could a digital bohemian turn into some role model in life?
could it lose its essence of being different among the white collars, and turn into a hype, just like the manga haircuts?
i wonder how much of the being different, travelling, blogging, and walking around with the laptop is fake and how many of those who bohemian around really feel different or pose so.
i could be a bohemian, if i blogged more, if i could travel more to the meetings i feel like attending or if i would be continously up to date with the latest inventions and gadgets.
but well, i am currently busy with translating the RS/232 Settings for an ISEL machine at work, plus the exams, plus the graduation, plus the doing nothing afternoons, so where should there be time left for bohemi-aiming around?
i don't know how this life would fit mine, or if i could fit myself within this group and keep up with it.
the blogwalk last friday was my latest best escape from the over and over declared boredom of going to a place where my brain dies every day a little more, in this office at the end of the world, in a very crowded and non touristy area of bucharest.
my big problems remain though:
1. how should i manage to keep this job, where i do boring stuff, but i am being allowed to leave now and then?
2. how should i find a job to keep me functioning at normal parameters, and still have the time and money to travel?
3. what type of a life would i have then, if i am all the time on the road?
4. how should i get funds for all this extravaganza of travelling around?
5. would i become then the victim of my ever exploding curiosity, and die imbracing a laptop while broadcasting over the internet the latest conference?
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
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4 comments:
Great post Anna! Enjoyed reading it. Mind if I add it to twitter.com/coworkingnews ?
have a nice day,
Gerrit
Hi!
Thanks for the comment. Sure, please do add it!
Ana
Hi Ana, I hope you had time to see things in Amsterdam! I looked up for you what the three XXX mean in the Amsterdam flag (they are called Andreas crosses). It is not completely certain, but they stand for the three plagues of Amsterdam: water, fire and the pest.
Next time a beer in Paris?
Hi Ana,
It was great meeting you in Amsterdam. Glad you could escape boredom at least for a day ;-)
Regarding your questions: there is an upside and a downside to everything in life. I try to keep as closely to my passion as possible, but never disregard the practical. In the end we do need to eat, and we do need a roof over our heads :-)
I don't travel that much, actually. Simply because I don't have that much money to spend on traveling. A lot of my traveling takes place on-line. That is my highway to stay in touch with my European/Canadian/American/Indian network. So in the comfort of my own home I travel a lot. And get inspired a lot!
Please don't loose your curiosity. :-) If you're modest enough in the beginning, try to follow your passion as closely as you can, I believe the financial/psychological/social rewards will follow.
The challenge is to be creative within the limits that your surroundings set for you (there is no escape from that, unfortunately).
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