One half of me enjoys the professional world & can see a future there, but another half wants to just quit and live a simple life in nature. Idk how to reconcile both feelings. Can anyone relate?

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Have you done the nature life? Try it. You don't need to commit forever. Take a year off.

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Take regular vacations

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True they are tough to get to from my current locale

All the freaking time. The wife and I have talked about saying eff it, moving out to the country, and opening a hobby winery. Of course, that's a whole 'nother set of headaches, but it'd get us out of the rat race.

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Life is hard, pls fix

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Yes!!!

I've done both.

I'm here in consulting because I became starved for the mental challenge, it just wasn't there in the simple life.

I imagine I would get the itch to do something more stimulating as well.

I’m the same way

Let me guess: You watched Biggest Little Farm on Delta Studio.

Yes, 100%. Story of me and the hubbys life. It’s really hard every week debating which of these worlds we want to live in

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