Well that is a stupid topic but apt I think. When life throws you lemons you gotta work out how to make lemonade. That is my thoughts for tonight.
Do you want to ask some questions of those who have gone before, (just copied that from the opening post here) So I want to ask: What was the clincher that sent you on the road to Nomad hood?
I am busy making lemonade here due to the lemons the gods sent me in the form of flooded roofs, wet carpets floors need replacing, roof needs repairs, etc etc
Four days left of work at a job I love but with management so bad I have to laugh or cry at them :) I haven't resigned but if this lemonade recipe works I am outta there!
Upside down, inside out what do you do when life just barrages you with lemons( thats the nice word for it)
Ha so I just put my life up for sale and then who knows what?? Pretty interesting stuff : think I have sold 4 items already.
Why am I telling you this, cause I reckon a few of you could relate, and it makes me feel better :)
Google made me feel better with the following quotes:
Life presents us with moments of decisioncrossroads where we either choose a new direction and move on, or cling to what we already have and be miserable.
Its challenging to leave something that is known, even if its not particularly fulfilling or the best role for you. It takes courage, listening to your truth, and stepping into the unknown to create something new.
If you can maintain an extremely basic standard of living, choose the path with the most upside. Often, a crossroads is a choice between a safe path with less risk and a risky path with the greatest positive potential outcome. If the risky path offers at least a minimal standard of living as the worst case scenario, the risky path should be strongly considered.
Why? Almost always, when we choose the more challenging path, we never regret not choosing the easy path. However, when we choose the easy path, we often find ourselves regretting not taking that more challenging path.
This was by far the best quote I found though:
You dont need a detailed road map. You just need to start your car. (I can do this!)
So what is your recipe for lemonade when all you have is lemons?
Dougwe said
06:40 AM Dec 13, 2014
That's baute, Baute. I left my previous life behind only a couple of Months back due to quite a few "Lemons" that came my way over a short few years. I now have a positive outlook and enjoying the playground with hopefully very small "Lemons" but better still, none at all.
yeoeleven said
08:02 AM Dec 13, 2014
I had a big bag of lemons delivered simultaneously when my wife asked me to move out in 2010, I could have sucked them and got very depressed but instead found the silver lining and the last 4 years have been the best of my life with more to come.
Another bonus will occur in February when I have booked a cruise with my wife who now wants me to move back in, no chance.
Maintain a positive attitude and expect the best to come, it works for me.
John
jules47 said
08:13 AM Dec 13, 2014
Lemonade is sweet - just like the nomad life!!!
baute said
08:34 AM Dec 13, 2014
Thanks Doug, John and Jules your words and stories give me inspiration. My excitement is hiding under the lemons I am presently squeezing to find the juice! I sold everything I owned and moved interstate in 2006 so I think the universe is sending me a message, IT'S Time. Funny part about all this is I have lived in my present location for the last 6 years which is a record for me, I usually move on every couple of years. I also am on a record breaker with my job 4 years, usually only keep the same job for 2 years. I foolishly thought I could pretend I was one of those stable people who lived in the same place, had the same job year in year out. But the Nomad in me is screaming GET OUT! So who am I to argue !
Ame25 said
10:13 AM Dec 13, 2014
Hi Baute, don't waste time squeezing those lemons, just toss them out. Next find a bullet and bite it and get out there and do what makes you happy. Life is too short. Good luck. Colleen
baute said
11:55 AM Dec 13, 2014
Thanks Colleen just what I am doing.
meetoo said
12:02 PM Dec 13, 2014
Hi baute, a tip I was given here just last week is to take baby steps, and to know that the bad days will get further apart.
Also time is a great healer.
Cheers, John
baute said
02:13 PM Dec 13, 2014
Thanks John (meetoo) Im a trying not to have meltdown. Whilst waiting for my roof to be tarped today the sewer backed up through the kitchen sink. Luckily I have great owners who are doing their utmost and different circumstances have led to the current wear and tear housing issues. They left me smiling so all is good while I await the plumber :) baby steps is good advice
kandagal said
03:25 PM Dec 13, 2014
What cruise are you doing John?
yeoeleven said
09:31 PM Dec 13, 2014
kandagal wrote:
What cruise are you doing John?
Only a small one by your standards Alice, just a 7 day round trip with 3 stopovers in the South Pacific setting off on the 7th Feb and returning on the 14th.
