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Bigfeely123
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Who here has quit the "normal life" & when?
#23408154 - 07/03/16 07:21 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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When did you and how did you know you'd never be cut out to live a typical 9-5 lifestyle? Also how did your friends and family react to your decision? Tell me your stories, share your experiences, and whatever else you feel like sharing. Please & thank you. Much appreciated.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Bigfeely123]
#23408202 - 07/03/16 07:38 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I think most ways of quitting the "normal life" are going to involve quite a bit of risk. Assuming you don't already have money when you decide to quit, you'd more or less be looking at something along the lines of selling illegal substances. Some people keep it simple and clean with natural illegal products like cannabis.
Others like to get dirty and fuck with meth and rob people and other crazy shit.
Regardless on what you're doing, unless you're making some awesome homemade products and selling it on etsy or ebay or something, you're probably risking some jail/prison time and possibly your life.
Cannabis has been a steady income for me in the past. It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago that I stopped selling completely (after doing it for a few years). I didn't realize how stressful it was until I stopped doing it. I told everyone I'm out and I've ignored phone calls ever since then and it's been absolutely great. No drama, no stress, no rushing, just catching up and trying to do what I need to do to get my head straight.
I'm planning on buying tools to do landscaping for money eventually. Taking care of yards and working outside is something I've always had a knack for. You can pick your jobs, name your prices, and do your own hours as long as you get what you need to done when you're supposed to.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Bigfeely123]
#23408273 - 07/03/16 08:09 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Went on the dole because of schizophrenia. Probably always knew that I wasn't cut out for 9 to 5, principally because of boredom.
This alienated me from many university friends, because the sort of person that goes to university is usually a go-getter and might look down on dole bludgers.
My family is mostly all good with it, except for my father who had some delusions about me becoming a heart surgeon.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: viktor]
#23408290 - 07/03/16 08:15 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm planning on quitting the 'normal' lifestyle asap. I'm in my mid 20's and I've saved up enough money for a deposit on a decent house/land. As soon as I find a place I like, my plan is to start an organic farm. Once I'm making enough cash to supplement my current income I'm quitting my job.
That's my goal anyway. Fingers crossed it works out.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: jsncrs]
#23408298 - 07/03/16 08:17 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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jsncrs said: I'm planning on quitting the 'normal' lifestyle asap. I'm in my mid 20's and I've saved up enough money for a deposit on a decent house/land. As soon as I find a place I like, my plan is to start an organic farm. Once I'm making enough cash to supplement my current income I'm quitting my job.
That's my goal anyway. Fingers crossed it works out.
If you need a good hand in the future 
I love the organic movement and it's something I'm really passionate about. I'm not afraid to bust ass and get dirty either.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Kush_Zombie]
#23408328 - 07/03/16 08:25 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'd love to get to the point where I could offer work / accommodation to like minded people 
It's something I'm really passionate about as well. If I could get to the point where I'm mostly disconnected from the grid, that would be even better.
My girlfriend is passionate about animal rescue (as am I) and wants to start a dog rescue / daycare, so I'm looking for a plot of land big enough where we can both do what we love
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: jsncrs]
#23408333 - 07/03/16 08:27 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm definitely not down to do anything illegal in order to survive. Not going to risk going to prison or jail which would be no life at all.
dole? whats that?
I hope it works out for you man.
anyone quit their job and go on the road? i'm less concerned with money and more concerned with my mental wellbeing. right now I can buy pretty much anything I desire but I'm still depressed as fuck & angry all the time. it sucks...
