I’ve spent the last 40 years or so working around the world, and generally not in nice offices and western accommodations. A majority of American citizens have no idea how much luxury they live in. I ‘ve given up trying to give people an idea of how basic life is in rural Nigeria, Angola, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, etc. is, and how much of what we think of as necessary just isn’t.
Most people who say they wish they could quit their jobs and do seasonal work would last about a week away from their convenient regular existence. I don’t have your guiding experience, only a couple of summers in the boundary waters, but it was the most fun I ever had at work, keep doing it as long as you can!
Thanks so much Jim! It's always a pleasure to hear from you too! The thing I always struggle with when talking to people who haven't really lived in or seen situations like either abroad or long backcountry trekking is the idea that people in other places living differently don't always have "worse", just different, and explaining that the typical American lifestyle isn't right or desirable for everyone, and isn't desirable to me anymore.
anyways,
Thanks so much for reading and hope you're doing well!
As someone who lives on a small sailboat and is traveling the world in this simple and often difficult way, I feel this. Our lives are spent in remote wilderness or visiting small villages through Central America, and our problems are (mostly) all here and now (weather, wind, swell, storms, etc), and every time we come back to the states to visit it is full on culture shock over the sheer abundance and availability and endless options, and everything in daily life (hot water, potable tap water, flush toilets, etc) that everyone mostly takes for granted. Definitely relate to this one, thank you for sharing!
Thanks so much for reading! (I've been loving Lost & Found lately!!) It's one of those things where I don't think people realize just how comfortable to the point of excess we've made life in America, and now coming back into and being around all that excess life just feels a little bit hollow, like all i can see is that were buying things we don't need, inundated with ads to make us do so because so many jobs depend on that endless consumerism, meanwhile all of that excess is bleeding the environment dry, and I have SEEN that there are alternatives because I've lived them
I’ve spent the last 40 years or so working around the world, and generally not in nice offices and western accommodations. A majority of American citizens have no idea how much luxury they live in. I ‘ve given up trying to give people an idea of how basic life is in rural Nigeria, Angola, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, etc. is, and how much of what we think of as necessary just isn’t.
Most people who say they wish they could quit their jobs and do seasonal work would last about a week away from their convenient regular existence. I don’t have your guiding experience, only a couple of summers in the boundary waters, but it was the most fun I ever had at work, keep doing it as long as you can!
It’s always a pleasure to read your posts.
Thanks so much Jim! It's always a pleasure to hear from you too! The thing I always struggle with when talking to people who haven't really lived in or seen situations like either abroad or long backcountry trekking is the idea that people in other places living differently don't always have "worse", just different, and explaining that the typical American lifestyle isn't right or desirable for everyone, and isn't desirable to me anymore.
anyways,
Thanks so much for reading and hope you're doing well!
As someone who lives on a small sailboat and is traveling the world in this simple and often difficult way, I feel this. Our lives are spent in remote wilderness or visiting small villages through Central America, and our problems are (mostly) all here and now (weather, wind, swell, storms, etc), and every time we come back to the states to visit it is full on culture shock over the sheer abundance and availability and endless options, and everything in daily life (hot water, potable tap water, flush toilets, etc) that everyone mostly takes for granted. Definitely relate to this one, thank you for sharing!
Thanks so much for reading! (I've been loving Lost & Found lately!!) It's one of those things where I don't think people realize just how comfortable to the point of excess we've made life in America, and now coming back into and being around all that excess life just feels a little bit hollow, like all i can see is that were buying things we don't need, inundated with ads to make us do so because so many jobs depend on that endless consumerism, meanwhile all of that excess is bleeding the environment dry, and I have SEEN that there are alternatives because I've lived them