If you could do anything you wanted, regarless of money, what would you do with your

[BillBoard]

time?

I have done most of the things I wanted to do with my life. Been wondering what the hell else I want to do with it if I can stay healthy.

Not an easy question to answer for sure if you no longer have a passion for anything...

Shit, my kick the bucket list has been done for about 5 years....

[solid]

For me it's sailing. I'd like to take a year or 3 and sail the world. I've never felt so free and alive as when the wind grabs your sails....a wise man once told me. He said you'll never understand true freedom, until you've been in a small sailboat, in the middle of the vast ocean. I want to experience that. Amazing that with a small sailboat, with you at the helm...and the whole world is at your fingertips.

[BillBoard]

For me it's sailing. I'd like to take a year or 3 and sail the world. I've never felt so free and alive as when the wind grabs your sails....a wise man once told me. He said you'll never understand true freedom, until you've been in a small sailboat, in the middle of the vast ocean. I want to experience that. Amazing that with a small sailboat, with you at the helm...and the whole world is at your fingertips.

Crossed the Pacific in an aging merchant ship from Singapore to Peru as a teen, seen the open ocean on a rusty stinky ship with fish-meal. ha ha ha

I bet in a sail boat would be some experience though.

[po boy]

If I had the resources I would first increase my own education on law , money, business, agriculture then start a school to teach poor families the same.

It would not cost them anything but time and effort and would be available with to those with a true desire and good intentions.

Days off would be fishin' time!

[Ponce]

I really don't know sinse I have done just about everything, the only two things that I have never done is being a homo and doing drugs......drinking? I did it one time when I was 17 and done it never again.

I treasure now the time that I have alone with my pets and breathing this wonderfull fresh air everyday, to walk in the forest and listen to the birds and to see the deers running when ever I walk near by......all this money cannot buy.

I know accept everything that is going on as the evolution of the planet Earth, only thing that I do not accept and find it to be unnatural is what the Zionist Israelis are doing to the Palestinian people in their own land.

I keep thinking "What am I going to do when silver hits $100.00?" I am rich because I really don't need money and I have all the toys that I want........so, what will I do with all that silver? sell the silver for cash? and then what?.....I am where I want to be and doing what I want to do.....so that I am free.................but still sick as a dog, oh well.

"True freedom is not what you can do with money, but what you can do without it"... Ponce

[vacuum]

Ponce, what would you list as the top 2 or 3 experiences that you would recommend the most?

[Ponce]

Ponce, what would you list as the top 2 or 3 experiences that you would recommend the most?

Only one...........If you can think about it then do it no matter what.......and that way there will be no regrets.......good or bad is your life and your memories.

[Gaillo]

If you could do anything you wanted, regarless of money, what would you do with your time?

I have done most of the things I wanted to do with my life. Been wondering what the hell else I want to do with it if I can stay healthy.

Not an easy question to answer for sure if you no longer have a passion for anything...

Shit, my kick the bucket list has been done for about 5 years....

I'd spend whatever was necessary to find a new passion for life...

Aging/Death begins when learning/excitement ends. Life is WAY too short to have the attitude you do - REGARDLESS of how old you are! :o

Don't you realize what a marvelous, unique, and just plain FASCINATING thing it is to be human? Or has the vast bleeting herd of moronic, superstitious, and ungrateful fools convinced you that life is just another stupid ride with the cheap seats? ???

I could easily spend FIVE lifetimes happily mastering the intricacies of my MINOR interests (Astronomy, Mathematics, Cinematography, Hiking/Camping, Chemistry, Music, Go, Firearms/Reloading)... and probably at least ten times that delving into the really important things!

