You’re living the dream. That’s amazing, and I don’t want to do anything to discount that. You’ve done well in breaking your previous bad habits, and I think you certainly are smart and dedicated pull this off. What are your plans for sleep, weather, thieves, and explaining the job history gap? Improvising is half of what makes runs like that exciting, but it’s probably better to have a plan in advance for the more predictable issues. Just because there is a plan doesn’t mean you have to stick to it.
Your failure mode sounds a lot like what I just got out of doing, and yours is a more coherent explanation of why I can’t do college right now than I’ve managed to articulate. You go [insert appropriate gender noun]! Your bike ride sounds similar to the fantasy I had about packing up (Well, mosting throwing away) everything I own and driving off to see more exciting places. I’d say the bike is a better idea because it provides a focus for your energy and gas is expensive, but I really do appreciate having a steady place to sleep and guard myself from weather’s whims.
I’m currently stuck somewhere between 1 and 2. My job doesn’t take much effort on my part, but I’ve become increasingly aware that it does take a good amount of time out of my day that I could be spending on things I actually want to do.
For theft: Everything I own that is expensive stays in my backpack, which never leaves my back. I have full weatherproof gear, so I’m not worried about rain either. If anyone enquires about my job history gap, I’ll tell them I was traveling.
If you want to change some aspect of your life, like ditching everything you own and walking off into the sunset, all I can say is that you have to want it, and want it bad. At some point I got so depressed and fed up with my life that walking away became easy, because nothing I was leaving behind was worth it. I was too profoundly unhappy about my life to care about little things like where I sleep or if it’s raining. It also helps that sleeping in strange places does not bother me overly much, and I live in California, so the weather is rather mild.
How do you plan to not get robbed (backpack and/or bike) while you’re asleep? I suppose you will lock your bike somewhere while you sleep, which is probably? reasonably secure for one night at a time. The best way I can think of to prevent backpack theft is to physically attach it to yourself in such a way that moving it will wake you, but even that doesn’t necessarily prevent someone from opening and rooting through it.
You’re living the dream. That’s amazing, and I don’t want to do anything to discount that. You’ve done well in breaking your previous bad habits, and I think you certainly are smart and dedicated pull this off. What are your plans for sleep, weather, thieves, and explaining the job history gap? Improvising is half of what makes runs like that exciting, but it’s probably better to have a plan in advance for the more predictable issues. Just because there is a plan doesn’t mean you have to stick to it.
Your failure mode sounds a lot like what I just got out of doing, and yours is a more coherent explanation of why I can’t do college right now than I’ve managed to articulate. You go [insert appropriate gender noun]! Your bike ride sounds similar to the fantasy I had about packing up (Well, mosting throwing away) everything I own and driving off to see more exciting places. I’d say the bike is a better idea because it provides a focus for your energy and gas is expensive, but I really do appreciate having a steady place to sleep and guard myself from weather’s whims.
I’m currently stuck somewhere between 1 and 2. My job doesn’t take much effort on my part, but I’ve become increasingly aware that it does take a good amount of time out of my day that I could be spending on things I actually want to do.
For theft: Everything I own that is expensive stays in my backpack, which never leaves my back. I have full weatherproof gear, so I’m not worried about rain either. If anyone enquires about my job history gap, I’ll tell them I was traveling.
If you want to change some aspect of your life, like ditching everything you own and walking off into the sunset, all I can say is that you have to want it, and want it bad. At some point I got so depressed and fed up with my life that walking away became easy, because nothing I was leaving behind was worth it. I was too profoundly unhappy about my life to care about little things like where I sleep or if it’s raining. It also helps that sleeping in strange places does not bother me overly much, and I live in California, so the weather is rather mild.
How do you plan to not get robbed (backpack and/or bike) while you’re asleep? I suppose you will lock your bike somewhere while you sleep, which is probably? reasonably secure for one night at a time. The best way I can think of to prevent backpack theft is to physically attach it to yourself in such a way that moving it will wake you, but even that doesn’t necessarily prevent someone from opening and rooting through it.