Dusty and I are out to live life according to our own rules. When did our society become so consumed by rules and boxes that have been defined by entities other than ourselves? What a packed question…. I get lots of answers when I ask others this question, but I have found that, mostly, it’s a combination of all the answers that I hope you’re now thinking about. Some of the assumptions, rules, and boxes we’re tired of are:

Success being defined by title, status, or salary; GPA; pre-determined retirement age; the moldy practice of dictated work hours post-Industrial Revolution; ACT; organized religion; SAT; assuming devoted employees are only those with longevity; GRE; labels; calling a marriage successful just because a couple has been married for a long time; credit scores; ideological inertia just because one associates with a defined political party; and pretty much most things in the bureaucratic organizations that pushed us both out.

Now we will live for ourselves, for each other, and for our families, not for all those things that stay in business by creating an environment of fear and threatening to make people feel ‘less than’ when they don’t meet others’ expectations and work toward others’ goals.

All that to say, we’re going to cram our two dogs and ourselves into a camper, land wherever we might, and experience golden time in our not-so-golden years. Dusty will run his business, West38Moto, and I will write about whatever feeds my fancy for the day and do some other odds and ends to make myself purposeful.

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