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writes:hi, dont know if this is the usual thing?im running away from my life, theres nothing wrong with it, i have a job, home, friends and family. but i'm bored of having a normal life. i already know everything thats going to happen, work, morgage, married, kids, retire - isnt that what everone does? more or less.well i dont want to do that, im running away to a foriege country where a little money goes a long way and thats as far as i have (and as far as i want to) plan. i can hunt, i know wild foods, medicines etc. i can survive in this world without the help of our goverments or sosieties. i dont want to be a slave to money, i dont need it. i just want to live in this world free, i'm only visiting this place and i dont know how long my stay is, why would i want to be stressed or bored,i just want to do whatever i want! i dont want to go to work everyday, i dont like it. people always say, "well thats life" but it's not is it? we made it that way.well thats me, just wanted to see what most people thought about that?
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reader, rm.maddy  +, writes (5 May 2010):
Ya i am also having the same feelings but what makes life more boring is that we can't run away or escape from monetary world as it'll make our life even more boring instead by living in this very monetary world follow the footsteps of Swami vivekanda or Jiddu Krishnamurty.So u'll not be leading a normal life atleast!
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reader, anonymous, writes (27 February 2008): I feel the same as you i have talked to my mother and friends about how i feel, my mother just says you will find something you enjoy soon enough, my friends all seem as bord and pissed off as i am but i dont think they have the mind set i have so that i can just run with idears of a better life or a better place i am 17 and have spent the last 2 years after school at collage witch i left after around 5 months as i felt i was wasteing my time and felt very bord with the same "normal" life i have been on jobs at an office and i realy do belive if i lead a life like theses people do i would kill myself at least once everday i think of life on a island with a few good people working and fishing , on a island theres no money ,no religion, war or greed but thats just a dreami wish there where no christmass or stupid holidays where the selfish beastards at the top of big companys make millions while ppl in other contries starve to death or die because they cant aford medical treatment that only cost like £1 ONE POUND! minnium wage per hour in england is like five pounds somthing..... thats messed upi feel like life is becoming more pointless i feel i only live because if i died i would hurt my famlie im not afraid of death im afraid of wasteing my life paying for material possessions that i do NOT need like TVs and xbox's or computers (ironic that im writeing this on a computer i know) i dont belive in any religion as religion is responsible for more pointless deaths than anything and if there realy where a god he is fucking shit at his job as the world is fucked up but maby thats the point maby god is pissed and wishes he could live on a island like i do (all though i dont think there is anything wrong with being religious as long as you dont force it on other people)anyway i could go on for hours about how i feel i think what your doing is very good i wish you luck and hope you find what your looking for
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reader, anonymous, writes (3 January 2008): i wish the worlds magic and adventure still existed but it doesnt.. humanity evolved and decided we need to be controled as a society (governments). the industrial age and money are the cause and ultimatly people are to blame for this uneventful life we all have whatever it may be. there is no way life was supposed to be so controlled that it becomes a steriotype and yet it is and we all except it that way. see im like you bored with everything in need of adventure however i dont think there is much of an unknown left to explore people have polluted and exhausted every last inch of this world that ever invoked imagination and excitment thats why i read books, because the one place left untouched by money greed and corruption is an individuals imagination, an individual such as yourself. it is the one place where an epic adventure can still take place and where anything is possible.People think im depressed and weird because i have such a cynic view of the world at only the age of 15 but i can asure you i am not at all i just think humanity destroyed the imagination and in turn the adventures the world used to own through money, government, greed, corruption and industry.basically my point is you may run away to another country as a temporary way of dealing with this boring blip of an existance you and i call life but in that foreign country there is a person just like you staring out their window dreaming of exactly the same things you are, and they themselfs will be planning to run away to a country no doubt similar to your own. it will be the same wherever you go and you cannot beat it.All you can do is try and have as much fun as possible meet as many people and do as many things as you can. paint a picture, wright a novel, go skydiving... and if your picture doesnt sell at least you can look at it and still be proud cause you painted it, its just one more thing youve done with your life... and if your book never gets published at least you have something you can read that you will never get bored of, an adventure you can keep having over and over again because they are your words and you wouldnt have them any other way... and if sky diving breaks your back... well at least you will have something to paint and write about.Best of luck in your adventuresChrissy
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reader, anonymous, writes (19 December 2007): I also was bored with life and not into the material culture. I had a great job which I loved but living in Ireland was just predictable and I didn't fancy going the usual route of marriage/kids etc. I wanted adventure and to experience the unknown. I did a TEFL course and moved to China, what an experience! The people there are amazing. I would recommend you either go volunteering, join a mission or do a TEFL and be a travelling teacher. My life is filled with interesting people, stories, adventures into the unknown ... I don't know what tomorrow brings and I love it that way.
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reader, Danielepew  +, writes (15 September 2007):
 I've heard the same complaint from many foreigners who come into the impoverished country where I live. Some do find a meaning to life here; some don't. Some of you hate the fact that things DON'T work the way they do in your countries, and rush to return to where they used to live. Some stay forever and never regret their decision. And yet some others stay for a long time but return to their countries of origin when they want children or a family, as it is much harder to sustain a family here. Just to be cautious, do what another poster suggests: get involved in a mission, get to know other countries, and then you'll see whether you could live the life as we live it.
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reader, anonymous, writes (14 September 2007): Maybe go to Africa and do some volunteer work. This way you'll see the results of your labour.
I would say do something about how your feeling very soon because if you don't you'll end up on prozac suffering from depression by the sounds of things.
Take care
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reader, rcn  +, writes (14 September 2007):
 Life isn't all that. It's what you make of what you have and what you do with it. I wouldn't necessarily say moving to a poverty area is the answer. To test it, what I would do is find a church that's big on doing missions and join one. You can travel to many areas with a mission. That way you'd be able to test the waters before just jumping in. I agree, money is not the object. What disappoints me greatly is if every working person in the U.S. just gave one dollar to charity every month, there would be enough money to feel and cloth the world's poverty areas.
I understand what you're saying. It makes me sick sometimes to see so many people living beyond what others can, without taking time out to care for those who do not have their luxuries. There are people who feel called to do, like you are. I met a couple who were back here visiting. They've spent 15 years so far in countries helping to build schools. They sold their business to do this, and have built 10 new schools in poverty areas. I don't see running away as the answer as I do going somewhere you can enhance the lives of others by lending yourself to making their life just a bit better.
Good luck with whatever you decide.
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reader, misscandy +, writes (14 September 2007):
I totally agree with you, lately i have been feeling exactly similar. But people will only view our opinions as us being lazy.The govt., policies etc and what we have made life to be, makes me angry. Sadly it is very difficult to live as we want in today's generation. Every things costs... we have to think of some way(occupation)which will atleast cover our bare minimum and we can focus on something else apart from the same usual hundrums of today's life. Wish more people thought similarly and we could do something drastic but everyone is lost with their ordinary life.:)
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