{"id":1007,"date":"2017-02-26T13:25:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T20:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.no-destination.org\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2017-02-26T13:28:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T20:28:16","slug":"security-or-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.no-destination.org\/index.php\/2017\/02\/26\/security-or-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Security or Freedom?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n(Osceola National Forest, Florida. Hog Pen Campground, on Ocean Pond)<\/p>\n

There is a quote that is usually attributed to Ben Franklin that most of us have heard in context of political discussion, \u201cthose who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither.”<\/p>\n

The other day I was driving along thinking about the prospect of getting a jobby job vs continuing on the road. I need to have income within a month or two or I’ll use up my savings and I don’t want to do that.<\/p>\n

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\n(Osceola National Forest, Florida. Hog Pen Campground, on Ocean Pond)<\/p>\n

Staying on the road doesn’t necessarily mean giving up security, but it does make it more difficult. And I am not necessarily against settling down in one location – I just haven’t yet found that place that clicks with me yet. Taking a jobby job does mean giving up my freedom, if not my liberty exactly. I know that the author of that quote wasn’t talking about my little life, but a greater Mill-ian idea of ‘liberty’ in context of one’s relationship to the government, but I still think I can stretch it to apply to my situation.<\/p>\n

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\n(dead jellyfish, Hilton Head, SC)<\/p>\n

My IT skill set makes for a little more difficult for remote work, as I’m no coder. Still kicking my younger self for not following that path further. I really enjoyed coding once upon a time, but it’s come so amazingly far since then. Man, I sound old. Ha!<\/p>\n

The idea of “follow your dreams” is a nice one, but it’s also – like most things – a “what is most important” question. Since I’m not wealthy, do I have to choose between poor but flexible, or salaried but cubicled?<\/p>\n

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\n(backyard swamp, Bluffton, SC)<\/p>\n

I set out on this no-destination journey without much of a plan, and to figure it out as I go along. I’m at the “well, I should start thinking about income” part of the journey now.<\/p>\n

On this trip I’ve had so many people say to me how they wish they could live on the road like I am. It’s definitely do-able, and I’ve plenty of full-time camper friends who are employed and making this lifestyle work.<\/p>\n

I’ve never been good at answering the ever-asked “what do you want” question. However, the “what do you need” question is easier: I need a place to sleep, food to eat, clothes to wear, community and love in my life, my doggies, and gas in the truck.<\/p>\n

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\n(Pugsly. Bluffton, SC)<\/p>\n

I’ve got a jobby job offer, but it’s not ideal. That said, a job in the hand….
\nA friend of mine wrote after leaving a job that tore her up that she’s done taking jobs out of fear, and “lesson learned for me – choose a job with my heart, not with my brain.”<\/p>\n

So the persistent question: how to make it work?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Osceola National Forest, Florida. Hog Pen Campground, on Ocean Pond) There is a quote that is usually attributed to Ben Franklin that most of us have heard in context of political discussion, \u201cthose who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither.” The other day I was driving along thinking about the prospect of getting a jobby job vs continuing on the road. I need to have income within a month or two or I’ll…<\/p>\n

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