Not like "wilding out" doing dumb things or clubbing or drinking and drugs, or just no morals...just too wild in spirit. I never gave this much thought until I was stripped from everything and thrown away. I can't stand being a homebody, or staying in one place for too long, or "settling down" to raising a family, getting into politics and trying to compete with everything going on right now.I'm not happy trying to fit in the system or society norms or trying to be somebody in an unforgiving economy just to survive a world [b]we (as in man-made)[/b] created. I'm troubled by it because I can't fit in. Sure, one could adapt, not saying I never did or tried...but it's not the life I want. I'm happier having all that I own fit in a backpack and just having a space to be away from all these electronics and learning/living in a world around me in the outdoors. Because reality is, we don't "own" anything and the man made stuff isn't forever. It either gets passed on or is devalued or trashed, or even sized by someone or a governing body in the end of it. Reality doesn't care about that. For example, I love history and I can tell you that most of the land the town I live close to was owned by a German immigrant back in the mid 1800's like 1846 if I recall correctly. 342 acres or something like that. Personal property that was eventually taken piece by piece to develop a township after the caretakers were massacred by the Apache in the region. All that's left now is the old cabin on a hill from that time and everything else is overly developed. Even further, where I live and the surrounding area before it was settled by immigrants, was home to all the wildlife and Indian tribe(s) that lived there. Anyways, my viewpoint and understanding, and just who I am, I guess it makes me more of a "wild" person that others have trouble keeping up with you know? I don't care if I am rich because I rather live humble. I don't care about if I have a highly reputable career because nobody's gonna care who I was or even know my name a few generations in the future. I don't care if I live alone because my lifestyle isn't about pride, convenience, or anything about raising a family that majority of people would want. I do care about being able to make some sort of a living so I can have permission by the world today to live my life in peace among nature or nomadically on the road...and I care about preserving history because it's fascinating and lifetimes of knowledge that people don't know that could come in handy when the country takes an unwilling hard reset like when the Roman Empire fell. It's just been hard lately. The stress of having to compete with things now after taking a huge fall from where I've been, the fact I don't fit in because I'm just a survivalist and nomadic at heart, and people don't care about those things anymore so I don't relate to anyone... it's a long and lonely road...so I may just be too wild.
If you made it this far. I'm sorry for the long vent. Here's a picture from my adventures.
I know nomads are not popular in society today and are often viewed as vagabonds which usually carries a negative undertone.
Everyone is expected by society to have a steady job and live within the confines of societies expectations. It is sad really because at one point nomads could make a living by doing the odd job others don’t want to do and travel on when the job is done.
There isn’t anything wrong with living such a life if it works for you. Unfortunately we have been so conditioned to fear the stranger who doesn’t show any of society’s expectations.
Some people accomplish a form of nomad life by moving from one job to another or from one place to another, only staying a year or two before moving on.
The military in some ways supports this by having its military members move locations every 2 to 4 years. I wanted to see the world and ended up stationed at one base for 4 years and close to home. My brother didn’t want to travel and was stationed in Germany far from home.
If you want to be a nomad then do it and find what works for you. Not everyone is cut out for staying put in one place and raising a family. There isn’t anything wrong with that. Just be open to having new experiences which it sounds like you are if you like to travel around a lot.
Fitting in isn’t all it’s cracked up to be if they aren’t being true to you or themselves.
@Luckylu yes I have both ,5 acres,it its a hillbilly farm ranch, I have a two cow garage,,4 acres of pasture, but to me it is mine,,,I live in Tennessee
@jackrabbit10 Nice. I dated a man who had a ranch. I loved helping him. Learned to drive one of those huge tractors and he thought me a city girl so was surprised I knew how to ride a horse bareback. lol
@Luckylu now that is a ranch, my ranch is a hobby, I live 14 miles from town, back in the hill,,trees hollars, the profile i had up was taken from my fromt yard,the big green field,
This is me to a T. If the weather would stay nice and I had more life skills and less arthritic joints..I would live this kind of life. I guess that makes me a street rat or..a Christian?
I mean, the Bible specifically says to get rid of all I have and give it to the poor. That is the True Definition. Not this republicanism doctrine of judgement.
I was super into the tiny house movement thing for awhile, but it is actually so pricey..you have to have a 70k truck to pull it, or pay 3k per move, so it isn't as free as it seems. You can also put it in someone's backyard and be a glorified roommate.
I was just telling a friend this past week how very weighted down I feel by my possessions, and how much happier i would be as someone like the una💣er, who somehow found a way to live off of 3k a year, in the woods.
I have always wanted to find my rugged cabin guy, who listens to Seven Mary Three and makes me feel safe. Such simple things, honestly.
I went so far (again, this past week) as to message a guy on TikTok who goes to Lagos, Nigeria and helps the poor..I wanted to join him ha. I don't know how practical it is.
I do own a home, but only because I was scared of how high rents are getting. I haaate home ownership.
@foldedunfolding lmao I'll be around here and you can get to know me. No worries! Can't be all Amish because ya gotta have a phone for everything, you know. 😂 Okie dokie so San Antonio is a mixed bag. Westside are gangsters. East side is dark (if you know, you know). Southside has ALL the hole in the wall places with great food and it's overran by Mexicans. Definitely want to know Spanish. Lol North West side is posh white people, and Northeast side is where you have tons of businesses and industrial places... almost like an extension of downtown. Inside 410 loop it's just an urban jungle WOULD NOT RECOMMEND to live unless you want to hear gunshots at night and see meth heads. Hope that helps in your real estate endeavors. Lol
@foldedunfolding you got it! By no means do I mean anything racist by it, but it's weird that San Antonio kinda segregated itself. Lol it's something you'll notice being here among other things that's way different from Austin. Lol There are good places here though. Anywhere closer to 1604 loop or outside of it is pretty decent. Not all bad but wanted to give you a short run down of things.
That is a massive paragraph (Tldr all of it). Fuck fitting in, dare to be different. People might reject you for it, the road ahead might be rough, but if you lose who you are to please others then you'll lose your soul and your essence.. that is a miserable existence.