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: jsncrs]
#23408341 - 07/03/16 08:30 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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to be honest I'm not really passionate about anything like that. I know I cannot help save the world. I honestly don't really care about helping others, saving the planet, or anything like that. I just care about myself. Call me selfish, it's cool. I don't really care. I just want to live life and stop waiting to die. Going to work, coming home in a shit mood, being bored, doing nothing... it's all getting old. The things I'm passionate about is what keeps me going-working out, playing guitar, and skateboarding. I do them less and less these days because I work 5 days a week.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Bigfeely123] 2
#23408462 - 07/03/16 09:07 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've done the organic farm thing and it is one of the hardest things you'll ever do, and statistically you're more than likely to fail and ruin your life in the process. You'll be a slave to your land and animals. I do mining now hauling tonnage around to gem shows and making lapidary/jewelry items. It's a much freer life and I get to spend countless nights camping in some of the nicest places on this planet. People look at what I do with awe and get inspired. When you have an organic farm, people just see you as a food producer. There is no respect that comes with that. It's fine if you just want to hang out with wwoofers and scrape in 5k for a season. We had some of the best certified organic berries in all of Oregon and got no respect. We definitely couldn't live off the farm. We would have had to raise cattle, or breed a high end animal like horses etc.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Bigfeely123]
#23408524 - 07/03/16 09:24 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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You will have to work so much harder and so much longer for so much less money if you want to "leave the 9-5." If it's LESS work you're looking for, you've got the wrong idea about what it's like to run your own business.
There are TONS of careers out there that don't involve a desk and stereotypical hours. We have a shroomery member who somewhat regularly travels to Antarctica as part of his job. There's marine biology if you love the ocean, forestry related stuff if you love nature, and agriculture programs if you love plants and animals. Hell, you could study library science and work in a library if you like peace and quiet.
You have to enjoy working 12 hours+ per day 7 days a week for subsistence wages if you want to be your own boss. It's way more work, not less. And most business owners fail an average of 7-8 times before they succeed, so there's that, too.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Bigfeely123]
#23408663 - 07/03/16 10:15 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Bigfeely123 said: to be honest I'm not really passionate about anything like that. I know I cannot help save the world. I honestly don't really care about helping others, saving the planet, or anything like that. I just care about myself. Call me selfish, it's cool. I don't really care. I just want to live life and stop waiting to die. Going to work, coming home in a shit mood, being bored, doing nothing... it's all getting old. The things I'm passionate about is what keeps me going-working out, playing guitar, and skateboarding. I do them less and less these days because I work 5 days a week.
i'm wanting to get away too. My plan is to get my vehicle paid off and save up some money, quit my job and hit the road. The problem comes there...i don't know exactly where i want to go or what i want to do.
All i know is i'm not happy doing what i am currently doing. I make good money sure, but it isn't worth it. There's nothing exciting about my job or my life, and i feel like i could change that if i got away from here. Then on the flip side i could end up in a worse situation.
Life sucks sometimes man. I don't know what i'm doing anymore.
I can't really even think of anything that i'm passionate about to begin with
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: nooneman]
#23408808 - 07/03/16 11:08 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm not interested in running my own business. I'm not passionate about anything like marine biology or anything like that. Truthfully I have no fucking clue what I want to do. I have a decent job. I can buy whatever I want right now-within reason... no I can't buy a boat or something like that... I'm just not happy. I'm depressed every day and I'm also angry every day. I've been thinking about just saying fuck this and hitting the road, bumming around, smoking weed, and travelling for a while. This "normal" every day life is just getting so old and depressing. It's the same exact thing every single day. It's making me go insane.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Mr. Magic]
#23408824 - 07/03/16 11:13 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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sounds like we are both in the same boat... i feel like im just fucking waiting to die man. not living at all. not doing anything. same thing every day... work, come home in a horrible mood, go to gym (i like this), come home from gym and spend the rest of the day on the computer and/or watching TV. I have literally no friends so I don't hang out with anyone. I get talked to like shit every day at work by customers and as anyone can imagine after a while you just can't fake being happy/nice/cheery anymore.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: jsncrs]
#23408865 - 07/03/16 11:26 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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jsncrs said: I'm planning on quitting the 'normal' lifestyle asap. I'm in my mid 20's and I've saved up enough money for a deposit on a decent house/land. As soon as I find a place I like, my plan is to start an organic farm. Once I'm making enough cash to supplement my current income I'm quitting my job.
