The most popular search term coming into my
personal blog is "quitting life." My blog is neither a suicide prevention site, nor have I ever had fantasies of taking my own life. Simply, I wrote a
post a few years ago about what I'd do if I could leave my current existence behind and start again. And with the summer quickly approaching, we'll soon find us in a time that breeds daydreaming about doing something else.
Anything else. And so, I open up the comments section to discussions about what YBNBY readers would be doing differently if they could quit their current life.
The most popular search term coming into my personal blog is "quitting life." My blog is neither a suicide prevention site, nor have I ever had fantasies of taking my own life. Simply, I wrote a post a few years ago about what I'd do if I could leave my current existence behind and start again. And with the summer quickly approaching, we'll soon find us in a time that breeds daydreaming about doing something else. Anything else. And so, I open up the comments section to discussions about what YBNBY readers would be doing differently if they could quit their current life.
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Walk out the front door and keep going..........forever......
Trailwaze: I hope you bring an extra pair of socks with you!
Me? I'd probably ape the philosophy of Peter from "Office Space" and just do absolutely nothing. (Bonus: people will think I'm being Zen instead of just incredibly lazy.)
Don't need shoes or socks. Just a buck knife, toothbrush, dental floss, soap and a trust fund for when I want to stay at the KAO instead of the Salvation Army.
I worked with "Peter." Although everybody knows he's a lazy fuck and no one seems to care. Nice guy, just useless.
I think I'd be a man whore and just slut around with other women with reckless abandon.
I AM quitting my life soon. I have a pretty short attention span, I quit my life every year or two.
Right now, I'm a live-in nanny/housekeeper. It's actually a pretty sweet deal. But anyways, I'm quitting in October, and heading to China in particular, Asia and Europe in general, for the next 3 years.
I can't wait!
I'd do what I do now, except in New York so I could get a day spa freebie.
amdela80, if you aren't going to blog about your travels, write me and I'll do it for you!
They say you can smell Shanghai from 20K feet in the air....
Miss Cellania - I gotta tell ya, I'm flattered by the offer, I've been following your blogs since the last time I was in China in 2005.
I think a more web savvy friend of mine is going to help me set up a travel blog, but I would be more than happy to share stories and crazy pics and what not:)
Trailwaze - I would believe it. Prolly Bangkok too.
Yes, I believe it does.
I spent a week in the greek islands once. If I could quit this life, I would definitely learn greek, fly to london, and with only a large backpack and a Europass, make my way to that Greek island and rent scooters to tourists and write a book. Maybe marry a hot greek girl or something. I would travel around the world, unfettered by material possessions or bills.
Live the life you've imagined!
Alaskan Crab Fisherman, if I'm going to do something different, I want to do something elitist and crazy.
Well, if I was to start over, I suppose I'd get a random shot at new parents.
99.9 percent chance of trading up.
Ergo I'd save on years of therapy and be less inclined to pick up pass times like mainlining household chemicals and sharpening knives for hours on end.
I'm in. Where do I sign up?
I'd own a bar by Wall Street with a townhouse above it, it wouldn't have a juke box and would have myriad of rules to dissuade popped collars and the striped shirt brigade from coming in. It would be a cross between Rudy's and the Campbell Apartment. Wall Streeters and Bikers (I have a friend who's both and he's the most dynamic person I've ever met, he constantly brings me up and I would do just about anything for him) would both feel comfortable in there. The women that come in would be the jeans and wife beater type who have brains and a body. The broads behind the bar would have amazing music tastes and be in control of the music when I'm not there. I'd always come out on top in burger/wings/what's on tap/what's in bottles top 10 lists and I would have midget porn on TV's, as well as sports.
... sigh ...