Comments on: Beyond Mountians… http://justinwashere.com/beyond-mountians/ Travel tales and backpacking information from Justin Jones Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Justin Jones http://justinwashere.com/beyond-mountians/comment-page-1/#comment-7446 Justin Jones Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:35:16 +0000 http://justinwashere.com/?p=292#comment-7446 Hey Quinn, thanks so much for the response! Change can be scary, especially change like that - but I think you know that the freedom is absolutely worth it! I'm sure we'll talk more about this - thanks for stopping by! Hey Quinn, thanks so much for the response! Change can be scary, especially change like that – but I think you know that the freedom is absolutely worth it! I’m sure we’ll talk more about this – thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Quinn http://justinwashere.com/beyond-mountians/comment-page-1/#comment-7440 Quinn Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:53:37 +0000 http://justinwashere.com/?p=292#comment-7440 Hey Justin! I'm popping over from Twitter...hello! I so feel you on this right now. I quit my job in October because I felt limited, shackled, and held back. It was tough at first to leave this amazingly built structure I had lived in for so long, and I continually have to remind myself now that I've left that it's no longer in place. I now have, as you said, unlimitless possibilities. I do have little glimpses of that a-ha moment once in awhile, but I'm still fresh from a job that was my life for 2 years so it comes and goes. Not many of us know how to live in that place comfortably. But I think living in this space of "unfiltered freedom" is great if you start placing a structure upon that freedom. No, not like the full-time workaholic structure, but little pieces of form. Mine right now is yoga and graphic design, my 2 main passions. I do a little each day to structure my freedom in a way that helps me breathe a little easier on top of the mountain. Thanks for finding me on Twitter as I'm happy to find you, Quinn Hey Justin! I’m popping over from Twitter…hello!

I so feel you on this right now. I quit my job in October because I felt limited, shackled, and held back. It was tough at first to leave this amazingly built structure I had lived in for so long, and I continually have to remind myself now that I’ve left that it’s no longer in place. I now have, as you said, unlimitless possibilities. I do have little glimpses of that a-ha moment once in awhile, but I’m still fresh from a job that was my life for 2 years so it comes and goes. Not many of us know how to live in that place comfortably.

But I think living in this space of “unfiltered freedom” is great if you start placing a structure upon that freedom. No, not like the full-time workaholic structure, but little pieces of form. Mine right now is yoga and graphic design, my 2 main passions. I do a little each day to structure my freedom in a way that helps me breathe a little easier on top of the mountain.

Thanks for finding me on Twitter as I’m happy to find you,
Quinn

]]> By: Lorraine http://justinwashere.com/beyond-mountians/comment-page-1/#comment-1428 Lorraine Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:10:33 +0000 http://justinwashere.com/?p=292#comment-1428 Hej! I like your article! it took me 1year to climb down my mountain... it was kind of a hard choice! Now I'm climbing hills and hills... but I'm looking forwards to find my new next Mountain ;-) Enjoy your bourbon =) Hej! I like your article! it took me 1year to climb down my mountain… it was kind of a hard choice! Now I’m climbing hills and hills… but I’m looking forwards to find my new next Mountain ;-)
Enjoy your bourbon =)

]]> By: sarah http://justinwashere.com/beyond-mountians/comment-page-1/#comment-1423 sarah Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:03:43 +0000 http://justinwashere.com/?p=292#comment-1423 I miss being unemployed, and it is only my second day on the job, but tonight my work schedule will be interfering with my social schedule! I miss being unemployed, and it is only my second day on the job, but tonight my work schedule will be interfering with my social schedule!

]]> By: bag lady! http://justinwashere.com/beyond-mountians/comment-page-1/#comment-1422 bag lady! Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:46:41 +0000 http://justinwashere.com/?p=292#comment-1422 how weird... i came up with a very similar metaphor when I was hopping around an empty beach in Agadir. it gets a bit complicated and detailed so ill have to explain it later. As for your mountain, just use it as a quick lookout point to choose the next mountain to climb and keep on going. Scan the horizon to get an idea of which range works with what you have and head on down! Stay on your mountain too long and you start to think things are too far off in the distance and the elements just tie you down. Yayy for wise gypsies and no jobs... one more week til I join my fellow unemployed Americans! how weird… i came up with a very similar metaphor when I was hopping around an empty beach in Agadir. it gets a bit complicated and detailed so ill have to explain it later.

As for your mountain, just use it as a quick lookout point to choose the next mountain to climb and keep on going. Scan the horizon to get an idea of which range works with what you have and head on down! Stay on your mountain too long and you start to think things are too far off in the distance and the elements just tie you down.

Yayy for wise gypsies and no jobs… one more week til I join my fellow unemployed Americans!

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