That's my goal anyway. Fingers crossed it works out.
Move to the Big Island of Hawaii (the island that's named Hawaii). There's land out there for ridiculously cheap considering it's located in Hawaii. That's my plan.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Kush_Zombie]
#23408925 - 07/03/16 11:43 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Kush_Zombie said: I think most ways of quitting the "normal life" are going to involve quite a bit of risk. Assuming you don't already have money when you decide to quit, you'd more or less be looking at something along the lines of selling illegal substances. Some people keep it simple and clean with natural illegal products like cannabis.
Others like to get dirty and fuck with meth and rob people and other crazy shit.
Regardless on what you're doing, unless you're making some awesome homemade products and selling it on etsy or ebay or something, you're probably risking some jail/prison time and possibly your life.
Cannabis has been a steady income for me in the past. It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago that I stopped selling completely (after doing it for a few years). I didn't realize how stressful it was until I stopped doing it. I told everyone I'm out and I've ignored phone calls ever since then and it's been absolutely great. No drama, no stress, no rushing, just catching up and trying to do what I need to do to get my head straight.
I'm planning on buying tools to do landscaping for money eventually. Taking care of yards and working outside is something I've always had a knack for. You can pick your jobs, name your prices, and do your own hours as long as you get what you need to done when you're supposed to.
Damn it, man, that sounds so relaxing and free. Congrats
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Bigfeely123]
#23408966 - 07/03/16 11:57 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I work so I can eat. I wish life could be normal.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Dr.Wongburger]
#23408971 - 07/04/16 12:00 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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elaborate... despite what people say, food is pretty cheap.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Bigfeely123]
#23409029 - 07/04/16 12:30 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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It's really cheap. I enjoy steamed veggies they sell at walmart. It's like less than a $1 and you get a entire meal pretty much- a good volume of food.
Tacobell.. also very cheap.. but not as healthy. lmfao.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Bigfeely123] 1
#23409050 - 07/04/16 12:42 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Depends what you mean but "quitting the normal life." One could start a legit business, an illegal business, go homeless/vagrant, become an investor/trader type with futures and stocks and shit like that, running gambling books, online vending, and countless other lifestyles that don't fit in the "normal life" parameters. Ever heard of Work Away? You travel places and get free room and board from someone in exchange for pre-agreed work. There's so many options out there. Learn to speak Esperanto and travel the world practically free.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: abltsandwich]
#23409057 - 07/04/16 12:46 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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What I mean is traveling in a car around the US for an extended period of time. Staying somewhere for however long... get bored... go to your next destination. Shit like that. Just doing whatever you want when you want. I'm not a bum, I have money and a car.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Bigfeely123]
#23409065 - 07/04/16 12:51 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Learn to speak Esperanto and network in with that crowd. Work Away is also an interesting option. Both would fit your idea.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Bigfeely123]
#23409066 - 07/04/16 12:51 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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So... You want to walk the earth?

I've thought of it before. Into the Wild really got me interested in the idea.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Bigfeely123]
#23409075 - 07/04/16 01:03 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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What you need is camping equipment.
Hit up national forests and national parks. You'll need to plan for this, save money, plan on doing it for a specific duration (12 months etc), and buy enough food and camping supplies to last that long. You'll also need to factor in gas, so you need to plan out where you're going to stay, when, and for how long. Save enough so that after you buy everything if your car breaks down you can afford to fix it.
Generally backpack camping away from an organized campsite is free or near free. You'll have to look up permits and what not, and you'll occasionally want to stay in organized campgrounds so that you can shower etc.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: nooneman]
#23409084 - 07/04/16 01:10 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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A DIY campervan conversion would be fancy for quitting the normal life.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: nooneman]
#23409090 - 07/04/16 01:15 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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sweet thank you for the advice. while i dont mind camping id very much prefer to sleep in my car. it's not a van or a truck but an SUV. and is pretty roomy. you ever go vegabond for a while?