P.S. Before you dismiss what I wrote as youthful exuberance, I'm no "spring chicken" with world-conquering aspirations! I'm a jaded middle-aged man with low energy, looming health problems, and way too much stress. If I can still have this outlook on life, so can you - and you should! ;)

[Neuro]

I have a few projects left in life I want to do. A farm for my needs and a small vineyard, producing the best wines in Turkey, learn to hunt. Then on my sparetime I would like to work on my inventions. Like a steam engine hybrid car (didn't get the parts for the engine this summer, but I was very busy fixing up our summerhouse in Sweden), maybe a sun/steam engine powered airship. I am 43 soon, still have time, and I need to make sure my children (11 and 8 years now) can stand on their two legs firm on the ground, before I withdraw from the world...

[solid]

Nice post, Gaillo. I've found that when I was younger, the passions I had I wanted to push the envelope so to speak, for the thrill and excitement of it. For the adventure of the challenge. As the years go by, I've learned that I still want to do those things, but the most pleasurable way possible. When I first started sailing, I wanted to experience storms, high winds, taking green water over the bow...now I want nice calm peaceful sailing.

One thing I know is that I get much more fascination out of life, in general. It really is amazing to me, especially nature.

The key to life is balancing hard work and turning your life into one big vacation. Hard work you enjoy, and it makes the vacation part that much better as well.

This is where I believe in Buddism philosophy, not religious aspect, but that few folks truly see life in the present. It's about the past, or the future, but not embracing the 'now'. By not being 100% in the present moment, you miss a lot of things.

[Neuro]

This is where I believe in Buddism philosophy, not religious aspect, but that few folks truly see life in the present. It's about the past, or the future, but not embracing the 'now'. By not being 100% in the present moment, you miss a lot of things.
Maybe I am misinterpreting what you wrote, but just being in the present, not paying attention to neither the past nor the future, isn't that the philosophy which had led to the near ruin of western society? I do think it is important to live in the present, but it is important to understand that the present situation we are in is a function of decisions in the past, and what we do now should be geared towards making the future better...

[solid]

Maybe I am misinterpreting what you wrote, but just being in the present, not paying attention to neither the past nor the future, isn't that the philosophy which had led to the near ruin of western society? I do think it is important to live in the present, but it is important to understand that the present situation we are in is a function of decisions in the past, and what we do now should be geared towards making the future better...

I think it's chasing the future that lead to the ruin of western society. Chasing the 'carrot' so to speak...working 80 hours a week to buy a huge home, expensive cars,etc..to keep up with the Joneses. Consumption, materialism. The whole happiness is just around the corner, mentality.

Of course, if everyone truly lived in the moment, not much would get done. :) So, again, it's back to balance.

[Awoke]

This is going to sound blahzay, but the truth is, I just wish I was independently wealthy enough to escape the grind.

I have NO PROBLEMS occupying my time. If I didn't have to work everyday, I would not become bored. I have a million hobbies and a million activities that I can immerse myself in all the time, but work keeps getting in the way.

But it is a necessary evil, it seems.

[Neuro]

I think it's chasing the future that lead to the ruin of western society. Chasing the 'carrot' so to speak...working 80 hours a week to buy a huge home, expensive cars,etc..to keep up with the Joneses. Consumption, materialism. The whole happiness is just around the corner, mentality.

Of course, if everyone truly lived in the moment, not much would get done. :) So, again, it's back to balance.
Of course working 80 hours a week at a work that objectively is not productive in a holistic sense is a bad thing. And certainly long term working 80 hour weeks could be physically very destructive, especially if you don't love what you are doing, you forsake other important things in life, like family and friends. But I don't think it is the attitude of working 80 hours a week of honest labour that is the reason of the downfall of western society per se. The main reason is those (bankers, corrupt politicians, and welfare scum) who think they are allowed the fruits of hard working honest people, to the point that fewer would like to do such work

[Awoke]

imo, anyone who works 80 hours a weeks is either a loser or just plain nuts. I have a hard time showing up for 40.

[LastResort]

First off, I hate the term "bucket list". Is there people out there that actually have one? Gaillo post makes alot of sense to me.

