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I got a pile of friends who claim to be envious of my so-called Lifestyle. Get up when I want, work for myself, do what I feel like doing, live off the calendar and my wits and off the beaten path. Who wouldn\u2019t like that? Unless we factor in the poverty, the hand-to-mouth, the lack of pensions or retirement. There\u2019s a reason hippies became extinct and it has nothing to do with an asteroid slamming Earth.<\/p>\n
As the mizzus will gladly attest, I took this road — this choice? — because I don\u2019t play well with others. And certainly not managers, supervisors or most any other bosses. I didn\u2019t like the city. I didn\u2019t like most jobs. Okay, all jobs, any jobs. And since poverty never scared me, the Path of Least Resistance led to here, a place remote and cheap, and not surprisingly, a backwash without much opportunity for employment.<\/p>\n
Perfect! All I had to do was learn a few skills. Carpentry, plumbing, electrical, truck repair, subsistence living. Education — it never really ends. Something they neglect to teach most of us in school. The School of Hard Knocks doesn\u2019t need a post-graduate program. Tuition\u2019s not exactly free, but it\u2019s reasonable.<\/p>\n
Folks who claim to be envious of my lifestyle really aren\u2019t. They didn\u2019t have the appropriate skill sets. If they did, retirement would be easy for them, a hippie vibe with a fat income guaranteed. Who could ask for more? But \u2026 like I always say, it takes more than a little while to learn bohemianism. And if you\u2019ve spent most of your life paying for insurance policies to protect yourself from the vagaries of existence, chances are it\u2019s too late to become a latter day beatnik. Don\u2019t feel bad, you\u2019re probably the Lucky Ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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