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Bigfeely123]
#23409279 - 07/04/16 04:18 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I guess I will still be working a 9 to 5 or own my own business, but I would like my own land and have a homestead, or self sufficient living environment. gardens, livestock, water supply,electricity, bee farm, etc. I dont want to have to depend on anything besides myself.
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Quote:
ThatKidWithTheFace said:
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Kush_Zombie said: I think most ways of quitting the "normal life" are going to involve quite a bit of risk. Assuming you don't already have money when you decide to quit, you'd more or less be looking at something along the lines of selling illegal substances. Some people keep it simple and clean with natural illegal products like cannabis.
Others like to get dirty and fuck with meth and rob people and other crazy shit.
Regardless on what you're doing, unless you're making some awesome homemade products and selling it on etsy or ebay or something, you're probably risking some jail/prison time and possibly your life.
Cannabis has been a steady income for me in the past. It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago that I stopped selling completely (after doing it for a few years). I didn't realize how stressful it was until I stopped doing it. I told everyone I'm out and I've ignored phone calls ever since then and it's been absolutely great. No drama, no stress, no rushing, just catching up and trying to do what I need to do to get my head straight.
I'm planning on buying tools to do landscaping for money eventually. Taking care of yards and working outside is something I've always had a knack for. You can pick your jobs, name your prices, and do your own hours as long as you get what you need to done when you're supposed to.
Damn it, man, that sounds so relaxing and free. Congrats
aren't you the kid that got butthurt and left me a zero rating saying "go back to school, it would do you some good."?
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Kush_Zombie]
#23409497 - 07/04/16 07:24 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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making money on the internet is where its at, its not exactly easy tho
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: thelanzii]
#23409502 - 07/04/16 07:27 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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It is if you're a hot chick with a webcam
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Kush_Zombie]
#23409509 - 07/04/16 07:30 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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lol i just watched an interview with kendra sunderland, shes banging
i do freelance writing and blogging, probably going to make a youtube channel as well
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Kush_Zombie]
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If you wanna go this route in life Hobo lifestyle is the best, working your ass of in a organic farm is bullshit way too much work and you need some type of money first, Selling and producing drugs has too much risk especially weed .Hobo riding train is just fun and doesn't cost anything. You ask for money or do squeedge for food and cig and Booz, travel, go to hippie gathering, go work in a orchard or something if you want extra money, you go from festival to festival and try to enter the bum way. Lots of fun really
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Did it for 4 years, but then my father which I had lost contact gave me an epic job opportunitie in his environmental waste recycling compagny that I couldn't turn down. So here I am working my ass off but it will pay in the end.
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i have never earned over ten grand annually--haven't even worked more than 100 hours so far this year--but, i also don't pay rent and get a large percentage of my food from the trash, so i rarely feel difficulty in covering my basic needs
how do i live?--out of a backpack, wandering wherever the wind or desire takes me
how do i entertain myself?--i read books, write poetry and philosophy, play the blues harp, go on adventures with my dog, sit in a spot with a good view and think, cook and eat great meals with friends, teach myself new skills (currently, tattooing and juggling), and sometimes i post on in the pub
what sacrifices have i made?--the biggest, already mentioned, is my decision to not live in a house in order to avoid losing 1/3 to 1/2 of my income to rent; i rarely have the money to afford brand new items, generally sticking to secondhand; luxury goods and expensive habits are completely out of range--yet, i have zero debt, manage to take care of my dog, and i also manage to save up to buy high ticket items i want/need, like a quality sleeping bag or tablet device, and even laser eye surgery (by the end of this summer)--i feel that my lifestyle has opened up the opportunity for more enjoyment rather than less, so i'm not sure i would even consider myself to have sacrificed--rather, i traded up
this is my life--i am currently saving money for a plane ticket to portugal in fall--going to get a donkey and then spend an unknown number of years following the old silk road trading routes
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: shivas.wisdom] 1
#23409606 - 07/04/16 08:27 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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You cook and eat great meals with friends from the trash?
