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I live in a bubble

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To each his own but I'd be driven mad with your bubble. Skiing and climbing is great, I enjoy both sports, but having no variety and spontaneity is just plain and dull.
 
Originally posted by: Mr Pickles
So you're pretty much worthless to society and won't contribute a danm thing. That's pretty sweet. Live on, bubble boy.
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I love what I do. I enjoy my work (I teach skiing) and I enjoy my free time. This is ATOT, where we all love our jobs so I'm not going to call you out by suggesting that you hate you job. I'm not going to suggest that going to work is a chore and you can't wait to get home. I'm not going to suggest that your job doesn't fulfill you. No no no... you post on ATOT so we all know that these wouldn't be true.

I teach people to have fun! I give my clients the best day of their life. That's rewarding. That's fulfilling. I come home and I think "danm illusion88. That was a kick ass day". I don't think many people get that feeling.

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
To each his own but I'd be driven mad with your bubble. Skiing and climbing is great, I enjoy both sports, but having no variety and spontaneity is just plain and dull.
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Life is never plain and dull when you can scare the crap out of yourself on a daily basis. When I am 10 feet off of a bolt, on a thin hold trying to clip a blind bolt, the last thing I am thinking about is how dull my life is. When I am standing on top of a chute, 30 feet of rock underneath me, trees to one side, rocks in the landing on the other the last thing I am thinking about is how monotonous my life has become.

No, adventure sports are never plain and dull no matter how many times you do them. There is always something new to ski or climb.

Ski resorts are alive. They change everyday. The run you skied yesterday will probably ski different today. Everyday the mountain takes on a new skin and its your job to interpret where the best skiing is going to be. Rocks will change shape during the year, many will disappear completely while others will become skiable. Nope, never a dull day here.
 
If you're happy with your life and it's not a problem to society(ex: a murderer's life might be a problem 😛) then no reason to change it. I'm single, live at home still, saving up for a house, work full time in IT, relatively simple life day to day. I could not care for a girl friend at this point and happy where I am heading in life. And no, I don't live in the basement. 😛 I can't wait to move out tbh, but I also want to put a decent down payment on a house so I can continue to enjoy my life, without living pay check by paycheck.
 
Originally posted by: illusion88
Not a plastic bubble, a figurative bubble. I work at a ski resort in the winter and rock climb in the summer. The only friends I have either ski, climb or do both. I know this one girl who doesn't do any of these things (and she is pretty nerdy, score one for the good guys).

90% of my friends work with me, or has worked with me in the past. Most of my friends live close to me, we all live near the base of the mountains. There is a whole side of this town I have never been to. I never go downtown, it's "too far away". I never make it to Park City, it's "too long of a cab ride home". When I go to a bar, it's one of a few that are near me. When I go to a house party, it's never more than 5 miles away.

My bubble rocks.

The girl I mentioned earlier suggested that my bubble does in fact not rock. She suggests that the bubble is bad and I should meet people outside of the bubble. I've been thinking about that, and I realized I have no idea how to do that! If I spend all my time at the ski resort or the climbing gym, how am I going to meet someone who doesn't participate in these things?

Then I realized she is dumb and my bubble rules.
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it is not a bubble...
It is a good quality life.

1. You are good at outdoor activities.
2. You do what you like and get paid for it.
3. You have friends.
4. You are nerdy enough to post about your life on the AT.

I say good for you. Enjoy while it lasts...
 
Originally posted by: adlep
Originally posted by: illusion88
Not a plastic bubble, a figurative bubble. I work at a ski resort in the winter and rock climb in the summer. The only friends I have either ski, climb or do both. I know this one girl who doesn't do any of these things (and she is pretty nerdy, score one for the good guys).

90% of my friends work with me, or has worked with me in the past. Most of my friends live close to me, we all live near the base of the mountains. There is a whole side of this town I have never been to. I never go downtown, it's "too far away". I never make it to Park City, it's "too long of a cab ride home". When I go to a bar, it's one of a few that are near me. When I go to a house party, it's never more than 5 miles away.

My bubble rocks.

The girl I mentioned earlier suggested that my bubble does in fact not rock. She suggests that the bubble is bad and I should meet people outside of the bubble. I've been thinking about that, and I realized I have no idea how to do that! If I spend all my time at the ski resort or the climbing gym, how am I going to meet someone who doesn't participate in these things?

Then I realized she is dumb and my bubble rules.
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it is not a bubble...
It is a good quality life.

1. You are good at outdoor activities.
2. You do what you like and get paid for it.
3. You have friends.
4. You are nerdy enough to post about your life on the AT.

I say good for you. Enjoy while it lasts...
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aye. relabel this thread as "vibrant socialite susceptible to accusations of close mindedness, more at 11"
 
OK if you are always with your boys hanging doing the skining and the rock climbing, who are you getting the secks from?
 
So what if the snow's better on the other side of the mountain? Do you go? Or do you block the thought from your mind? When you look toward the other mountains do you think about venturing out to climb them?
 
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: tm37
OK if you are always with your boys hanging doing the skining and the rock climbing, who are you getting the secks from?
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maybe she was hitting on him?
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And he would rather hang out with his boys than rub up against a healthy young female.

youth is wasted on the young
 
Originally posted by: tm37
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: tm37
OK if you are always with your boys hanging doing the skining and the rock climbing, who are you getting the secks from?
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maybe she was hitting on him?
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And he would rather hang out with his boys than rub up against a healthy young female.

youth is wasted on the young
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I'm not sure where you drew the conclusion that I hang out with "the guys" or "my boys" when I ski or climb, but I can assure you that women are definitely involved in my life and youth is not wasted on the young 😉

Also, what lead you to believe that the girl in question wants me? Maybe she likes girls.
 
If you can't build a career from jobs within the bubble, you need to grow out of it at some point.
 
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