05-26-2018, 07:49 PM
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Solar collectors on the roofs give me enough to live on and the income that´s generated with the hay is a welcome extra every now and then. I don´t need luxury and so I can easily live with a moderate monthly income and even put some cash away for harder times. As a vegetarian/vegan, I don´t need more than 150 - 200 Euros a month to keep my belly full all the time and have no other expensive "hobbies" but horses. I grow my own food when it´s possible (potatoes, tomatoes, various salads, radishes and other stuff as kitchen herbs) and have the advantage of my zoo friend being a mechanic for tractors and other agricultural machines, so even when that happens, my bank account doesn´t get fucked too hard. I worked my ass off in the last two to three decades and decided that it´s just about time to relax a bit and enjoy my life while it lasts with no real "job", still generating enough income to live a pleasant life without risking to fall into poverty. The minimal principle. And I have earned this since my jobs in horse sports farms usually had me working from 4:30 AM/5 AM to 7 PM , until the last riding lesson was held.I´m in my mid 40´s , you know and there´s a saying "If you´re older than 40 and nothing hurts when you get up in the morning, chances are high you´re already dead"... [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/wink.png[/img]/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" title=";)" width="20" /> I live with an average of 1500 Euros a month after taxes and it´s just the right amount to live without sorrows, enough for me.
And to freak you out entirely, I´m not born in a rural setting, too. My life led me that way after I realised that horse "thing" in me...had the chance to study chemistry/pharmacology, but decided to become a professional manure shoveler instead... [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/smile.png[/img]/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" title=":)" width="20" /> Damn horses!! [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/wink.png[/img]/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" title=";)" width="20" />
How the hell do you make zoo friends?... geez... that seems so hard; well surprisingly we make a very similar amount of income I'd say, to me however it is quite different and apart of cycling (which is an initially expensive hobby indeed but saves up on health and transportation bills); I try to invest the rest of my money, my hopes are that in some years I'd be able to just live off trading and investing just a nice life, maybe as a nomad. However since I am not really into horses, (don't get me wrong I find stallions so damn sexually attractive, but keeping it real, their behavior and the fact they are so big I am not a good match for them), and I have to settle with dogs, they are not that limiting, and I can pretty much make it all work out together.
It's quite interesting that just doing what you do you can make around 1500 a month, you know where I come from; that would be what a rich person would make, eh the first world is a thing I guess; Germans can really make a good life based on that, and I believe the choice is right, money does not translate to happiness anyway; a lot of people are money obsessed, that doesn't bring happiness of any sorts.
Always wondering how people like you do with farm life, I guess it's kind of a thing, like enjoying living that way, I don't like settling in much; exploring is just so lovely, in fact, it kinda turns me on XD, which is why each time I explore and I find myself in the top of a mountain or in the middle of the forest I just think "FFS if only there was an animal with me right now"; even when I guess it's kind of stupid, [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/laugh.png[/img]/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" title="xD" width="20" /> that's how you get caught.
But yea I find it quite amazing how people go settle in, and decide for a simpler lifestyle, it's quite cool.
What I find 10x more amazing is how you find zoo friends, damn is he actually active like you? like what the hell?... how likely is that? or is it that people in the countryside are so much more likely to be zoos?....
