All those YA books lied to me - eviltoast
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    6 months ago

    This but for real

    This is what finally growing up feels like and it’s shit

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      6 months ago

      sell all your shit, get an older van with good mechanics (easier to fix)
      convert it into a portable house
      quit your job, go on an adventure…

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        6 months ago

        NB : you require some savings before you do this, otherwise you just become homeless.

        Remember kids, time is money, but money is also time.

        Source : Took a year long sabbatical and moved continents and started a family. Please help me, the DGI is on my ass.

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          6 months ago

          Disseminated gonococcal infection is on your ass?

          savings is good, but most people longing for such a change aren’t in a good position to save up… and you can always make money somewhere else you go to (often, not always)
          if you can’t, just hobo somewhere you can…

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            6 months ago

            Sure, just giving advice to people who want to do this with a kind of safety net. Doing it “your way” is more risky, but doing it as opposed to not doing it can still be possible, if you’re a bit more prudent.

            DGI is the acronym for the tax institution in the country I’m in.

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          6 months ago

          you can make money while living in a van…
          one of the subs i mentioned is “digital nomads”, which is entirely employed people… living nomadically while working online… aka remote…
          in r/vagabonds there’s a lot of more traditional traveler type work… seasonal stuff…

          or you could tend bar or something

          remember kids, money is a figment, time is counting down and you will die someday…

          you won’t regret having adventures… but you will regret being comfortable

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          6 months ago

          nope… i know reddit is trash and all… but good info on the subs vandwellers, vagabonds, and digitalnomads…

          adventure is always an option…

          (and risky and scary…)
          there’s also adventurous sports, like freediving, camping:hiking… shit like that…
          i think skydiving is dumb but a lot of people consider that adventurous…

          you could also do protests, volunteer firefighter, become a paramedic…

          i have just given you a call to adventure: but will you answer?

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            6 months ago

            Yeah, definitely trolling

            I refuse to believe anyone is stupid enough to see this as a realistic option

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              6 months ago

              enjoy sitting in your apartment, doing the exact same thing
              every day,
              every week,
              for the rest of your life…
              never changing anything…
              take no risks…
              a handshake, with carbon monoxide
              no alarms and no surprises
              p.s. people living lives that are difficult for you to understand are not “stupid”…
              you, however, are “ignorant”

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                  6 months ago

                  you wanted a call to adventure, i gave you one…

                  read those lyrics again… it’s a great song

                  “I refuse to believe anyone is stupid enough to see this as a realistic option”

                  yes, you called me stupid… you’re stupid if you think i’m trying to tell you every step of the way… like “get a driver license”

                  you could get a fucking boat, the whole point is choosing your own adventure…

                  i’m trying to remind you that you are not stuck, you are not too old to have opportunity for adventures… you are comfortable and you are afraid of change.

                  it quite common, really… but we’re not stupid