Back to the question at hand.

I'd enjoy nature fish, hunt, camp, hike, watch animals, and grow as many differents strains of good marijuana as I could. Sampling them all the time of course.O0

I don't know how you could get tired of nature.... No matter how many fish I catch or how much time I spend wandering around the bush with my gun it never enough.

[Ponce]

I'll tell you one thing that did changed my life........EST........after my divorce I was really down and under and a female friend who took the course told me to take it no matter what, I wasent working and was broke but I paid the $750.00 with a credit card and took the course......my intructor was Randy McMara and I'll never forget him......I became a new person and was able to separate the bullshit in the news from the truth at the blink of an eye........and like they said "When you finish the course you will be the same shithead that you were before.....only better"

[Neuro]

I'll tell you one thing that did changed my life........EST........after my divorce I was really down and under and a female friend who took the course told me to take it no matter what, I wasent working and was broke but I paid the $750.00 with a credit card and took the course......my intructor was Randy McMara and I'll never forget him......I became a new person and was able to separate the bullshit in the news from the truth at the blink of an eye........and like they said "When you finish the course you will be the same shithead that you were before.....only better"
This course Ponce:

In 1971, a former door-to-door encyclopedia salesman named Werner Erhard (born John Paul Rosenberg) launched Erhard Seminars Training, or est, in San Francisco. Promising direction, empowerment and enlightenment, the seminars challenged people to throw away their old belief systems and embrace the beauty of the present moment. This breakthrough, once achieved, was known as getting "it" — the term "est" is also Latin for "it is" — and those who got "it," according to Erhard's program, would also get control of their lives.

Gaining this new outlook wasn't easy: est training lasted 60-plus hours over two consecutive weekends, and the sessions were led by authoritarian instructors whose mission, Psychology Today reported in 1975, was to "tear you down and put you back together." As a result, a strict set of rules was enforced. A single day's training, for instance, could last 15 hours with just two breaks. With up to 250 participants attending the seminars at one time, est looked to some media watchers like a form of mass mind control.

But a host of cultural heavyweights championed the program — at one point a former chancellor of UC San Francisco chaired its advisory board — and by 1977 Erhard and his self-transformation empire were big enough to be parodied in the Burt Reynolds film "Semi-Tough." At that time, about 3,000 people were completing the training each month. Many found the help they sought. An evaluation of 67 patients who took est, published in 1978 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, reported therapeutic benefits for those "with good ego strength who are motivated to change." Despite the tough training, hundreds of thousands of people flocked to est during its two-decade run.

The old salesman didn't sell everyone, however, with many mental health professionals cautioning that est harmed more people than it helped. A series of case reports, published in the same journal in 1977, described seven people who developed psychotic symptoms — including grandiosity, paranoia, mood swings and delusions — after partaking in est. (The authors stopped short of saying that est caused the breakdowns, but their implication was clear.) Several years later, after the death of an est participant who collapsed during training, UC Berkeley psychologist Margaret Singer reviewed the program and said in a sworn statement that was part of a civil lawsuit that est indeed caused its participants "emotional distress" and also created a "high probability of psychological and physiological harm."

"People detached from their own identity and became part of this est thing," says Steve Salerno, who examined est for his 2005 book, "Sham: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless." "People will claim that est worked for them, but you have to wonder at what cost."


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In 1991, Erhard left the country and sold his intellectual property to Landmark Education, run by his brother Harry Rosenberg. Today Landmark offers a variety of programs, chiefly the Landmark Forum, based largely on Erhard's ideas. The training has evolved — gone is the est-era combativeness of instructors — but it remains wildly popular: Tuition varies by location and costs $495 in California. Landmark reports that 200,000 people worldwide take its courses each year.

[Neuro]

Linky ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/15/health/la-he-psychology-fads-20101115

[DMac]

I think I connect most with what Gaillo wrote - he and I could have some good bar stool conversation should we ever cross paths.

