I am the antipop, i’ll go against the grain till the day i drop! – Primus
Recently i had an epiphany that i figured i’d write down here, lest i forgrt it. I did talk to Kelly about it and also my mom. It all centered around last week getting halfway through the week only to find that i was broke. Make pretty good money for my age and the fact i don’t have a degree. Combined with my wife we easily clear 100k, which for two people in their early thirties and no car payments is pretty damned good. We aren’t usually for wanting, but credit cards are evil. That, and my affliction with buying gadgets i don’t go on to use.
My DS pretty much sits in my laptop bag, untouched. Likewise, i think my Xbox 360 is probably stuck to the top of my tv – i know both controllers are out of batteries. We have exercise equipment which is collecting dust, 2 bikes in the garage which have been ridden once. It goes on and on.
So the thought i had (as i laid outside on my hammock which i have probably relaxed on two or three times) is that i might just do better to simplify my life a bit. That and save a hell of a lot of money.
Do i even need a job making 100k? My goal was to have one by the time i was 35. Is it important to even be in the rat race? My mind wandered back to those days a few months ago in Fort Collins going on the tour of New Belgium Brewery and talking to the tour guide who gave up his job in marketing to work there – first as a person in the warehouse packing boxes and later, as a tour guide. He even rides a bike to work (and not talking about a 10 speed here, we’re talking about like, a goofy looking bike with oversized tires and a bell and basket on it).
Do i even need to dream about changing the world somehow? Maybe just a simple life, making a modest wage but being totally stress free and CARE free is better? I keep telling the guys at work i’d like to live on “Lost” island (my favorite show). They reminded me i’d not have internet access and i’d have to eat fish and vegetables. I reminded THEM i could always have Dharma Initiative mac and cheese and peanut butter.
When i grow up i want to be.. One of the harvesters of the sea.. I think before my days are done.. I want to be a fisherman.. -Primus
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