TWL: No Bacon in Macon
Robb: Great post. You are correct - sooner is always better than later.
Tomorrow is promised to no one. I decided, for example, at a very early age
(25) that I would never again work for a paycheck, that I would rather sell
pencils and apples on a street corner than work for someone else. I also
wanted to live aboard, no matter what. All that occurred in 1976 and except
for a few weak moments, resulting in two ex wives, I have been self employed
and have lived aboard ever since. There have been lean times, I'll admit.
But the freedom and the good times are awesome. I would never trade this
lifestyle for any other that might be out there. So congratulations on your
decision and on your committment. I am genuinely happy for you both.
Remeber: BE BOLD. MIGHTY FORCES WILL COME TO YOUR AID! (Goethe)
Mike Meeker
M/V Eventide
Along Florida's Gulf Coast,
currently augmenting the cruising kitty
From: c robb worthington prim.it@bhs.bm
To: jwl@sgi.com, Live aboard live-aboard@crux.astro.utoronto.ca
Subject: Re: lv-ab: "He kept a perfect yard"
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 11:44:21 -0800
The only "yards" I'm partial to are wild and untended or full of boats. Who
was it that talked of lives of "quiet desperation"? Give it up now! As soon
as you move aboard you'll wonder why you waited so long. The only reason I
still work is because I love my job.
We sailed over from Savannah and do currently liveaboard, we still kayak
ashore 5 out of 7 to go to work, save our money for the day we quit and we
love it but are looking forward to that day. I would give up a lot to
insure
that I can stay aboard and am planning to give up even more when I quit
work. We will not have enough to go forever, our "retirement" will be short
lived but I look forward to the new situations I will find myself in. My
wife (Currently head of English at an elite Girls School) has an ambition
to
be a coffee shop waitress. I (IT teacher at the same school) would like to
work in a boat yard for awhile. I see it as yet another chance to remake
myself.
The point is as soon as we gave up fixed notions of ourselves as this
career
person or that career person we found much more freedom waiting for us. Our
5 year plan quickly became a 2 year plan. We'll just go with less. I'd
rather live on rice and beans on a boat than filet mignon on land.
I try not to live for my retirement. I could die before then or even worse
not be in good enough health when I get there to enjoy it.
So I suppose my Mantra is. Do it sooner rather than later, do it simpler
rather than more complex, and remember that "security" is just concept,
attachments (to things, to ideas, to ways to do it) will drown you, and
always keep the golden rule close to your heart.
Anyway, that drive from Savannah to Atlanta would drive me to make a
change
right away! Gee, but then I'd miss breakfast in Macon!
--cheers
C. Robb Worthington
S/V Tara Rose
St. Georges
Bermuda
On 26/11/01 5:16 am, "Jim Lynch" jwl@sgi.com wrote:
Bob Clinkenbeard wrote:
Is it worth it? Are you in the beginning stages of trying to realize a
dream to liveaboard?
Yep, but mine is in St Simons, 5 hours away from Atlanta. (Fayetteville,
really) My weekends are much like yours, except I try to get there
every other weekend, at least. Drive down after work Friday night.
Work all day Saturday and until about 10:30 Sunday, spend the next hour
cleaning up and securing the boat and driving home. God willing, we'll
take an extended (6 week) cruise next summer. Even if the boat isn't
ready, I will be. Until the market crashed I was 2 years into a 5 year
plan to be out of here. Unfortuately we're in a 3 year hold until the
finances come back or I get laid off.
If you are living aboard, is it worth the sacrifices?
I don't want my epitaph to read "He kept a perfect yard".
Well, I don't have to worry about that. 8)
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