ABOUT MY LIFESTYLE

First, I want to say that we only live once. Although many religions want us to believe that we will live several times or end up in some kind of paradise when we die. If that's the case, then it's good if we can remember the previous lives, but it's probably a small chance and if we don't remember anything from previous lives, it doesn't matter if we die for good or are reborn. But we don't know anything about it, it's just a belief. Therefore, we must assume that we only live once, in this life that we know and know for sure that we actually live. And why not try to create the paradise that many believe they will get when they die, even now that we know we are alive. I've never accepted that I'm just there to have a hell while I live, pay the bills and then die. I want to take advantage of living while I know I'm alive, and what happens next, when I'm dead, I have to deal with then. Giving my life to a faith, and therefore not living now, feels very distant to me. If all religions are wrong, then I've wasted the only time I have in my life living trapped in a belief, only to be better off when I die. It is not an option for me, the only option for me is to live now and deal with the future when it comes.

My life is completely without stress or must, I come and go as I want and those who can adapt to that become my close friends. Those who want me to change to suit them better are not friends, and I don't care about them.
I never look back or forward, because what has happened cannot be undone and we know nothing about the future, so it is unnecessary to put energy into it. I just live in the moment. On very few occasions have I planned my future and the few times this has happened the planning has only been for the next month. Everything I've done has happened spontaneously, both in my free time and at work.

I've never had fixed times when things should happen, for example I sleep when I get tired, wake up when I'm rested, eat when I'm hungry, etc. and it can happen at any time of the day. And I've never cared about traditions, because it's a way of looking back in time.
And I've never had a permanent job, but only been an hourly employee because it gave me the freedom to work when I wanted, and I've only worked at what I think is fun and that brings as much money as possible for as little time as possible in order to be free as much as possible. Of course, this was easier when I was young in the 70s and 80s when high school wasn't a requirement for all jobs.

I have had my own business from time to time in the belief that it would give me more freedom, but realized that then I am never free. Although I made a lot of money then, which I have as a reserve now, I still prefer freedom more. Money makes life a little easier, but it can never make you happier. Happiness is something you have inside, regardless of whether you are poor or rich.

I used to figure out at the end of the month how much money I needed for the next month, so I would quickly put that money together and then be free. A little depending on what I wanted to do next month, I usually worked between 1-3 weeks, but I was always free at least one week a month, usually more. I used my free time

After my military service, I rented my first apartment. I had that apartment for a few years, but it became more and more of a base to go from, as a place for my things so I didn't have to carry everything with me when I traveled.
I often worked as a driver which is a lonely job and while I was sitting and driving there was not much more to do than think, and I came to the conclusion more and more that I did not feel free to have a fixed point and a a lot of belongings that I never used and I realized that everything you own has a tendency to start owning its owner's freedom and when I came home the next time I got rid of everything I owned and gave up my home. Then my moving began in earnest, and there I am still after over 40 years.

I started renting furnished apartments for a shorter period of time and it gave me a lot more freedom knowing that I had no notice period and I only owned what I could fit in the trunk of the car. The fact that I didn't want things inside the car was because I wanted to be able to sleep in the car if I didn't get an apartment right between the moves. *

And it gave me the freedom I was looking for. I haven't always had a vehicle, but to me a vehicle is the same as freedom. I've never rented an apartment for more than the absolute max of 2 years, often for a shorter period of time, and most of the time I didn't live at that address but just used it as a place for authorities to think I had a fixed point. I got tired of being in the same place for a long time. For a while I bought a caravan that I lived in when I moved around between different jobs, but it also became too much housing for me and owning a caravan gave me more space than I needed and when that happens I automatically hoard more stuff, so after about a year I sold it.

When I retired at 60, I moved to Southeast Asia, first Vietnam and Cambodia and then Thailand, where I continued my usual itinerant life, partly to get as much as possible out of the countries.
The only possibility to stop my wandering life is probably a closer love relationship and I'm not sure I'm that interested in that, it's more freedom to live alone, but who knows what will happen in the future.
My strong desire for freedom remains and I don't want to feel compelled to consider anyone else who may not share my lifestyle. Coming and going as I please means a lot to my longing for freedom. So I don't live here to find a partner, but because I like the country of Thailand, people, culture, food, climate and even the religion of Buddhism which is very similar to my own lifestyle. But Buddhism for me is not a religion but only a way of life.

In order to be able to move often, a post office box is required, but these are small amounts and give significantly more freedom than having to deal with a change of address every time I change residence. And often the change of address takes so long that I have time to move again. So the new address often lags behind. For the Thai authorities no change of address is required, they get the information from landlords. But before the authorities in my home country a change of address is required.

From time to time I stay for a month or two in a hotel. The advantage of this in Thailand is that it can be cheaper and freer. If I rent a hotel room for a month for 10,000 baht with a deposit of 500 baht, cleaning, change of bed linen and drinking water are included. And I can move on after the end of the rental period, i.e. after one or two months. If I rent an apartment for 10,000 baht per month, I have a deposit of 20,000 baht and will be unlocked for a year. True that I have to clean, wash and change the bedclothes myself and buy drinking water. So it will be cheaper. But maybe a little impersonal, but I don't care because freedom is above all for me.

I have never understood why most people strive to own a lot of things they never use and why it is so important to have bigger apartments or houses than they need, they can still only be in one room at a time. Ok, if you have a family, then a room is needed for each family member, but if you are alone, only one room is needed.
You unlock your life with things and loans and that gives no freedom at all. You are forced to work to keep your things, which means that you do not live in the present but in the future. You don't own your things, they own you. You always have to take care of them first before you can do anything. For example, if you are traveling away, you always have a worry in your body that something will happen to your things, for example, you are told that your house is on fire, then you have to interrupt your trip to go home and take care of it and save the things you can save. If you don't own anything, you have no worries and you don't have to stop what you're doing to take care of dead things that mean nothing more than showing people you don't really like that you can afford to have a lot of junk, often paid for with loans.

When I know a place, find everything, people start greeting me in the area and I make friends, so it's time to move to start all over again. It gives me more joy because it is not the ordinary everyday life that is interesting, but discovering and getting to know new places and new people. When I move on, I always do it incognito, so no goodbyes or explanations, I can suddenly feel that now is the time to move on in life and then it goes very quickly, from decision to action it's a couple of hours at most.
And I've never liked it when friends try to make me stay. Also, good friends don't disappear just because I move. My true friends have learned and are kindly waiting for information about my new place of residence, even if it takes a few years, we are still friends and we continue where we left off last time. Those who don't accept are not good friends, so I don't care about them.
Because privacy is important to me, I use the internet extremely sparingly and always with the highest security. That's why you won't find me on so-called social media. Some parts of the internet can be used and some are directly necessary in today's world. But never without maximum security and never logged in to anything other than the most important. If I can't use a page without logging in, I don't use it. For example Facebook I can't get it of som reson. Facebook have decide that nobody can have my name, so they don't let me in. That's don't matter for me, but it is crazy. Maybe I am the only person in the world who don't can use my real name on Facebook. :) But I anyway don't like Facebook so it is ok.

Now I have stop moving around as I have do the last 40 years.

I have rented a house for long term rent and it feel very good. I will stay here for a long time, maybe for ever. Because it is a very good house, and a very good owner.