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Kush_Zombie] 1
#23409638 - 07/04/16 08:46 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Travelling is the shit FTW
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: desant]
#23409650 - 07/04/16 08:51 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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i quit my dead end day job to blow glass all day. being your own boss sure isn't what people say. i'm a one man band. manufacterer, photographer, accountant, sales consultant, shipping/recieving etc.
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Kush_Zombie
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: istandalone]
#23409720 - 07/04/16 09:16 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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istandalone said: i quit my dead end day job to blow glass all day. being your own boss sure isn't what people say. i'm a one man band. manufacterer, photographer, accountant, sales consultant, shipping/recieving etc.
That's awesome man. I got offered a job at a smoke shop in Springfield, OR but by the time he offered me the job I was already back in Texas he said he'd teach me and everything. Said if I ever go back to give him a call.
I think glass blowing could be a fun and possibly frustrating job.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Kush_Zombie] 1
#23409796 - 07/04/16 09:51 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Kush_Zombie said: You cook and eat great meals with friends from the trash?
Taste better then most vegan food anyway
Dumpster diving is the shit, it's so funny when you bring food to poser hippie chicks that travel for the swag ,and their all like damn thanks it's so good, then you tell them you picked it up from the trash
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Jean-guy Masta]
#23409825 - 07/04/16 10:03 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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jean. im very interested in your travels. how old were you when you started? what made you decide to leave town and go on the road? i know you didnt have a car so you must have been traveling very light.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Bigfeely123] 1
#23409838 - 07/04/16 10:10 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Well I'll eat my vegan food and you eat your dumpster food and we'll agree to disagree.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Bigfeely123]
#23409903 - 07/04/16 10:34 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Bigfeely123 said: jean. im very interested in your travels. how old were you when you started? what made you decide to leave town and go on the road? i know you didnt have a car so you must have been traveling very light.
I was 16, pissed at life depressed, was not seeing any future so I just said fuck it, a friend of mine told me to come with him to BC, (the dude on the left in my pic, I'm the dude on the right I was 17 on this pic) he was already homeless ,he showed me the ropes dumpster diving, squeedge, pan handling,hitch hiking,he had jumped one train before from mtl to Toronto. So he knew a little about it but in reality almost nothing, we learned everything on the fly together ,It was always a fuckin adventure.
I travelled really light, 2 underwear ,2 pair of socks ,a hoodie a sleeping bag and a tarp. I actually made the ride from BC to Quebec with no back pack one time when I was 17. I ended up in youth jail for 6days in Calgary because of a warrant because of a graffiti.. Lol when I got out the people I was with had given my bag to a old bum lol
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Jean-guy Masta]
#23409925 - 07/04/16 10:42 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I see man. I'm sort of in the same boat right now. not going to college-I'm pretty set on not doing... can't afford it and don't want to live in debt for the next 20/30 years, working a dead end job that I absolutely hate. I have to go to work soon and I'm already thinking fucking a... I feel like shit every single day, I'm trapped inside my own negative thoughts. I have my own car and money saved up so I have more than just a backpack. I still want to travel pretty light though, don't want all my shit stolen if my car was to get broken into. I wanna head out west to Colorado, Washington, California, Oregon. I don't know jack shit about traveling... never driven far myself although Ive been in the car with someone when driving across country multiple times.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Kush_Zombie]
#23409963 - 07/04/16 10:55 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Just depends on what you consider the "normal life".
I work a 9-5 and a very straight job at that. However, I'm still growing shrooms, extracting crystals, and hitting cid on the weekends. I'm about to start brewing my own beer and am in the process of recording an album. I don't consider my life very normal but some could say that due to my occupation.