John
Peter_n_Margaret said
09:40 PM Dec 13, 2014
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear, Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
Cheers,
Peter
baute said
10:17 PM Dec 13, 2014
Big smile here Peter I have seen that poem somewhere before: Sort of a personal motto of someone I know quite well :)
-- Edited by baute on Sunday 14th of December 2014 09:47:24 AM
spida said
10:55 AM Dec 16, 2014
Chuck a big dash of gin in it:) The life on the road should have you completely relaxed and at one with yourself in no time at all. The further away from civilization the better I find.
baute said
07:20 PM Jun 14, 2015
Sh............. just sneaking back in here, I have been lurking. This topic has been my self therapy. Mmmmmmmmmm I have been in therapy for 6 months so it seems. Thanks all who gave me encouragement before. Love that Robert Frost poem, I could read it over and over. Anyway, I am on the return. Just resigned from that job with bad management, I am a slow learner! Just gave notice on my lovely home which is still under repair, I am patient so it seems. So in 2 weeks I am an unemployed self funded early retiree. In 4 weeks I am a homeless waif looking for my next adventure. Oh dear life is hard sometimes but I am excited underneath my fear. Sorry for bumping this topic but hey I need the therapy. The road is long and as Mr Frost said two roads well I am on a new one soon. :) Hopefully I will have some interesting tales to tell soon :)
Dougwe said
07:39 PM Jun 14, 2015
Don't worry about "bumping" this topic mate, it's your topic
I have said many times that this forum is my therapy.
Don't let the very near future or far future for that matter worry you, you will enjoy every minute out here and think to yourself, ????
Why didn't I do that sooner.
Keep Safe mate.
baute said
09:50 PM Jun 14, 2015
Thanks Doug your words mean much at this time of change. The experiences of many on this forum give confidence. My own travels so far have led me to believe that out there is where I need to be. Can't wait to leave this rat race. Life is too short.
Well that is a stupid topic but apt I think. When life throws you lemons you gotta work out how to make lemonade. That is my thoughts for tonight.
Do you want to ask some questions of those who have gone before, (just copied that from the opening post here) So I want to ask: What was the clincher that sent you on the road to Nomad hood?
I am busy making lemonade here due to the lemons the gods sent me in the form of flooded roofs, wet carpets floors need replacing, roof needs repairs, etc etc
Four days left of work at a job I love but with management so bad I have to laugh or cry at them :) I haven't resigned but if this lemonade recipe works I am outta there!
Upside down, inside out what do you do when life just barrages you with lemons( thats the nice word for it)
Ha so I just put my life up for sale and then who knows what?? Pretty interesting stuff : think I have sold 4 items already.
Why am I telling you this, cause I reckon a few of you could relate, and it makes me feel better :)
Google made me feel better with the following quotes:
Life presents us with moments of decisioncrossroads where we either choose a new direction and move on, or cling to what we already have and be miserable.
Its challenging to leave something that is known, even if its not particularly fulfilling or the best role for you. It takes courage, listening to your truth, and stepping into the unknown to create something new.
If you can maintain an extremely basic standard of living, choose the path with the most upside. Often, a crossroads is a choice between a safe path with less risk and a risky path with the greatest positive potential outcome. If the risky path offers at least a minimal standard of living as the worst case scenario, the risky path should be strongly considered.
Why? Almost always, when we choose the more challenging path, we never regret not choosing the easy path. However, when we choose the easy path, we often find ourselves regretting not taking that more challenging path.
This was by far the best quote I found though:
You dont need a detailed road map. You just need to start your car. (I can do this!)
So what is your recipe for lemonade when all you have is lemons?
I had a big bag of lemons delivered simultaneously when my wife asked me to move out in 2010, I could have sucked them and got very depressed but instead found the silver lining and the last 4 years have been the best of my life with more to come.
Another bonus will occur in February when I have booked a cruise with my wife who now wants me to move back in, no chance.
Maintain a positive attitude and expect the best to come, it works for me.
John
Hi baute, a tip I was given here just last week is to take baby steps, and to know that the bad days will get further apart.
Also time is a great healer.
Cheers, John
Only a small one by your standards Alice, just a 7 day round trip with 3 stopovers in the South Pacific setting off on the 7th Feb and returning on the 14th.
John
Cheers,
Peter
Big smile here Peter I have seen that poem somewhere before: Sort of a personal motto of someone I know quite well :)
-- Edited by baute on Sunday 14th of December 2014 09:47:24 AM
Don't worry about "bumping" this topic mate, it's your topic
I have said many times that this forum is my therapy.
Don't let the very near future or far future for that matter worry you, you will enjoy every minute out here and think to yourself, ????
Why didn't I do that sooner.
Keep Safe mate.