Going for it

# 08 Oct, 2013 21:42
sububus	Hobobonobo- recklessness is part of the fun! It is super scary but you def know you are alive when you do it. I want to take a trip to the jungle for an ayahuasca session myself. I am thinking I can go in about a year. Maybe we can arrange a drunken taoist spirit journey sometime down the road. quote

# 08 Oct, 2013 21:43
sububus	Hobobonobo- recklessness is part of the fun! It is super scary but you def know you are alive when you do it. I want to take a trip to the jungle for an ayahuasca session myself. I am thinking I can go in about a year. Maybe we can arrange a drunken taoist spirit journey sometime down the road. quote

# 28 Oct, 2013 05:40
hoboBonobo	@sububus that sounds Amazing. There's enough people cool people hear to get it done. I just wish they would start posting quote

# 08 Nov, 2013 17:23
DrunkenVagabond	I quit my job and feels amazing. Decided I'm going to go back to school for a year before I can finally go travel. I can't wait. quote

# 04 Dec, 2013 04:31
Cloudhidden	Great discussion guys. All of this is really hitting home. I have been living in and restoring an old house which is on the national register for 17 years. I make 13.75 hour and work 35 hours a week as a vet tech. For the part of those years that I was married, this house was a home, full of life and joy and warmth. For the alone years, there was also plenty of joy. I get along great with myself but being solitary can get awful lonesome. I could even make do w a vibrator and some like-minded friends, but the like minded friends were few, until I heard Daniele's podcast. I realized the world is full of open-hearted, wide-awake, living breathing taoists, kind and fascinating and fearless and humbling souls and warrior poets. My god why have I isolated myself from that for so long?!! After 17 years on a restoration project budget measured in tens of dollars, she is coming together. My baby is being born. (old painted lady Victorian). I had help from so many friends and family members over the years, but other than that sense, I have done ALL the work myself. I knew nothing about old house restoration other than a little wiring. Now I get pros telling me my work is superior to the pros. I am self taught/read a book. I have learned there isn't anything I can't do. This experience has made me stronger and more resourceful and resilient than I could ever have forseen. I am split right down the middle as to whether to finish my work or split. My dream is coming true before my eyes in one sense and it's within 5 years of being finished. The fun part is what's left. But my vision was to share this home w a companion and run our little organic rabbit/worm/vegetable farm on my little half-acre here in town, but I've no companion and that can't be forced. So- does a true Taoist give up the job they love( 11 years as a vet tech working for and with people who are more like family) and abandon their dream most of the way thru, that they may satisfy their need for socialization and exposure to new experiences and maybe even find love and companionship? Or does a taoist not get so hung up being so damn restless and lonely and horny and philosophically understimulated? I do have a sport bike which I ride to take the edge off the restlessness. I can't express my gratitude for the podcast and the forum enough! Much love to you all for who you are and for putting yourselves out there for me to find you! quote

# 04 Dec, 2013 04:31

Cloudhidden

Great discussion guys. All of this is really hitting home. I have been living in and restoring an old house which is on the national register for 17 years. I make 13.75 hour and work 35 hours a week as a vet tech. For the part of those years that I was married, this house was a home, full of life and joy and warmth. For the alone years, there was also plenty of joy. I get along great with myself but being solitary can get awful lonesome. I could even make do w a vibrator and some like-minded friends, but the like minded friends were few, until I heard Daniele's podcast. I realized the world is full of open-hearted, wide-awake, living breathing taoists, kind and fascinating and fearless and humbling souls and warrior poets. My god why have I isolated myself from that for so long?!!
After 17 years on a restoration project budget measured in tens of dollars, she is coming together. My baby is being born. (old painted lady Victorian). I had help from so many friends and family members over the years, but other than that sense, I have done ALL the work myself. I knew nothing about old house restoration other than a little wiring. Now I get pros telling me my work is superior to the pros. I am self taught/read a book. I have learned there isn't anything I can't do. This experience has made me stronger and more resourceful and resilient than I could ever have forseen.
I am split right down the middle as to whether to finish my work or split. My dream is coming true before my eyes in one sense and it's within 5 years of being finished. The fun part is what's left.
But my vision was to share this home w a companion and run our little organic rabbit/worm/vegetable farm on my little half-acre here in town, but I've no companion and that can't be forced.
So- does a true Taoist give up the job they love( 11 years as a vet tech working for and with people who are more like family) and abandon their dream most of the way thru, that they may satisfy their need for socialization and exposure to new experiences and maybe even find love and companionship? Or does a taoist not get so hung up being so damn restless and lonely and horny and philosophically understimulated? I do have a sport bike which I ride to take the edge off the restlessness.
I can't express my gratitude for the podcast and the forum enough! Much love to you all for who you are and for putting yourselves out there for me to find you!

# 05 Dec, 2013 06:49
DrunkenVagabond	I would just say go on nice week, maybe longer, long vacation. If you love your job and project house, there is no reason to leave, and potentially lose those things. For me personally the main reason I want to leave is because I have nothing here (other than immediate family). I essentially have nothing to lose really. I've always wanted to travel and see new places, cultures, food, etc. Since I have nothing tying me down I have a desire to just dive into it other than a typical vacation most people take. I have no idea where your from but I'm sure some google/facebook type searches can find you some new fun stuff to do with like minded people that might help get you out of your rut. As far as the lady situation… well that one could be its own thread but what I was tell people just let shit happen. If it does it does. People that go out seeking love or whatever tend to force things with people which eventually ends up not lasting. So patience and have fun with the rest of the shit. Hope some it helps. quote

# 05 Dec, 2013 06:49

DrunkenVagabond

I would just say go on nice week, maybe longer, long vacation. If you love your job and project house, there is no reason to leave, and potentially lose those things. For me personally the main reason I want to leave is because I have nothing here (other than immediate family). I essentially have nothing to lose really. I've always wanted to travel and see new places, cultures, food, etc. Since I have nothing tying me down I have a desire to just dive into it other than a typical vacation most people take.

I have no idea where your from but I'm sure some google/facebook type searches can find you some new fun stuff to do with like minded people that might help get you out of your rut.

As far as the lady situation… well that one could be its own thread but what I was tell people just let shit happen. If it does it does. People that go out seeking love or whatever tend to force things with people which eventually ends up not lasting. So patience and have fun with the rest of the shit.

Hope some it helps.

# 05 Dec, 2013 07:10
Cloudhidden	Thanks! It does help. I do find much purpose in service to others. Love lies there too, and I have so many blessings. None more so than Daniele and everyone else here. Thank you so much for the encouragement. I absolutely LOVE the idea of shaking it up, like just bugging out and going to help in Haiti or some other plunge which wields the awareness stick right where needed to wake your Self up. Just a passing restlessness I supposes. It's a rural farming community w values quite different from mine, and I don't have much like minded socialization. I'm so grateful for the stimulation and real exchange. Thankyou!! :-) Ps I'm a woman, born and raised quote

# 05 Dec, 2013 07:10

Cloudhidden

Thanks! It does help. I do find much purpose in service to others. Love lies there too, and I have so many blessings. None more so than Daniele and everyone else here. Thank you so much for the encouragement.
I absolutely LOVE the idea of shaking it up, like just bugging out and going to help in Haiti or some other plunge which wields the awareness stick right where needed to wake your Self up.
Just a passing restlessness I supposes. It's a rural farming community w values quite different from mine, and I don't have much like minded socialization. I'm so grateful for the stimulation and real exchange. Thankyou!! :-)

Ps I'm a woman, born and raised smile