We’ve heard this one before: “it must be nice not to work.”
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No, we don’t work your typical office job. But we do work.
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Sometimes we work for 15 hours in a day. Sometimes we work for 2-3 hours a day. We work when we need funds. We work when we find compelling or interesting opportunities. Sometimes we work for weeks straight, forgoing weekends.
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Speaking of weekends, we don’t experience them the same way now unless we’re interacting with people and businesses who observe weekends. Otherwise, they’re mostly an abstract human construct, a time when we may see slightly more humans escape to nature but more or less insignificant.
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It’s a bit chaotic in a way. We’re still figuring out work/play balance. Part of it is in how we define work. Part of it is in how we float in and out of “modern” society, coming down from the mountains to restock our food stores, to plug in and release our creative bits into the wider world.
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I used to read about the work habits of artists or writers who worked in crazy bursts or at odd hours and not understand. Which isn’t to say I “get it” now but I think I can see a glimmer in the distance if I squint hard enough. I’m just not sure: is that something that scares or excites me?
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PS: if you’re interested in reading something a bit less abstract, click the link in our profile to read about the 8 ways we made money last year while living full-time in the van. #thevanproject (at Dragoon Mountains)
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