>>290632Op is still alive. Thanks for all the compliments, /out/!
>Why are you quitting in May?I am leaving my job then, and have some intercontinental travelling to do visiting relatives. Then I am trying out for military contract, failing that, trying to get a decent job that pays well and is not located near a city.
My dream is to save enough money for a little acreage somewhere beautiful, but poor/remote so the cost of living is low. I'd fix things up to a decent standard, then use it as a home 'base', from which I would travel and work abroad.
Work in developed countries doing whatever, sending savings back to where they are worth many times more. Build the acerage up to a high standard. Purchase more land in the area. Do things I really want to do. Woodworking. Farming. Writing. Compose music. Maybe raise a family. Retire at 45-50 with the option, but not necessity to work.
I am getting close already, but 5 or so years in a decent outdoor profession would equip me with the skills and funds to give me the best shot at this. I don't need to be wealthy, I just need to live.
The alternative is to go into marketing, get a 200K mortgage, car, kids, forfeit my freedom and sanity for comfort, wake up at 65 with bad knees, and a bitter apathy born of decades of self denial.
This life seems to appeal to most people, and they are welcome to it. It has its perks. But as a private hell, I can imagine nothing worse.
Living like this for now, puts me closer to my goal.
