So, I don't know if you all had noticed this, but apparently theres been this weird, inexplicable decrease in job availability. Something about consumer confidence and credit-markets not looking as fit as they used to... (but seriously, if I hear one more commerical start off with the tagline "in this economy...", I'm gonna lose it).
Long story short, the post-college job and both backups I had lined up all fell through. The last two months have consisted of me scrambling to pull together a decent day-job and place to live, while squeezing as much time in as I can for WeDrink.
But it isn't all so bad. As long as I make enough to feed myself and have a place out of the rain, and I can put time into WeDrink, I'll be happy. With so little required, my options are wide open.
The question is: Where will I go, and from where will the journey begin?
My only limitation is that I need occasional internet access to run WeDrink; and with internet cafe's gracing even the streets of Mongolia, I don't think that will end up being much of a limitation. So where to go and what to do? I've considered working in body-shop learning to fix motorcycles, then biking across America, or even the Silk Road through Asia. The Peace Corps is looking rather promising as well. I've also thought about hiking the Appalachian Trail, or even just straight up copying the guy from Into The Wild.
Cliche? Yes. Still awesome? Totally.
The furthest front-burner adventure idea, however, involves not open roads or mountains, but oceans.
Basically, 4 buddies and I are thinking about restoring a 50 foot sailboat, sailing down the East Coast doing various jobs and giving back to each community as we go. And here's where it gets interesting: once we pass Florida we'll make stops at various ports in the Carribean on down to South America to build low-cost, high-efficiency houses for those less fortunate.
"But Andrew, this sounds like a rather inefficient method of getting charity work done." A valid point, and one we're sincerely evaluating. I'll elaborate more on our plans and goals in a later post, but I just wanted to give you all a taste of the idea.
I warmly welcome any thoughts or suggestions for the sailing craziness or, even better, other ridiculous lifestyle suggestions for me to undertake.
Best,
-Andrew
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