T Minus Fifty Four Days
Well, I have 54 days left until the big plunge. I've been in a slow process of making piles of stuff I own that I will either take with me or leave behind in some manner.I feel sort of ridiculous to be honest, telling people my plan. I mean, what sort of person has a decent job, a place to live and a car and suddenly decides to up and leave? It seems like a lot of people are, actually. I have a friend that rock climbs and he knows a bunch of them that left traditional society to rock climb. Check out http://www.dirtbagdiaries.com/ditch-logic for a story about two friends that left their "perfect" lives to find themselves on a bike ride from Alaska to Argentina.
In the end, I know I'm doing the right thing. It's my life and I will live it as I choose, not how others choose for me to live it. That being said, it's still terrifying. Leaving the comfort and security of a bed, hot showers, groceries within two miles and the security of twice-monthly paychecks, something I've known my entire life, is unsettling to say the least.
I feel like I'm underplanning, but I also think it would go against the nature of my journey to plan too much. I'm not really sure what my life will be like after July 1st, so I can't say what I will need to accomodate it. If you don't have a final destination, you are forced to proceed one step at a time. So that's what I'm doing. Between now and then, I will have to finish going through my things and decide what I will take with me.
I also have to figure out what to do about my bills, but I have some things in mind.
Events I'm attending in the future include my skydiving trip on july 2nd, then the OAR concert July 29th. After that, it's Burning Man 2012. Other than that, I will be a plastic grocery bag blowing in the wind. For money, being a linux geek, I can put ads on craigslist if I really need to, but I'd sort of like to experiment with some sort of bartering. It will be an experiment to say the least, but I'd like to try giving away my services for free, or more specifically a 'pay what you want' system. I don't accept cash. My services are widely varied... I can repair computers and cars and most things around the house and yard. I'm also an electrical engineering dropout, for what that's worth. I would say I could be very useful in any community. I hope to be a valuable asset to the world community.
05.08.2011. 14:51
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