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If You Had Nothing Tying You Down...

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  • #62
    tea and coffee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,964 ✭✭✭tea and coffee


    Deleted User wrote: »
    It is curious how you have linked "interesting" with leaving ireland. It reminds me how recently I learned that we have sent more people to the moon - than we have to the bottom of the sea floor.

    And what I learned from that is "interesting" can be where you might learn something - or "interesting" might be where you might impress other people the most.

    So if I had nothing typing me down? I would explore my environment and get as much from it as I possibly could. And I can do that just as well here in Ireland as I could do it in the rest of the EU - out side the EU - outside the western world - or simply just outside my own experience.

    If you have nothing typing you down then challenge yourself. And hoping on a plane - thats too easy :)

    In my case, I would like to be somewhere where the weather is always good, or at the very least consistent. Noth9ing to do woth being exotic or "cool"- I'm far too old for that kind of rubbish. Besides, who would I tell? There would be noone round to impress- or they'd also be there so they wouldn't be impressed.


  • #63
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,542 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    massdebater wrote: »
    I packed in my job a couple of years ago, sold most of what i owned and lived in a van driving round australia for the guts of a year, working some meaningless jobs along the way. Sold the van earlier this year, done a road trip round ireland, another round eastern canada and now I'm just about to begin a cycle to france for the euros. After that I'm doing another road trip from ireland to mongolia before flying to the west coast of canada to see how i like it there.

    None of this was planned before i quit work so my advice, OP, would be to try save up as much money as you can now, pick a 'quit' date in your head, and start dreaming :)

    This is a dream for me but I'm nervous like the Op, how do you pay for it all? How will you survive when you get back to Ireland?


  • #64
    beach_walker
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    Sounds like you should go OP. As for me, I've nothing tying me down but am happy out where I am :) The idea of just travelling for a year or whatever has never appealed to me in the slightest. I prefer the idea of going somewhere, and properly living there.


  • #65
    Shakey_jake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 539 ✭✭✭Shakey_jake


    I did this before, packed in my job and went to teach English in China for 6 months then travelled around Vietnam and Thailand.


    I've been home 2 and a half years now working full time and saving every penny. I should have 30k saved by September when I get to quit my job again and go back travelling/teaching : )

    Go do it op, i am also your age!


  • #66
    IrishAlice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 558 ✭✭✭IrishAlice


    I'd love to have a job where I could work 6 months straight and then take 6 months off. I'd travel for the free 6 months seeing all the countries on my to do list.

    Anyone know any accountancy jobs like this?! :D


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  • #67
    tea and coffee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,964 ✭✭✭tea and coffee


    IrishAlice wrote: »
    I'd love to have a job where I could work 6 months straight and then take 6 months off. I'd travel for the free 6 months seeing all the countries on my to do list.

    Anyone know any accountancy jobs like this?! :D

    Accountancy teacher :D


  • #68
    IrishAlice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 558 ✭✭✭IrishAlice


    tea and coffee wrote: »
    Accountancy teacher :D

    Haha if I could hack dealing with teenagers everyday I would, believe me :pac:


  • #69
    cowboyBuilder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,419 ✭✭✭cowboyBuilder


    Love to live in Alaska for about 6 months .. get the two extremes of seasons.


  • #70
    snotboogie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,921 ✭✭✭snotboogie


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Reactor wrote: »
    Where would you go and what would you do? Id like to travel and Ive never been anyhere, never been on a plane even. Im always fascinated by stories you hear about people leaving Ireland and going to Dubai or the middle of nowhere in Australia or somewhere and start earning good money or just getting by as long as they're doing something interesting.

    I just really have nothing tying me to Ireland anymore and would like to do something interesting for once, spent the last 10 years scrimping and saving like Im scraping by with a wife and kids and mortgage but really I have no commitments or anything stopping me from going.

    It is curious how you have linked "interesting" with leaving ireland. It reminds me how recently I learned that we have sent more people to the moon - than we have to the bottom of the sea floor.

    And what I learned from that is "interesting" can be where you might learn something - or "interesting" might be where you might impress other people the most.

    So if I had nothing typing me down? I would explore my environment and get as much from it as I possibly could. And I can do that just as well here in Ireland as I could do it in the rest of the EU - out side the EU - outside the western world - or simply just outside my own experience.

    If you have nothing typing you down then challenge yourself. And hoping on a plane - thats too easy :)

    Each to their own and all that but that's one of the most depressing posts I've ever read. By all means explore your own environment but to suggest that there is no value to be gained from exploring other environments is patently false.


  • #71
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,344 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    snotboogie wrote: »
    By all means explore your own environment but to suggest that there is no value to be gained from exploring other environments is patently false.

    Lucky I did not suggest that then. In fact I said it can be just as valuable - not that it had no value. Read it again.


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  • #72
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Japan so I can fight Godzilla.

