Anyone ever get that urge, to just cut and run from your LIFE and never look back?

[FirstLight]

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Like...sell everything, cash in your chips, fill the tank and see how far you can get?

change your number, maybe your name, fuck it...not like anyone will come looking

Just FUCK all the drama and responsibilities

cut. and. run.

What is it that triggers it? Why have my default in high stress and especially family bullshit to just BAIL?

Is it because I feel trapped in my life? Is it because I can't see the end of the stress or the solution? Is it an inner mental health thing?

I think I'm approaching that point... have had the urge at many times through my life. Always stuck it out cuz of kids, parents, etc. I've literally never been anywhere.... maybe time to buy a van and peace out of my life.

Just me & the damn dog

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I had those exact sentiments in 1984 when RR was running for re-election.

My plan was to get hired at an American school in Europe, get dual citizenship, and then give up my American citizenship.

And it almost worked.

I got hired to teach elementary school in Zurich, Switzerland but the agency/school retracted its offer as Switzerland had a new law mandating that Swiss nationals be hired first.

I always wondered what would have happened if the plan had gone through.

[mnhtnbb]

9. I have a friend who moved to France

about 12 years ago. He teaches second grade in an International school in Lyon and English to college level business students. Got his French passport about two years ago. Has no plans to return to the US. He was a high school French teacher in Kansas City, MO when he made the move.

[CrackityJones75]

2. I have at times

but now with kids and a wife there is no way. Unless they come with me.

[Tetrachloride]

3. I acquired new missions. Some things have been cut due to time and money

[lapfog_1]

4. been there, done that

except for the name change part.

30 years old, recently divorced. New girlfriend.

sold the house... and a condo that I moved to after the divorce. Sold the car and everything else.

Quit my job. Girlfriend and I moved to the Caribbean where I taught scuba diving (before that I was writing software or managing software engineers).

Family knew where we were but we didn't interact much with them.

Classic mid-life crisis (at 30!).

was gone for a year and a half.

HIGHLY recommend it! Best year of my life. Physically I gained a lot of muscle and lost fat... financially... well... didn't make any money to speak of... happiness and little stress... off the charts

[wanda4rafi]

17. Wife and I moved to Mexico eight years ago and love our life here.

We have no kids so that helps, but watching what is going on in the US re-enforces our decision. I fought the bastards for years and was active in several areas. but, I'm almost 74 and now it falls to others to try and save the US.

[WarGamer]

5. As a child I dreamed about living in a "fort" on a mountain top... by myself.

I still do.

except mountain tops are too damn cold!

[Native]

11. I'd be happy in a tree house.

[DBoon]

6. I acted on that urge

and retired

[FirstLight]

7. ya... part of me is too chicken.

and it is very much a stress response right now... elderly parents on the verge of needing care, older sister that is controlling and downright MEAN who will be in charge of everything soon, young adult kids making bad choices, and my money is running out and my body is broken....

I can't literally do it, cuz I need my insurance and meds or I would be in worse shape.

Maybe I'll just .... play video games all day and shirk responsibility

[ForgedCrank]

8. No.

I'll go straight to hell trying whenever I am met with obstacles. More often than not, at personal expense and loss.
I have family and I have faith. There is nothing I can't survive even if I lose it all somehow.
I don't really consider myself to be stronger than other people, I'm just a lot more stubborn I suppose.
I've been reduced at one point to losing everything but the clothes on my back and a car payment. I took it as a challenge rather than giving up, as much as it sucked. Nothing is meant to be easy. I figure I was born naked and dumb, so everything I have outside of that has been an extra blessing, and I appreciate those things every single day.
Our time here is short. We can't be wasting it while fretting over everything. Do what you can, and forget about the things you can't control because nothing good ever comes of it.

[llmart]

10. You can't cut and run from your life.

Your life is your life. You can't run from it. What you can do is do a serious analysis of what it is about your life that you want to change, whether it be where you live, who you live with or not, how you make a living, what's important to you, etc., and then you take the steps to change what you don't like. Start small. Every change will have some risk and you questioning whether it was worth it or not, but all of life is a risk. Every failure is a learning experience. Have no real expectations. Adopt the attitude that at least you won't go to your great reward when you're older saying "what if I would have tried that and it turned out great?"

[FirstLight]

13. it's ALL just too big right now...

I've been fighting and fixing and struggling my entire adult life ... it's just overwhelming.

And there's far too much that is outside my influence, so "changing thing" even small things is off the table.

all i can do is watch the other shoe drop

[Kaleva]

12. You can't run away from climate change

[Native]

14. You say you've never been anywhere in your life, so I say go for it in a less dramatic way.

Like keep your name and don't sever connections to family & friends. Be smart about it. Treat your life like a badly written, overworded piece of prose and cut out the deadwood. There will always be drama in your life and responsibility, but when the shackles of bullshit are off and you're happy because you're traveling and enjoying life, all that drama becomes nothing more than a frivolous sideshow. It won't get to you like it does now. If you can swing it and can come up with a sensible plan, I think you should go for it while you can. Some of the happiest people on the planet are the digital nomads. There are so many communities now that never existed before. I think it's an absolutely exciting time to be alive.

[FirstLight]

16. two years, tops.... I'm planning the great escape lol

My roommate and I had a deep talk about it. I have always known that I wasn't gonna last another 5 years in this house.

I have shoulder surgery and need to stay connected for medi-CAL, so I cant sever completely.

But as SOON as my sister takes POA of my parent's estate, I am filing to sell out my half, take the cut and "bye felicia"

[Native]

18. Planning your great adventure will be fun in & of itself! I'm so pumped for you!

[multigraincracker]

15. I've pulled up stakes and moved several times.

Places where I didn't know anyone or even my way around town. Always worked out and made new friends. I have no regrets.

[Spazito]

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