Re-invent Yourself Here!
 

I suggested this to a friend unhappy with their current life. I then started to think "why the hell not?"

I think it would be a great thread.

You have sold everything and can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone, start completely over. Where would you go, what would you do?

First type that part.

Now tell us what it would actually take for you to actually do it.

Please take your time.

If I sold everything I would have a nice chunk of change. I would buy me a huge 5th wheel RV Toy Box, back drops down, converted to haul my dogs. I would travel around the US and teach people how to become foster dog parents. I would probably pay cash for a little tiny cabin in the mountains as a home base and retreat.

I would have a place in Costa Rica or some place beachy and warm.

Or take a partner here at the farm and trade off taking care of things whilst I traveled to do the same.

I would work 2 weeks a month, take off two weeks. I would have coffee with people a lot and fall madly in love.

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I would lose a lot of money if I sold the farm right now. Rural properties are in demand but not at the price that would make it worth selling. But if I did I could.

I will seek another person of like mind and spirit who wants the same. To work hard and play hard. Some type of arrangement with a trusting, spiritual soul that loves animals and is not afraid to get dirty.

lol- It seems that I have already re-invented myself. I guess I just need to do things a little diffrently.

Alter speaking now...


Darling I would buy me a damn Harley and a Jeep. I'd spend 6 months going to spas, making myself over, wining and dining. I'd spend a few month a year in a Casita by the ocean in Costa Rica, zip line through the jungles and eat too much papaya.

I'd go to Brighton by the Sea (England) and tea dance with the british queers. I'd head to LA during the Diana Shore weekend, down to Key West for Fantasy Fest!

I'd buy a big ass houseboat and start a seasonal party boat business for queers.

So many things come to mind....

Cruise around the world...

Open a teahouse...

Live on the beach ion Costa Rica, but no jungle zip lines...lol.

Live on a ship

Move back to Argentina

Visit all my friends around the world

Though I am not sure if selling everything right now would pay for any of that :)

any thing is possible is you want it bad enough. Do you think 20 years ago I thought I'd be living on a farm taking care of animals? lol hell no.

You ever hear of couch surfing? There's even a web site.

Opening a tea house might keep you from traveling. How about a traveling tea house? One of those food trucks painted all cute. Make pastries and java too, build a twitter following, special events such as speakers, open mic, do it in pastures, downtown, any where you can get a permit.

This idea ( or take-offs from it) can and has worked for folks. In Homer, Alaska I had the opportunity to meet a couple who own The Sourdough Express. She started it very much like the "traveling tea house" idea and met her husband ( who came to work for her) a couple of years after she got up and running. Theirs is truly one of those " live your bliss" stories.

Here is their story and website:

http://www.freshsourdoughexpress.com/history.htm

actually i did some research on gourmet food truck and the boom in areas like CA, DC, Miami, across the nation. You can find them on facebook and twitter people following them around town watching to see where they will be. It's pretty amazing. In fact, you'd be great at something like that. I told Christie a while ago that instead of opening a cafe open a concession but something unique and different. Get a following of people and permits at interesting places where people can meet up and socialize.

Now Jess, re-invent yourself! what would you do if you could walk out that door right damn now and go anywhere, do anything. No holds barred.

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come on, change your life right now! You can have anything, go anywhere, create a whole new life! what would it be?

If I could do anything, I would retire and buy (or rent) a house on the beach. Any beach, doesn't matter where or how small the house (or shack).

Most of my friends @ my job in our 50's and up, joke that we will be wheeling our walkers into work before any of us can afford to retire (we are all RN's and clinical social workers).

Dare to dream. I hear those waves already...

We're working on it right now!

We want a simple house on about 10 acres with a couple of workshops (separate structures). We will build another simple house somewhere on the land for family.

I'm going to restore/refurbish vintage RV's and, eventually, we'll get the wife out of the corporate world (although, right now, we are both very grateful for the career she has and the work she does). She wants to one day sell donuts that are delicious and not all that bad for you!! :)

We'll adopt lots of animals, fix and beautify things, and do good things for our community.

Actually, I really love my life! The only thing I would change is having more "Us" time with my wife. A way for us to take off on romantic adventures and for her to have less stress/ work less.

The moving feast idea is very cool and who knows, when she retires we may do that or something similar (with RV in tandem) that we might be able to travel more. Unfortunately, most of the places I want to see now are over seas and I just don't see going abroad with a roach coach..LOL.

Nothing is stopping you two from doing that. get a baby sitter for brat boy if you need to. You can always drop him here but I'll bust his ass working and if he gives me any lip I'll give him a spanking. lol I'm sure if you wanted to go away a weekend a month (and you should) work something out with Matt and let them stay there. They can get stuff done around there for you, Christie can bring the baby. They can keep an eye on the boy. just don't do it on the weekends he's working for me!

You know the concession thing, if done right, would make some serious cash. This type of marketing is right up my ally. You two would be great at it.

ooooooo a vintage RV! I'd love one of those. I'll sell you 10 acres and even trade you part for a vintage RV. Then you can team up with Jess and Christie, convert a few vintage RV's into food service trailers and create a new southern food service.

Actually the moving concession idea is a great one. I worked sports catering and concessions years ago for large events like Lollapaloosa, Kentucky Derby, Golf Tournaments, Grand Prix races etc.

I definitely have the experience.

Hmmmmm.

Food for thought....(pun intended!)

Great thread S! :)

Thank you! yes it is and one I've thought about for a while. A party on wheels!

well if you think about it we all are constantly re-inventing ourselves and I'd like to think all evolving. If you are actively pursuing a dream then great! If your not, you should be.

So if you could do anything right now, a whole new you what would it be?

talk about re-inventing....I decided after being so sick for the past four or five days to go for a new look. Here i am...all cut and coloured! I love it!

I love this thread and am taking it to heart.

I do have a couple of bills I need to get paid off, so I am going to work on getting unpacked and things set up so I can sell off some of my stuff on Ebay....then I am going to work out a savings plan. If I have to I will find a PT job. In fact, I want a PT virtual assistant type job I can work from anywhere on line so when I do take to the road I can still bring in some money.

I am getting excited about making my dream of several months a year closer to beach a reality.

Still pondering the mobile F&B idea...I got out of F&B because the work was killing me, so I don't know if I have it in me to go back to it though I am good at it.

But mulling over ideas is part of it. Right?