escape society

I don’t want to escape. I want society to disappear.

I can’t believe I found this site. I actually googled “how to escape society”. I think that tells you something about what has been on mind for the last ten years or so. Its good to see other people and that I am not alone. I am tired of living as a debt slave. Work, buy, consume, die. I am a puppet that can see his strings. I want to be free from this Government that is only getting worse and the “sheep” that surround us. A dumb, slow, fat society that does not value love or true freedom. I want to escape. If anyone wants to contact me just to talk or figure out how we could make this happen PLEASE email me @ agilustrator@mac.com

Our society sucks the life from us day after day. Once we no longer we are no longer able to grease the gears of this nightmarish behemoth with our blood, sweat, hopes, fears and tears we are discarded. I must find a way out of this system. A small patch of land in the deep forests if the Pacific Northwest will do. Like a slave of old you have to buy your way out out of this thoroughly modern nightmare..

Ever since I was 10 I haven’t been happy with the way this world is, maybe I realized that from a younger age, I can’t really remember.

I’d like to do this because this is the only thing that I CAN do in this world… I believe that by escaping society I might be able to actually live and enjoy my time in this place. I don’t get the reason for it either… It just seems that we’re labeled as numbers and no matter how much freedom we’re given we’re just made to work for others our whole lives like ants…

I’m going to be a junior in high school this year. I don’t have any desire to be part of society with all that I’ve learned about it… The way I see it, my feelings only get stronger the more I learn. One could chock this up to adolescent “misery” but… I don’t think that’s the case. I don’t wish it was either.

If I have the way, I’ll leave… I just need to get my eyes fixed and then I’ll never have to look back.

Ive had a wanderlust ever since I was an adolescent. No matter where I move to I always start dreaming in my head where Ill go next. My next big dream is to move to Alaska, first living with a friend of mine and then finding a quaint home in a not-too-secluded area to settle and live on my own terms. I cant do this yet because I have a daughter to raise and the current circumstances wont allow for it, but the day will arrive eventually and when it does…:)
I am also quite over conventional society. This overbearing system and the ignorance of the majority is depressing. Its become out of control. I would like to keep in touch with some friends and family once I leave though.

Same here. I’v just finished my freshman year and I’v taken an interest into just…living…something society today is forgetting. Everything is comercial and our lives are planned out for us. Go to school, graduate college, get a job, have a family etc. I hate that I’m expected to live this way. I hated that I had to be a part of it. And then i got it. I DONT have to be a part of it. I want to break off from the comercial society and their stupid guidlines. I want to flee the government that I see slowly turning into Orwell’s Big Brother character. I would love to just get some items needed for survival and just GO! But, my problem is…well…how? and then there is the problem of the people I have to leave behind. Society as a whole is shit, but there are indivuduals, as you all know from visiting this site, that arn’t as bad as the drones that rule society now. I have to cut them out as well, and I really don’t want to. Phone and internet privilages cost money, and ALOT of money. Money that i wont have if i go and do what i want to do. So am I screwed? I plan on finishing my highschool days and then me and my friend are hitting the rode. I don’t have a site like most of you, but feel free to message me on this site so we could talk more about this. I really want to figure this out and talk to other people about it.

I have felt a pull to cut myself off from society for awhile now. I am at a crossroads in my life and I don’t want to get sucked back into the daily grind. How does one go about doing this? With no money, no land, what to do?

“He soon discovered, however, what Muir and Thoreau already knew: An extended stay in the wilderness inevitably directs one’s attention outward as much as inward, and it is impossible to live off the land without discovering both a subtle understanding of, and a strong emotional bond with, that land and all it holds.”—?

I have set up a site we currently have 15 members and we all have the intention of escaping the rigmarole of society and the 9-5 until death, anyway i wont say anymore just visit the site www.purposelymarooned.webs.com

I’m a 44 year old man who has reached the point of no return. I am a telephone technician by trade and the stress involved is not meant to be placed upon any person. I cant stand the government any longer, nor the people who try to force there ideas and expectations on me. Im tired of being told what I have to do and how I have to do it. I hate this government that insist that they know better how to run my life than I do, not to mention how they write there own laws and make up the rules as they go along. Rules that always benefit them and take money out of my pocket. I am going to be a free spirit living my life the way I want to live it without the influences of this nazi style society. I have been considering the idea of leaving this society we live in for years. I have told my family of my idea to live in a tent in the wilderness or wherever I pitch my tent for sometime and they always tell me
“that would be a really hard life” and ” what would you do if you got sick”. Well, I am ex-military and have some training in survival and I believe I would be fine. As far as getting sick? I guess I would find my way to a hospital if it got fatal.
Now that I have lost my job due to there faultering economy that they seem to think they know how to fix, I am sitting on a terrific opportunity to do this and it is exactly what I am going to do. Funny how the government seems to want to run everyones life when they cant even manage there own fiscal affairs.
My plan is to purchase a good backpacking tent, a warm sleeping bag, a comfortable self inflating sleeping mat, and a few other practical survival items and hit the road. I will make camp anywhere I can for free and travel for a while. My daughter is about to give birth to my granddaughter so I will probably make the trip there first. I will ultimately end up in a large forest somewhere where few people ever go and make it my home. Then I will sell my vehicle and hold onto the money for emergency purposes only. I am a bow hunter and should have little problem finding food to eat. I have some credit card debt that I will eventually have to abandon, but who needs credit in a world outside of society. I am currently on unemployment which is direct deposited into my account so I will have money to pay my bills and get me by until I am self sufficient, at which point I will have to abandon my debt.
Im really quite excited about the whole thing. For a long time I have felt like I am in prison being forced to conform to rules and regulations that I dont agree with. having to give my money away to government entities because they say I have to or face penalties, stiffer fines, or even possible jail time. I say TO HELL WITH THEM ALL. Im outa here

