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Quitting Life Nomadic

As you may have guessed from the title, I am no longer going to be doing Life Nomadic. I’m in the Dominican Republic  now, and will leave as soon as I can find a decent ticket back to Austin. I might go to Haiti first, since I’m already over here, but I’m not sure yet.

There are a bunch of little reasons, but the biggest one is that I feel like it’s time for me to settle down. Not completely, with a wife and kids and all that, but I’ll at least be staying in one place for a few years. I miss having a house, a car, my own bed and furniture, and maybe most of all: a kitchen that I can keep stocked constantly.

People have been telling me for a while that I should develop some responsibility, and that’s probably right. Doing whatever I want all the time is definitely fun, but at some point I have to ask where it will lead in the future. I love kids and know I’ll have some eventually. If I keep traveling I may never be in a position to raise them properly.

I’m also considering getting a job. Not a full time one, but something fun and creative like video editing, programming, or design work. I obviously don’t get along with the typical 9-5 arrangement, but working half days could be manageable and would provide some steady income. Office camaraderie is probably the best part of having a job, so it will have to be an real life job, not an online one.

So that’s that. Part of me wants to keep traveling, of course, but I just met an 82 year old traveler in Panama the other day, and he made me realize that there’s no need to cram it all in now.

This is all a pretty drastic change, but if there’s one thing I can count on in my life, it’s drastic changes.

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There are 32 Comments.


JN
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 8:51 am

LOL
nice try tynan


Hawt
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 9:28 am

I fell for it. I’m such a sucker on April Fool’s day


pirrup
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 10:44 am

Wow!. I knew losing the hat would have serious implications, but I never saw this coming.


todd
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 10:50 am

got me too :>


Patrick Shields
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 11:20 am

This April Fools joke personally affected me more than any of the others I’ve seen. I’m so glad it’s not true. :)


Skurry
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 11:56 am

I started having my doubts when “fun” and “programming” appeared in the same sentence. Is it sad that I code 9 to 6? :/


Pat
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 12:03 pm

Didn’t buy this for a second. C’mon man.


Andrew
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 12:17 pm

Haha. Damnit. I totally fell for it until I looked at the comments. Judging by the Two star reviews for the post, I think a bunch of others did too.


OBY
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 12:31 pm

Hey I got excited, I thought for a second that you would be having some more cool adventures in the States.


Q
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 12:36 pm

Ty do something rational? not possible


Cody
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 1:06 pm

Awesome April fools Ty! Totally nailed me. It’s amazing that you are so unpredictable that I could imagine you doing anything at any moment, even that.

Cheers,

Cody


David
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 2:32 pm

Ah, fell for it to because all the reasons given do make a certain amount of sense. There are downsides to long term travel, and this post pretty much identifies most of them.


peetuhr
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 2:46 pm

i was definately fooled until i read the comments. very well played.


Nicky
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 3:00 pm

I am an idiot for falling for that.


bigthom777
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 3:27 pm

You got me good Tynan.


Brandon
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 3:57 pm

I was sad when I read this post, before realizing it was April Fool’s day. It was written in a very realistic way.

2-3 years from now when Tynan gives up Life Nomadic, the REAL post will probably look very much like this one.


V
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 4:11 pm

Haha!!

I was fooled too… until I read some comments :D !!

I was very cautious on *every link* I clicked today… then went for lunch, then came here…


Bruce
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 4:59 pm

Guys, it’s not a joke. Leave him alone and get your own lives.


Althea
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 5:18 pm

I think I’m the most relieved person there is! :D Really bought this one. Gah!


Starsailor
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 5:52 pm

Ha ha ha ha.

I actually felt a quite profound sadness after reading the post. Then I read the comments, and cottoned on.

Good one


Tynan
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 9:07 pm

Haha… glad you guys got the joke. I was a little worried it wasn’t obvious enough, but I figured the job part might do it.

Tynan


Bill Futreal
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 9:38 pm

I fell for it too when I saw the story come up in Google Reader – fortunately for dumb me I clicked through to your site and read the comments!


Skurry
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 9:45 pm

Yeah, it wasn’t too obvious, some points are really valid. Though “fun” and “programming” in the same sentence is a bit odd to read.


Max
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 10:06 pm

Hahaha, I was sold until you got to the part about getting a job. I could never believe that. Great post 8-)


stephanie
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 10:11 pm

oh! where are you in the dr? it’s a beautiful place. TELL me you’re going up in the mountains, not just staying at the beach or in Santo Domingo or something. I spent about three summers there… if you have any questions or need a recommendation, just ask.


Rogan
Apr 1st, 2009 @ 11:48 pm

Oh god, you had me worried.


cMo
Apr 2nd, 2009 @ 9:40 am

Say it ain’t so!

The office sucks!!!!!!!!! The only thing an office is good for is shelter. You can find shelter almost anywhere so don’t take an office job unless you start your own company and need a place for equipment and employees.

WIFI FTW


Eddie
Apr 2nd, 2009 @ 4:15 pm

Wow…I was actually deeply saddened by this joke. For about 5 minutes I felt like the universe had gone horribly wrong.

Well played, Ty.


Joel
Apr 4th, 2009 @ 12:56 am

Hey, I’m Dominican ;D


Hayden
Apr 4th, 2009 @ 1:44 am

Was worried until “People have been telling me for a while that I should develop some responsibility, and that’s probably right.”

Yeah right.


Sarah the kiwi
Apr 6th, 2009 @ 3:17 am

You realise you will never be able to give this up now – no one will ever believe you HA HA!


Gruntwilligar
Apr 13th, 2009 @ 4:16 am

You had me going for a minute there ole feather! Then I saw the part about settling down which didn’t seem to fit with your style. When I read the part about a job I knew something was flying crooked.

Good joke!

Gruntie

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