    Herself is more interested in going to the likes of America or Europe for holidays but Japan has been number 1 on my list since I was a kid. I'm just gonna go there on my own instead of waiting for her and putting it off for years more.


  • #73
    snotboogie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,921 ✭✭✭snotboogie


    Deleted User wrote: »
    snotboogie wrote: »
    By all means explore your own environment but to suggest that there is no value to be gained from exploring other environments is patently false.

    Lucky I did not suggest that then. In fact I said it can be just as valuable - not that it had no value. Read it again.

    You said the exact opposite:
    I would explore my environment and get as much from it as I possibly could. And I can do that just as well here in Ireland as I could do it in the rest of the EU - out side the EU

    The crux of your post was exalting the lack of added value that foreign travel will give you over domestic exploration. I agree you can find value in both but the value is going to be completely different.


  • #74
    MRnotlob606
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,642 ✭✭✭MRnotlob606


    Somewhere in Italy maybe where there's nice architecture and some sun.


  • #75
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,344 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    snotboogie wrote: »
    You said the exact opposite
    I repeat - read it again. I know what I said and I know what I mean by what I said. Focus on the words "just as well" in the sentence you just quoted for example. That is _not_ saying that one is more valueable than the other. That _not_ saying that one is valueless. It _is_ saying they are equal in value to me.

    You are also back tracking your claim too. In your first post you claimed I said there was no value to be gained. You have now diluted this to no _added_ value. You have simply thrown in an extra word as if I would not notice. But do not let me telling you what I say and mean get in the way of you telling me what I think - whatever you do.

    Again my position is clear - and it is not how you represented it - that the link between "interesting" and "leaving Ireland" is not an automatic one and one can find stimulation and interest just as readily here in Ireland - as outside it.

    I hope this helps alleviate the "depression" you felt - for no good reason - on your initial read of my post.


  • #76
    snotboogie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,921 ✭✭✭snotboogie


    Deleted User wrote: »
    snotboogie wrote: »
    You said the exact opposite
    I repeat - read it again. I know what I said and I know what I mean by what I said. Focus on the words "just as well" in the sentence you just quoted for example. That is _not_ saying that one is more valueable than the other. That _not_ saying that one is valueless. It _is_ saying they are equal in value to me.

    You are also back tracking your claim too. In your first post you claimed I said there was no value to be gained. You have now diluted this to no _added_ value. You have simply thrown in an extra word as if I would not notice. But do not let me telling you what I say and mean get in the way of you telling me what I think - whatever you do.

    Again my position is clear - and it is not how you represented it - that the link between "interesting" and "leaving Ireland" is not an automatic one and one can find stimulation and interest just as readily here in Ireland - as outside it.

    I hope this helps alleviate the "depression" you felt - for no good reason - on your initial read of my post.

    I meant no extra value, in my original post. You do understand that somebody could find a very different form of interesting outside of Ireland than you can inside of Ireland. Hence why so many people who have the means to travel do travel.


  • #77
    [Deleted User]
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    snotboogie wrote: »
    I meant no extra value, in my original post.

    Ok but alas I can only read what you wrote - not what you might have meant to write. So it simply looked like you were modifying your position in the second post.
    snotboogie wrote: »
    You do understand that somebody could find a very different form of interesting outside of Ireland than you can inside of Ireland. Hence why so many people who have the means to travel do travel.

    Yes - not only do I understand it - it is implicit in what I have been saying. Again - all I am saying is that there is no reason to automatically link "interesting" with departure from Ireland. The potential is there to attain those things here.

    Anything else you imagine I am saying therefore is on you - not me.


  • #78
    cjmc11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭cjmc11


    Op I'm kind of in the same position as yourself and I'm thinking of headin off for a while, I've actually a couple of threads about it.
    The best advice I've seen on this thread is to go somewhere first for a weekend or a week, just to get a feel for what its like, I'm doing exactly that in a couple of weeks time because I've never been away for any more than a long weekend, this time I'm goin for 2 weeks to France.
    It's not easy to give up the day job, especially when ya get used to the steady wage, believe me, its one of the main reasons I've been putting it off, but if your good at what ya do, you'll always find work.


  • #79
    snotboogie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,921 ✭✭✭snotboogie


    Deleted User wrote: »
    snotboogie wrote: »
    I meant no extra value, in my original post.

    Ok but alas I can only read what you wrote - not what you might have meant to write. So it simply looked like you were modifying your position in the second post.
    snotboogie wrote: »
    You do understand that somebody could find a very different form of interesting outside of Ireland than you can inside of Ireland. Hence why so many people who have the means to travel do travel.

    Yes - not only do I understand it - it is implicit in what I have been saying. Again - all I am saying is that there is no reason to automatically link "interesting" with departure from Ireland. The potential is there to attain those things here.

    Anything else you imagine I am saying therefore is on you - not me.

    So your points are
    (i) there is no reason to automatically link "interesting" with departure from Ireland
    If somebody is going to a place they have never been before I would categorically disagree with that statement. It's borderline impossible to visit a new country or city and not learn something, even if it's just by the virtue of the location being foreign.

