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greetings, shitposters! this is my vagabond testimony.
over the past 2 years, I've spent between 7 & 8 months roaming North America. that is, continually moving. there have been breaks in-between, but even when i'm not on the road, i live within simple means and only have what i want on my plate, generally devoting my time to exploring outdoors, writing music, filling journals, painting, etc. I've touched ground in 47 US states and 3 Canadian provinces. ridden 2 different vehicles (currently rockin a pimped out van), and hitched casually before (something i intend to do more of). I'm only just about to turn 19. and I've done all of this within my own means - my own earnings, my own desires (I've busked and worked odd jobs when it's been convenient).
i have wasted none of my time. i am not at all less able to plan whatever future i want for having done any of the things i have. my brain is not melted. i'm still ambitious. I've met hundreds of people at this point who have changed the way i see things and broadened my perspective. I've had all sorts of chances to test out my ideas and actually live and realize them.
along the way I've spent some good times hanging with bus anon and some others from /out/, and i can verify that everyone's unfounded suspicions (while usually obvious shitposts) are just totally cracked.
the essence of these threads - and the people who live them - is fucking philosophy. a major part of which revolves around the idea that we never really have much to lose in life - except the REAL moments we could waste by putting too much of our energy into bad bargains. the trend is usually this: people who live right, but don't think right; and people who think right, but don't live right. - and i think if anyone in these threads genuinely felt that they had found a superior way to balance these conflicts, and that they TRULY were living a life that was admirable to them AND rewarding, then the shitposting would probably be a lot less extensive...
