Is it normal to wanting to leave society?

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I just turned 19 and i feel as if 'm wasting my life already. I am being pressured by friends, family, and "society" to comform and study to get a job i don't want. Then when i get that job i will work 9-5 every day until i retire. Sure i will meet people, party, travel in between, but i get really sad knowing that most of my life will be wasted doing the same thing over and over.

So what i really wanna do is travel, buy a one way ticket, to some exotic place, probably to somewhere in the third world. Do a couple of jobs for people E.g. teach kids english or work for some cargo company. Then travel to another country from there... and so on. I just don't wanna be a ROBOT! Anybody feel the same?

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  • admirer
    12 years ago | pl

    Do me (& ultimately, yourself) a favor & watch Into The Wild.
    I mean it, please watch it for me & if you have the mind to, let me know what it made you think -how it made you feel.
    I do believe you'd appreciate this movie very much.
    If you do decide to leave society behind, I hope you'll take the appropriate time & energy to learn as much as you can about what you may & probably will face. Hell, it won't hurt to practice for those situations & new ways of living beforehand, too.
    I did. We were homeless for six months. We knew we were going to be & we prepared as best as we could. Learning how to live without the convenience of A/C or heat with the flick of a switch or push of a button, how to wash clothes by hand properly, how to obtain nutrients & make things we needed that we'd normally have bought at a store. We're back in society now, both working full time, living in an apartment, paying our bills, obeying the law (for the most part. We don't miss television, though, so we don't have one.
    We're still learning & preparing, however, because this life -with the rest of society- isn't for us. So, we're planning to break away again, but this time for the long haul.
    It's not for everybody, but baby I can tell you, I've never been more free.

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    • whateverrr
      12 years ago

      I've seen Into The Wild more than once and it's a major reason for me wanting to leave. The thing is that i'm kind of un-expercienced when it comes to travelling and being able to survive on my own, so its gonna be hell out there for me. I really respect your courage and i hope i will be just as courageous someday and just pack up and leave. Thank for the reply :)

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    • Kutieadb
      12 years ago

      That is a great movie. :)

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  • Dot123
    12 years ago

    Society is a system. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.

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    • Audrina
      12 years ago

      VERY well said :)

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    • whateverrr
      12 years ago

      This is from the matrix

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      • Dot123
        12 years ago

        Yep. sorta.

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    • PumpkinKate
      12 years ago

      I know kung fu!

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      • Dot123
        12 years ago

        Fight me!

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        • PumpkinKate
          12 years ago

          Stop trying to hit me and HIT ME!

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      12 years ago

      This text is so true

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Society doesn't have a goal to work towards. This means that people aren't motivated to do a job in society to meet that ends. Sad really.

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  • Dulse.
    12 years ago

    I feel that way sometimes.

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  • JustheirEnd
    12 years ago

    we are not crazy, what's reality in your world? grow up, marry and die... poor mind without energy

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  • A_SENSIBLE_GUY
    12 years ago

    our society is horrible in more ways than one. you'll be better off in another country than being in america.....except any russian or german countries........russians and germans are crazy

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  • chadams
    12 years ago

    Welcome to the world of responsible adults.

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  • killer_instinct
    8 years ago

    You're not alone. Many feel the urge to be free from the shackles of society. Let's be honest, jobs, money, and people in general most of the time sucks. So it's only normal.

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  • lelouch82
    8 years ago

    I feel that way too.. Certainly can't consider society a friend, that's forsure lol

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  • purpleflower
    12 years ago

    Sounds like your a modern day Holden Caulfield :)
    As am I, my friend, as am I.

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  • Audrina
    12 years ago

    Yes! I did this after I graduated from high school. The plan was to go on a two week road trip, and it turned into a year and a half adventure. A few friends and I jumped in a truck with a camper shell and hit the road. It was one of the best times of my life. I say go for it!

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