Everyday of my life, since the late twenties, I realized the clock of time is humming along faster and faster. All of the things I want to see, touch, smell or taste; things I want to teach to others and most importantly things I want to learn - would likely take several lifetimes to reach fulfillment.

[hoarder]

imo, anyone who works 80 hours a weeks is either a loser or just plain nuts. I have a hard time showing up for 40.I worked an average of 65 hours a week for 15 years straight. Some did think I was just plain nuts.
But I hated working under the shade of the boss man's index finger because I knew I could plan and prioritize much better than them. Independence was my motive. I retired on my own investments at age 44, which was quite a few years ago.

[Neuro]

I worked an average of 65 hours a week for 15 years straight. Some did think I was just plain nuts.
But I hated working under the shade of the boss man's index finger because I knew I could plan and prioritize much better than them. Independence was my motive. I retired on my own investments at age 44, which was quite a few years ago.
What did you do, when working?

[Serpo]

If I had unlimited funds would try and expose the fraud called a medical system for what it is.........but you would need a lot of funds

[Libertytree]

Normally, I'd say I'd just want to live a quiet life pursuing my interests and hobbies.

Today is another story....I'd spend myself into destitution to get Ron Paul elected president and bring the zio whores to their knees and the fuck out of our country!!

[hoarder]

What did you do, when working?I worked my fingers to the bone. I was a mechanic on offshore gas platforms working a minimum of 84 hours a week on a 7 day on 7 day off schedule, then on my week off I remodeled and built additions on my lake house and rent houses.

[solid]

I worked my fingers to the bone. I was a mechanic on offshore gas platforms working a minimum of 84 hours a week on a 7 day on 7 day off schedule, then on my week off I remodeled and built additions on my lake house and rent houses.

That's like my schedule hoarder, work really hard for 7 days...then get 7 off. I'm not guaranteed 84 hours (7 12 hour days) though. I usually get between 60-90 hours in, the most I've worked was around 120 hours or so. I slept for almost 2 days after that, but the paycheck was a good one.

[LuckyStrike]

If I didn't spend time and mental and physical energy at work I would have a lot of free time. In my main job I work between 40-70 hours per week and rarely take a vacation (1 week off in 2 years) I can take more vacations but I don't, but should.

I know how great a feeling it is to know the Truth, to understand how the world works and since I enjoy that feeling I want to show others the things I have learned.

A few weeks before I got married me and my closest friends were sitting on the train tracks smoking cigs and just talking about life. I said "The way I see it, my long term goal in life is to work hard, save wisely and one day retire and sit at my house in the Rockies just inhaling the view. But as things stand I have to work for the next XX amount of years to get to that point, running the rat race. Why don't we just leave now skip the XX amount of years of work and go do it now, be self sufficient or close to it and experience that view today" Who knows if I would've gone through with it, some were willing but the others the biggest hold up was lack of pussy. Suffice to say I long for a simple life, I like the niceties of modern life, but I don't need society, sort of a loner I guess. If I had time to study and research any topic of my choosing I would be content. But this desire conflicts with me sometimes because I realize Western Civilization wasn't made great on the backs of men who escaped. I don't look at my desire to be in solitude as escaping reality but rather escaping the entire world system which at this point in history I find to be to corrupt to ever reform and only a total destruction will ever bring a change big enough to ever right this ship.

I like reading Ecclesiastes, and I use it as an example to my friends, here is a guy who had more money, more land, boned more women than we could ever hope to in 100 lifetimes and he found no pleasure in those pursuits, just vanity (futlity). Yet the end of the book sums it all up so perfectly "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man." (If you haven't read Ecclesiastes I highly recommend it)


This post kinda veered off topic, but with a bunch of free time I would like to study, I like the sciences, history and the Bible of course. After studying I would like to write and create things.

