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Taking a year off from "life"
- Thread starter blueta2
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ive thought about something similar, not a specific timeframe though
like i thought, if i ever got into a bad car accident or was stricken with cancer or something that i could get out of having to go to work and take care of anyone else
i could just do nothing but be recovering for a long while with no guilt
just thoughts sometimes
like i am having a lumpectomy next thursday (small lump in left breast) and im not even scared of the outcome. if it is cancerous, maybe i can take a break from everything and jst focus on getting better. (for the record, i dont think it is cancerous, its probably nothing)
like i thought, if i ever got into a bad car accident or was stricken with cancer or something that i could get out of having to go to work and take care of anyone else
i could just do nothing but be recovering for a long while with no guilt
just thoughts sometimes
like i am having a lumpectomy next thursday (small lump in left breast) and im not even scared of the outcome. if it is cancerous, maybe i can take a break from everything and jst focus on getting better. (for the record, i dont think it is cancerous, its probably nothing)
nimbus
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get on a boat
sail around the world, looking for every kind of shark. i love sharks lol. I would also try to party at the major coastal party spots, like the exotic islands.
on the boat i would learn how to cook and dance. i would read some philosophy books also.
provided i had the money of course, which i dont
sail around the world, looking for every kind of shark. i love sharks lol. I would also try to party at the major coastal party spots, like the exotic islands.
on the boat i would learn how to cook and dance. i would read some philosophy books also.
provided i had the money of course, which i dont
blueta2
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When I got sick and got some time off, I actually felt guilty about taking that time off to get well. I was suppose to stay home for 6 months but went back to work after 3 1/2 months.
The guilt of being home is tough to deal with.
Good luck with the lumpectomy.....it's going to be fine
The guilt of being home is tough to deal with.
Good luck with the lumpectomy.....it's going to be fine
Scotsman
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I'm 7 months into my break from the real world. Quit my living hell of a job at the beginning of november and have been just living since. Have gotten back into the gym full time, caught up with family and friends, and really re-examined what is important in life.
My only wish is that everyone could at some point do the same.
Smurf- My absolute best of wishes to you!!!! I'll keep you in my thoughts.
Cheers,
Scotsman
My only wish is that everyone could at some point do the same.
Smurf- My absolute best of wishes to you!!!! I'll keep you in my thoughts.
Cheers,
Scotsman
Hook teeny tiny trailer to mini van and drive all over the United States staying in state parks, seeing all the shit we've been wanting to see before fakkin' gas is too expensive to do it. Which was actually in our longer term plans but we may be doing it a lot sooner.
Smurfy said:
i really hope it's nothing.
but i know exactly how you feel. before I had surgery on my foot, people kept asking me if i was scared. I kept saying no, that I was looking forward to it. The reason was, it was a break from life. I didn't have to think about working (at the time I wasn't working at all), I didn't have to do the food shopping, prepare dinner, clean the house. If I didn't make phone calls or reply to emails, it was okay. I could just vacation in my head.
vixensghost
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I got you in my prayer's Smurf.
I'd be soooo up to this concept, Blue. I'd sail the oceans with Bri and my hubby and never look back!
I'd be soooo up to this concept, Blue. I'd sail the oceans with Bri and my hubby and never look back!
Smurfy said:
My thoughts are with you for a benign diagnosis.
S
Actually about to do it. Going to work with MSF for a year (Medecins Sans Frontieres, Doctors Without Borders).blueta2 said:
nimbus
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GUARDIAN said:
awesome.. i do this also
what is your favorite? i liked the one in london a lot, and also monterey bay because they have the natural habitats. i am always trying to find sharks out of captivity, all i have seen though are basking sharks off the coast of Mass., and what i think was a blacktip that i accidently caught while fishing off a pier in south padre.
my life will not be complete until i see a white shark breach with my own eyes though
nimbus said:awesome.. i do this also
i am always trying to find sharks out of captivity, all i have seen though are basking sharks off the coast of Mass., and what i think was a blacktip that i accidently caught while fishing off a pier in south padre.
my life will not be complete until i see a white shark breach with my own eyes though
probably Baltimore is my favorite though i am looking forward to seeing the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. it supposed to be the world's largest.
www.georgiaaquarium.org
redsamurai
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First, I'd go to Tibet........than on my way back I'd stop off in the German or Austrian countryside and drink good beer and fuck all the hot little barefoot barmaidens......... 
Hell.......now that I"m thinkin about that.......I might just stay there.....
Hell.......now that I"m thinkin about that.......I might just stay there.....
all the whey
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Smurfy said:
I thought you were getting a lumbergectomy.
S
SaladFork
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blueta2 said:
I have taken a year off a few times, last time I did that I ended up in Sun Valley a ski bum for a winter, was awesome! I can't do it now, but if I could would in a heart beat. I really don't give a shit about anything else except living my life and having fun doing it.
Bikini Mod
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Smurfy, I hope it all goes well for you.
blueta2
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so some of you have done it to just do nuttin and some to travel. nice!
I think every human on the planet needs to "cut off" from life once and a while
Red, I would LOVE to go to Tibet. I would love to meditate in an ashram.
I'm not much of a traveler, but if I could have a whole year off, I would study natural health more indepth and go for 3 months to a detox spa in Spain. Just go and detach from a while. And then study with some great natural healers.
I'm getting closer to getting of this "ride"
I think every human on the planet needs to "cut off" from life once and a while
Red, I would LOVE to go to Tibet. I would love to meditate in an ashram.
I'm not much of a traveler, but if I could have a whole year off, I would study natural health more indepth and go for 3 months to a detox spa in Spain. Just go and detach from a while. And then study with some great natural healers.
I'm getting closer to getting of this "ride"
Beachboy6294
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I would like to spend the year in Australia traveling around being a beachbum.
Smurfy best of wishes with your surgery
Smurfy best of wishes with your surgery
Beachboy6294
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blueta2 said:
Man that would be so awesome and I would do it if I didn't have two lil kids. I just got offered to go to Russia or Brazil for some jobs coming up and don't want to miss out on a year with my girls.
JayC9
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surfing at dusk, feeding time, lots of activity in the water sitting out on a lonely point, not a good place to be when you see fins surface heading in your direction, i smashed myself and board up eating it on the inside just to get out of the water as fast as possible. some of the more remote places in aussie and indo are a bit freaky just because the water is teeming with so much life and usually the next hospital is days awaynimbus said:
calveless wonder
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if you have the money to do it and the ability its ok. although eventually gets kinda old without doing anything thats a significant goal
i take these periods after significant life changing events for at least a few months to take my mind off things and regroup. it sucks when you realize you're spending your money and nothing else is coming in
i take these periods after significant life changing events for at least a few months to take my mind off things and regroup. it sucks when you realize you're spending your money and nothing else is coming in
