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Originally Posted by The Wise Turtle  How you do it will depend on all of the variables of humanity. Where you live, what your skills are, who your friends are, and how you approach getting your needs met will all be important in defining how you end up making your passion and your love your life's work.
Consider taking a look at your real needs (not those illusions that mainstream society brainwashed you to think were important) and put those on your top priorities list. Then work back from there.
Also, consider that whatever happens, really whatever happens while you are doing what you love and pursuing the things that are most valuable to you, you're automatically better off than you'd be if you were trapped in some job you can't stand or that's leading nowhere good.
Of course, having some kinds of plans is useful, but even if those plans don't work out as well as you imagine, you're still going to be better off making the choice to commit to living your life authentically, passionately, and joyously, right?
Peace, Love, and Bicycles
Turil
(who is doing what she loves, and enjoying it a hell of a lot more than anything else she's ever done!) |
Well, trying to get by on bare basics (no luxury foods, second-hand clothing) would make it easier to reach my goal. The less money I need to survive, the less books I'd have to write/sell per year to cover my expenses. My country is split up in to basically three parts: densely populated (Amsterdam and the surrounding big cities), 'townish', and rural. There are almost no major businesses in the rural part and it has a poor train connection to the big cities and smaller towns. Because of this, it is not a popular place to live (no one wants to travel three hours to get to work) and rents are low. But I realized something: it doesn't matter if the infrastructure and industry is bad! As long as there is a postoffice nearby or my publisher accepts e-mailed submissions, I won't have to worry about commuting at all! Moving to a rural area will save me thousands of euros! And if I can get a place with a garden, I can save more money by growing my own food... And every euro I save, is one less book that has to be sold before my expenses are covered.
Heh, I might actually pull this off...
P.S. What are you doing?
