It’s been a year or so since I’ve fallen ill with anything but the last week has hit me pretty hard with a pesky cold. I think all of the running around for work coupled with a dose of burnout got me down. I really am tired of my current situation even though I really have nothing to complain about. I just need a change. The kind of change I’ve mentioned and have been intending to make over the last 3 years or so. I’m just not sure how to go about it.
With no real plan or direction I figure I’ll be on my way to somewhere in a two or three weeks. That’s the plan. Between now and then I’ll tend to car maintenance, dentist, bills, etc. etc……
At this moment I’m sitting at Antidote with a stuffy head and a shot of caffeine. A woman just sat down across from me in a low cut dress with “Feminist” tattooed across her chest. I have a hard time understanding the tattoo culture. I guess if a person is certain they are always going to think the same and never change then a tattoo is probably ok.
I’d say a bit a travel, especially some hiking/walking, would be good for me right now. But just for a little while. I’m considering the idea of a change in my approach towards the way I make a living. My current method isn’t really getting me anywhere beyond the parameters of what I’ve already done/accomplished. My approach is carefree but kind of limiting in certain regards. I swing from one extreme to another in what has become a predictable fashion.
Aside of a two month stint at a Nordic Center in upstate New York I have not worked for anyone but myself since the summer of 2004. Hard to believe it’s been 8 years already! The crux for me is that I don’t want a Mon-Fri 9-5 with a 2 week vacation. I think a steady predictable routine would drive me nutz. I’m also not too crazy about working for anyone else.
All said, I’ll probably hop a plane overseas and put off making any real decisions for the time being. That’s generally the pattern I enjoy falling back into. I always feel like I'm moving forward when I'm out and about but eventually I find myself returning back to where I started. It's the picking up where I left off that's getting me nowhere.
About Me
- Todd Gilbreath
- I entered this crazy thing called life in 1965. Born and raised in Houston, Texas. As a kid I always dreamed of getting out of Houston and living in the Mountains. After graduating High School, in 1984, I left Houston for 20 years. One of the first things I did was hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. Little did I know that the trail would never end. I've traveled all over the USA, hitchiked thru New Zealand, roamed the streets of Katamandu, drank wine in Tuscany, drank beer in Tierra del fuego, drank scotch in scotland, drove my car to Labrador, sailed the Caribbean, etc. etc. I've also worked many jobs. Several seasons as a Wilderness Ranger, Drove a limo in Aspen, Bellhopped at several hotels, worked for North Face, two years with a start up, and alot of Misc. this and that.....I'm an athlete and have been a runner since I was 10 years old. I was also a competitive cross country skier but since returning to Houston I no longer do much of that. Other sporting interest include biking, swimming, hiking, and roller skiing... My current occupation is World Traveler and Thinker but I buy and sell old stuff to actually make a living. .
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