And although there are things I would rather do than work; I will actually have a retirement in case I don't get run over by a bus.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: GrandPoobah]
#23409997 - 07/04/16 11:06 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I never had the "normal life" but i stopped aspiring it at about age 20.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Kush_Zombie]
#23410033 - 07/04/16 11:20 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Kush_Zombie said: I think most ways of quitting the "normal life" are going to involve quite a bit of risk. Assuming you don't already have money when you decide to quit, you'd more or less be looking at something along the lines of selling illegal substances. Some people keep it simple and clean with natural illegal products like cannabis.
Others like to get dirty and fuck with meth and rob people and other crazy shit.
Regardless on what you're doing, unless you're making some awesome homemade products and selling it on etsy or ebay or something, you're probably risking some jail/prison time and possibly your life.
Cannabis has been a steady income for me in the past. It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago that I stopped selling completely (after doing it for a few years). I didn't realize how stressful it was until I stopped doing it. I told everyone I'm out and I've ignored phone calls ever since then and it's been absolutely great. No drama, no stress, no rushing, just catching up and trying to do what I need to do to get my head straight.
I'm planning on buying tools to do landscaping for money eventually. Taking care of yards and working outside is something I've always had a knack for. You can pick your jobs, name your prices, and do your own hours as long as you get what you need to done when you're supposed to.
Damn it, man, that sounds so relaxing and free. Congrats
aren't you the kid that got butthurt and left me a zero rating saying "go back to school, it would do you some good."?
Maybe I don't remember such, but going back to school would do everyone some good, wouldn't it?
Do you really care that much about ratings?
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If I cared about ratings then I would have confronted you about it when it happened seeing as how we had no confrontations around that time.
I just love the irony of you saying how great it sounds to be free while I have a zero rating from you telling me to go back to school.
But no, your opinion really doesn't matter to me.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Kush_Zombie]
#23410093 - 07/04/16 11:40 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I honestly don't see the irony. I was just congratulating you on quitting selling dope
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Kush_Zombie
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I'll be back, don't worry.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Kush_Zombie] 1
#23411693 - 07/04/16 07:53 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I am back, baby...
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Bigfeely123]
#23411816 - 07/04/16 08:41 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I quit the normal life as a teenager. Hitting shows, fests, doing drugs, working dead end jobs, selling drugs, etc. did some traveling. But mainly I just did drugs. I had some great times & awesome experiences. But in all honesty, most of it wasn't glamorous & I was a shattered soul. I opted back in to the normal life in my mid-twenties when I finally got my shit together, and that was a wise decision. Turns out that I am cut out for the 9-5 lifestyle. I still have fun, I still travel & go to shows & party here & there. But I have a purpose. I'm far from rich but I'm comfortable. I can do the things I want, get the things I need & want. I have stability & security. I know myself. I know what I want out of life, and I'm pretty sure I know how to make it all happen. My chosen career path is awesome, and something that I enjoy doing. This normal life really isn't bad at all. In fact it rocks....and I haven't had to sacrifice my principles or who I am. I still fly my freak flag. I just do it more discreetly, and I've been able to blend that aspect of myself with everything else; turned it into an asset. Hell of a journey, this thing called life.
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Re: Who here has quit the "normal life" & when? [Re: Kush_Zombie]
#23424135 - 07/08/16 04:28 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Kush_Zombie said: You cook and eat great meals with friends from the trash?
yes, you would be surprised to see exactly what gets thrown out
dumpstered a 50$ ham the other day and had a big feast, with side dishes and everything--currently sitting on a backpack full of bacon which i will be taking to a fish fry tonight (friends salmon fishing was a success!)--and who knows what the dumpster gods will toss my way next--maybe even some vegan trash food?
if they are selling it inside, you can be sure they are tossing it out back
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