Hey again

Thanks for that lengthy reply. My own mail and letters go insanely overboard because I am passionate about what I'm saying and I want to get my message across. People get so mad at me sometimes because what I post doesn't fit inside a tweet. :P Nice to get a reply from someone who also puts the message first! 👍 (Side note... Usually I would have asked "Now where is that thumbs up emote when you really need it?" but ever since I discovered the Win+. shortcut I have been using that to death 😅)

Anyway, I can see where you are coming from, now. I can also see why $40 jobs and $300+ jobs can make a difference to how much time you spend trying to scrape by ;) Ultimately it boiled down to lifestyle for you and life in Australia was just more along the lines of what you wanted. I can respect that.

Me, though, I am so isolated from the world that the only people who know me are the cashiers at KFC and the one or two people I chat with online. My ideal life would be to live up in the mountains of Japan, all alone (with my wife), completely isolated from the entire planet (but with internet access and close enough to a town to have my groceries delivered. Still need my KFC, after all 😅). I would gladly pack up my life and go live digital in Japan... would do so in a second... if not for two things...

First, our neighbour's house was completely plundered (I mean they even stole the electricity supply to the house by ripping the cable out from under the pavement) by day 2 after they moved out. Leaving my house to the mercy of renters and hoping history doesn't repeat itself (I had to sell my first house because the law protects illegal occupants from being evicted so after legal fees I only got $60 for my entire property) that is not really an option... If they move out and I have to take 2 days for new people to move in I will be returning to nothing (literally).

Secondly, Japan only grants me a 3 month visa so I would have to go work in the mountains, not see much of Japan and then come home after 3 months. :( Japan really is the only place I would want to go to... In fact, my wife and I even have an understanding that no matter how much I love her, if a Japanese woman asks me to marry her and move to Japan I'm packing my bags the second I finished reading the email 👍🐱‍👤

Anyway, your post was very inspirational and got me thinking about changing my own lifestyle (that I am actually pretty happy with). You now have one more follower. Apart from your posts on food (I am FINALLY loosing some weight 😁) I want to hear more about what you have to say...