While the rest of the world is in an economic panic…terrified of ‘losing everything’…and forever working themselves to death in an attempt to cling ever-tighter to material possessions, my girlfriend Melissa and I are done with the materialistic lifestyle and are taking active (albeit counter-intuitive) steps toward approaching life differently: She and I are, quite literally, selling everything we own. Rather than working our butts off all summer just to keep endlessly paying rent to a local slum lord, we’re taking that would-be rent money and, coupled with whatever we can make from the sale of our belongings, we’re going backpacking through Europe. Social tension is high worldwide, and the news is nothing but one perpetual ‘show’ of bad news to keep people too afraid to leave their homes… keeping them in front of their TV waiting to be told what and who they should fear next… endlessly buying more and more useless ‘stuff’ to ease their fears… Melissa and I have decided that it’s time for us to turn off the TV and actually go out into the REAL world and see what it’s all about, rather than letting the talking heads tell us what its about. We’re just wanting to go out & about to meet new and interesting people… to have fun overcoming language barriers, and to ACTIVELY embrace our cultural differences. In short, Humans are a timid species that has long been controlled by a handful or people who know how to manipulate us with our fear. To divide us and conquer us. We’ve decided to STOP being afraid…. to stop believing in the monsters we’ve always been told are hiding in our closets… to turn on the light and have a look for ourselves. We’re hoping that our brave steps will encourage others to live fearlessly. To find out more about our adventure in anti-materialism, follow along as we sell everything to pursue a life with nothing. go to www.myspace.com/melissaandmalakai
then tell others about us. Fearlessness is contagious. Help us spread it! Watch as our story becomes your story.

We WANT to meet other fearless people & expand our circle of friends, so contact us! (MelissaandMalakai@hotmail.com) We think that of more people were willing to introduce themselves to a stranger and take a chance on making a new friend, we’d all be a lot less afraid of each other. If the first step toward being conquered is to be divided, then the answer is to find new ways to unite…
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FOLLOW UP:

My, how a summer spent brazenly defying the bubble of your cultural comfort zone will change your perspectives on life… on what is truly important to you.

Having been back in the US for a while, we’re now settled into our new apartment (which is MUCH smaller and is almost totally empty) and are diving headfirst into the next semester of school with new goals in mind.

Selling everything we own to go backpacking through Europe was THE BEST IDEA WE’VE EVER HAD!!! [Actually, to be fair, it was the 2nd best idea we’ve ever had. While we were gone we decided that we wanted to get married. Technically, THAT was the best idea… but the backpacking trip runs a close second as it was an enabler for the engagement.]

Wherever you want to go, whatever you want to see… GO! SEE! DO!!
You won’t regret it. Life is too short to sit on your couch watching the Discovery or Travel Channels! Stop taking everyone’s word for it and go find out for yourself. Whatever excuse you’ve been making…STOP!... quit making excuses. Just go. Yes, it really is “THAT easy”. You’ll never look at life the same way again. It will change you forever.

“I’ll do it someday…”
“Someday I’d like to…”
“I’ll save up money someday…”
“I’ll chase my dreams someday…”
“Someday”, Someday, someday…
“Someday” never comes. There is no “someday”.
There is only today. There is only right now.
“Someday” is an excuse. “Someday” is a distraction.

“Someday” is a disease that kills dreams.

As a result of our trip, we have new goals now. We want to visit a different continent every summer for the next 6 years, finishing with Antarctica. And to those detractors that say “you can’t go to Antarctica” claiming that you’re not allowed, or because there aren’t ways to get there…STOP BELIEVING EVERYTHING YOU’RE TOLD BY SO-CALLED ‘EXPERTS’ AND GO FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF!

You can go to Antarctica. People have. We will.

We value our time much more now than we used to, so we don’t want to waste a bunch of time on a computer trying to explain the unexplainable (i.e.: why people should get off their butts and go see the world), but at the same time, we appreciate the value of encouraging others and hopefully showing them that there is a way, and that it is MUCH easier (and cheaper) than they think!

People who are SERIOUS about trying a new approach to life, definitely get ahold of us-no hesitation, and NO EXCUSES-either through our email (MelissaAndMalakai@hotmail.com), though our MySpace page (MySpace.com/MelissaAndMalakai), or you can look for us on Couchsurfing.org (we’re currently in Indianapolis).

In the meantime, here are some resources we’ve found handy to get you headed in the right direction:

VAGABONDING by Rolf Potts {Read it!}
THE FOUR HOUR WORK WEEK by Timothy Ferriss {Read it!}
www.couchsurfing.org {join it!}
www.STAtravel.com {Cheap travel}
www.WhereTheHellIsMatt.com {He does it, so can you!}
www.MySpace.com/MelissaAndMalakai {We do it too… join us!}
www.vagabondish.com {LOADS of people do it! What’s YOUR excuse?!}

See you on the road…

Mel&Mal-