    (ii) The potential is there to attain those things here.
    You can do interesting things in Ireland but you can't do the same things in Ireland that you can in Japan or Brazil or even in London.


  • #80
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,067 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Ah Jesus, give over, you two.

    I've nothing tying me down, going to stay in Galway for the summer, then find somewhere else thereafter. Any recommendations? I'll need a wifi connection for work..


  • #81
    wes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,749 ✭✭✭✭wes


    I have nothing tying me down, but I am happy enough with my lot in life, so not pushed to move elsewhere or anything like that.


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  • #82
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    Spent a year travelling Asia when I was younger. Best year of my life.

    I'd love to go back, but alas, commitments have taken control now.

    I'd suggest it to anyone who has the option to do it. Solo or in a group, or with a partner. Just go.


  • #83
    NewCorkLad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭NewCorkLad


    OP after 10 years of scrimping and saving its time to enjoy yourself. Take a 2 week holiday and just go somewhere, you might love it or hate it but at least it gives you some basis to make a decision.

    Forget about your "career", from the sounds of it you hate your job, your life seems to be in a bit of a rut and you just appear to be unhappy so even if you dont decide to go traveling its probably time for a change.


  • #84
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,956 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    I'm doing the same OP,
    Iv decided to save and head to Canada,
    Your life sounds like mine ,sure if you go and it doesn't work out so what ..at least you tried,
    I'm willing to work at whatever I have to make ends meet until I find a job I want over there, I can't wait


  • #85
    [Deleted User]
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    snotboogie wrote: »
    So your points are
    (i) there is no reason to automatically link "interesting" with departure from Ireland
    If somebody is going to a place they have never been before I would categorically disagree with that statement. It's borderline impossible to visit a new country or city and not learn something, even if it's just by the virtue of the location being foreign.

    But I am not saying otherwise - so it is not me you are disagreeing with. What I am saying is that one does not _have_ to depart in order to find things interesting or stimulating. I am not saying that doing it will _not_ be interesting or stimulating.
    snotboogie wrote: »
    (ii) The potential is there to attain those things here.
    You can do interesting things in Ireland but you can't do the same things in Ireland that you can in Japan or Brazil or even in London.

    Again I am not saying otherwise. Nothing I have said is predicated on the things you can do being the same.

    At this point I am not sure where or how you are failing to understand my point. Again - all I have said - is that I find it interesting that anyone might think "interesting" necessitates leaving. Maybe for some it does - I just find that interesting is all. I see no reason why it _has_ to be so.

    But back on topic the OP is asking what we would do if we were free of the things tying us down to our current life - and for me the answer would not be to leave - but to milk my current environment for yet more than I already do. I do enjoy _visiting_ foreign places myself - but I know inside I would always quickly return home.


  • #86
    Lyaiera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭Lyaiera


    If I get my things together, I'd love to do a photo documentary detailing the towns on places on the stops on the Irish Rail inter city routes. Travelling across America photographing your journey has been a big thing in photography, but it's usually done by Americans, and I'm not American. I think it would be interesting to do it for Ireland, and I'd get to see my own country.

    Also, I get what you're saying taxAHcruel.


  • #87
    Mec27
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 648 ✭✭✭Mec27


    Lyaiera wrote: »
    If I get my things together, I'd love to do a photo documentary detailing the towns on places on the stops on the Irish Rail inter city routes. Travelling across America photographing your journey has been a big thing in photography, but it's usually done by Americans, and I'm not American. I think it would be interesting to do it for Ireland, and I'd get to see my own country.

    Also, I get what you're saying taxAHcruel.

    What your doing would be the equivelent of going through Hawaii or Indiana, its the vastness that makes that interesting. It would be interesting in Europe too but not as romantic as it seems doing it in America


  • #88
    Lyaiera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭Lyaiera


    Mec27 wrote: »
    What your doing would be the equivelent of going through Hawaii or Indiana, its the vastness that makes that interesting. It would be interesting in Europe too but not as romantic as it seems doing it in America

    I find the differences between two parallel streets 50 metres from each other interesting. I'm sure I can manage something between train stops.


  • #89
    Mec27
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 648 ✭✭✭Mec27


    Sure I just wanted to enforce my pan europeanism agenda


  • #90
    Daenarys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 276 ✭✭Daenarys


    I've a major fascination with the Nordic countries ever since I spent a week in Norway. I want to see and experience more but I'd need a rake of money to survive with no job. I've love to live in Svalbard for a while too :)


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  • #91
    Reactor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭Reactor


    Just cant decide what I want to do, Ive been absolutely frozen with indecision for years now, career or travel. I seriously doubt Ill ever be management material or anything like that so the thought of doing 30k a year drudgery for the rest of my life is seriously depressing, likewise the thought of quitting my job, not being able to find another one and being stuck on the dole again is equally terrifying, I just dont know what to do...


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