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I feel like living!!!!!!!

June 9, 2006 12:04:23 AM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums
Man, there are so many things I want to do, so many things I want to see, so many places I want to visit, and great things I want to experience.

I want to hit 80 and think to myself I've lived a good life.

There are so many things I want, but I feel so restrained by material things and also by my own fear of the unknown. I wish I could just pack a little bag and go in search of adventure.

Geez, I feel like living so much!!!

I guess it's because it's Friday, that I'm 23 and that I'm meeting up with a bunch of friends tonight ready to take over the world (or pretend to at least!)! lol!
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Reply #1 June 9, 2006 12:23:40 AM
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There are so many things I want, but I feel so restrained by material things and also by my own fear of the unknown. I wish I could just pack a little bag and go in search of adventure.

I did that when I was younger than yourself. I took off and spent eighteen months hitch-hiking around the country. While I had some good and bad experiences and wouldn't have traded it for the world, I really wouldn't recommend it.

You're living now. Life is what you make it.
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Reply #2 June 9, 2006 12:29:49 AM
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I did that when I was younger than yourself. I took off and spent eighteen months hitch-hiking around the country. While I had some good and bad experiences and wouldn't have traded it for the world, I really wouldn't recommend it.

Well if I was crazy enough i'd do it! lol, but i'd want to do it with my best friend, that would rock!

You're living now. Life is what you make it.

Yup, I'm trying to make it more interesting, at least i'm trying!
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Reply #3 June 9, 2006 12:30:36 AM
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And I was 21 when I took off with the state fair,  and saw the states south of Wisconsin all the way to Little Rock, Arkansaw.  I don't regret living out of my car, selling tickets and living off of burgers and hotdogs. 

I don't regret that my car got a gas leak and we fixed it with bubble gum and soap.

I only regret those things I wanted to do and didn't....

you'll get there, you'll see things, do things, go places. 

My only advice is to keep a journal and be vigilant about it!! Every single day of your life! and if you can, puncuate it with pics!!   I wish I'd kept a journal of my "path"

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Reply #4 June 9, 2006 12:53:13 AM
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And I was 21 when I took off with the state fair, and saw the states south of Wisconsin all the way to Little Rock, Arkansaw. I don't regret living out of my car, selling tickets and living off of burgers and hotdogs.

I don't regret that my car got a gas leak and we fixed it with bubble gum and soap.

That sounds so totally cool!!!!

you'll get there, you'll see things, do things, go places.

I guess I cant complain too much because i've travelled a fair bit (Costa Rica, France, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Australia on holidays). But I want more!! I want to go to New Zealand, to Hong Kong, to Tokyo, to India (my dream is to visit the Taj Mahal)! *sigh* Hehe, cant wait to go there!

My only advice is to keep a journal and be vigilant about it!! Every single day of your life! and if you can, puncuate it with pics!! I wish I'd kept a journal of my "path"

Well this JU is my journal, and pictures, heh! I have pictures all over the place!! In my computer on the net and in albums Yup, i'm glad I had a camera handy more often than not

Thanks for your comments Trudy, they are always insightful!
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Reply #5 June 9, 2006 2:30:51 AM
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I kind of know how you feel. I'm 25, in Europe and will probably never be here again. And what do I spend my time doing? Eating gelato and going to the beach!

For us it is mainly an issue of time (read money). We are trying to take advantage of every opportunity as best we can though!

Seize the day!
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Reply #6 June 9, 2006 8:53:59 AM
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Seize the day!

Exactly!  Life is really short when you think about it.  And our regrets will be for what we did not do, not what we did.

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Reply #7 June 9, 2006 6:02:24 PM
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I kind of know how you feel. I'm 25, in Europe and will probably never be here again. And what do I spend my time doing? Eating gelato and going to the beach!

That's what I'm talking about!!! You go Avanti!

Seize the day!

yup Carpe Diem is my favourite quote

DrGuy:
Life is really short when you think about it. And our regrets will be for what we did not do, not what we did.

I know, I know I know!!!!! Heheh! I'm glad you said that
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Reply #8 June 9, 2006 6:10:59 PM
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And our regrets will be for what we did not do, not what we did.


Not entirely true. I still regret sitting on that cactus that time ...
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Reply #9 June 9, 2006 6:32:38 PM
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kind of know how you feel. I'm 25, in Europe and will probably never be here again. And what do I spend my time doing? Eating gelato and going to the beach!




gelatos rock my socks




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Reply #10 June 9, 2006 6:37:33 PM
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good for you! take over the world, you can have it!
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Reply #11 June 9, 2006 7:02:35 PM
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Not entirely true. I still regret sitting on that cactus that time ...

Well, there is the prickly pears!  Or as Margaret "Hot Lips" Hoolihan found out, the Prickly heat!

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Reply #12 June 9, 2006 7:43:23 PM
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I remember 23. It was a time of carpe diem. But now, at 45, it seems it is just a time of (as Robin Williams calls it) Carpe per diem- seize the check. Don't get so entangled in the Material World and buy into the culture so much that you loose sight of living in the moment Em.
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Reply #13 June 9, 2006 9:40:21 PM
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#12 by Shovelheat
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[Shovelheat]
I remember 23. It was a time of carpe diem. But now, at 45, it seems it is just a time of (as Robin Williams calls it) Carpe per diem- seize the check. Don't get so entangled in the Material World and buy into the culture so much that you loose sight of living in the moment Em.


I agree. I guess by modern standards I'm a failure because I prefer enjoying my life than chasing cash. Even time just spent relaxing at home is a joy for me. They can keep the rat race, only the rats win anyway.
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Reply #14 June 11, 2006 8:07:36 PM
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Not entirely true. I still regret sitting on that cactus that time ...



good for you! take over the world, you can have it!

YAY!!

I remember 23. It was a time of carpe diem. But now, at 45, it seems it is just a time of (as Robin Williams calls it) Carpe per diem- seize the check. Don't get so entangled in the Material World and buy into the culture so much that you loose sight of living in the moment Em.

Hehe, nice quote, lol! Well it's try not to plan for the future when every one else is. Sometimes I feel left out, lol!
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