhere really cheap where my modest house is paid off in cash and monthly expenses are tiny, is life changing. If I'd done it younger, I might've done more of what you describe, but as it is it's liberating if you've got a family too. It's amazing the decisions you can make when "I want to take this risk or do that thing" has a worst-case outcome of "oh well, I still have a secure home for me and my family" and not "oh crap we're living out of a van". Mortgages are death to life - actual life - perhaps why that have "Mort" right there in the name.

No prospect, no future. You seem to be waiting for death.

by 1996 7y ago

No prospect, no future. You seem to be waiting for death.

No, I’m living life. If you measure your entire worth through your position in a corporate hierarchy, sure, no future. Life isn’t about how much stuff you have, but that’s for you to find out - most only discover this just before they die, if ever.

1996 7y ago
I have little care for such things. Human interaction is different - as is doing things with other human beings. Hobby, work, paid, volunteer - doesn't matter. You seem to be living a recluse life. I find that concerning

CalRobert 7y ago

As are you - so what are you doing while waiting?

1996 7y ago
projects, things. Not maximizing the time spent doing nothing or just introspecting off the grid, in a country chosen just because it was cheap. There is a time and place for everything, but after a while it is best to interact and relate with other human beings.
- madaxe_again 7y ago
  The irony of you talking about relating to other human beings is staggering, given your unwarranted condescension. I didn’t just chose here because it was cheap - I went for quality of life. Friendly locals, good food, sunshine, nature, and a generally laid back culture. I spent two years after quitting wandering the earth, weighing up options, seeing how other people live, broadening my horizons. Because I’m not spending money to make money and have no fixed calendar, I can go travel when everyone else is at school or work, meet up with friends, meet new people, experience new cultures. You can see a lot of planet for a little money, if you have time - I’ve driven the length of the Americas, from Ushuaia to Anchorage, the breadth of Eurasia, from London to Singapore, and down the west coast of Africa - and oh boy do I meander. In these past few years I’ve written two novels, dozens of shorts, and I’m about to be (not self) published. In the last few months I’ve installed solar energy, built a dam, installed hydro energy, run plumbing, installed hot and cold running water, and inbetween I’ve found the time to go crayfish fishing and mushrooming with the locals. Sitting on the riverbank boiling up dinner you just caught and foraged with a bunch of other humans is the epitome of human interaction. Being a cubicle jerk isn’t interaction, it’s a facsimile of interaction, divorced from human meaning, with a mechanistic ersatz set of values imposed by a group delusion. I bought into it for too long - and only now am I beginning to realise my potential.
  - CalRobert 7y ago
    I don't see contact info in your profile, but I'd love a link to your novel (or email address if you care to converse). I haven't wandered, but living somewhere really cheap where my modest house is paid off in cash and monthly expenses are tiny, is life changing. If I'd done it younger, I might've done more of what you describe, but as it is it's liberating if you've got a family too. It's amazing the decisions you can make when "I want to take this risk or do that thing" has a worst-case outcome of "oh well, I still have a secure home for me and my family" and not "oh crap we're living out of a van". Mortgages are death to life - actual life - perhaps why that have "Mort" right there in the name.