[k-os]

If I didn't spend time and mental and physical energy at work I would have a lot of free time. In my main job I work between 40-70 hours per week and rarely take a vacation (1 week off in 2 years) I can take more vacations but I don't, but should.

I know how great a feeling it is to know the Truth, to understand how the world works and since I enjoy that feeling I want to show others the things I have learned.

A few weeks before I got married me and my closest friends were sitting on the train tracks smoking cigs and just talking about life. I said "The way I see it, my long term goal in life is to work hard, save wisely and one day retire and sit at my house in the Rockies just inhaling the view. But as things stand I have to work for the next XX amount of years to get to that point, running the rat race. Why don't we just leave now skip the XX amount of years of work and go do it now, be self sufficient or close to it and experience that view today" Who knows if I would've gone through with it, some were willing but the others the biggest hold up was lack of pussy. Suffice to say I long for a simple life, I like the niceties of modern life, but I don't need society, sort of a loner I guess. If I had time to study and research any topic of my choosing I would be content. But this desire conflicts with me sometimes because I realize Western Civilization wasn't made great on the backs of men who escaped. I don't look at my desire to be in solitude as escaping reality but rather escaping the entire world system which at this point in history I find to be to corrupt to ever reform and only a total destruction will ever bring a change big enough to ever right this ship.

I like reading Ecclesiastes, and I use it as an example to my friends, here is a guy who had more money, more land, boned more women than we could ever hope to in 100 lifetimes and he found no pleasure in those pursuits, just vanity (futlity). Yet the end of the book sums it all up so perfectly "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man." (If you haven't read Ecclesiastes I highly recommend it)


This post kinda veered off topic, but with a bunch of free time I would like to study, I like the sciences, history and the Bible of course. After studying I would like to write and create things.

I find your thoughful posts so amazing . . . because you're so young! I agree with everything you said, particularly the part about escaping to the rockies (although, I'd have to choose somewhere warmer :-)

I am a loner, by choice, but I really enjoy the times I spend with the people - when I get to choose the people to spend that time with. I am lucky enough to work from home, so I basically don't have to see anyone I don't want to see, which is awesome. I feel like my life is a dream right now, and I hope that I will always be this fortunate. I get to travel, garden, paint, draw, and let loose sometimes.

If I had all the money I needed right now, I'd escape and get off grid. I have a feeling the grid would find me before I die, but at least I'd have some time to live with nature, and without rules.

I have a silly list of things I want to do before I die (and I started this list before the movie), but it's comprised of silly stuff like . . . I want to tackle someone, full on running tackle like a football player, and I wanted a pie in the face (got it), and I want to eat a saltwater fish, raw, right after I catch it. I want to dumpster dive, and I wanted to eat a birthday cake with no hands (did it for my 30th).

Edit: Also on my list - I wanted to swim to an island, and I did! After attempting an island nearby, and failing because of strong tides, I finally swam to one in Nicaragua in '08.

[mick silver]

well well i guess i am headed to the white house . someone here got to fix this m fucking mess were in

[k-os]

well well i guess i am headed to the white house . someone here got to fix this m fucking mess were in

Well now, that's something I would do if I found out I had incurable cancer. :-)

[mick silver]

thats one way to look at k os because i would piss off so many my life would not be long

[solid]

I'll vote for ya', Mick. Maybe I'll take point and try and clear a path for you there too. :)

[sunshine05]

I'm fixated on the corruption in our judicial system right now because of this Cooper case. If he ever gets an appeal and gets out I will probably still spend my time trying to expose the corruption and trying to help people who have been wrongfully convicted.

I would also like to spend more time researching 9/11 because I can't let go of that either.

[mick silver]

i dont need no votes i and buying diebold hahahahaha . but i will be making some of you guys an gals part of my team

[Joe King]

If I could do anything I wanted, regardless of "money", I'd probably just hang out here at GSUS all day.
Well, at least between the amazing adventures I'd obviously be having. lol

[hoarder]

After reading the comments, I'm more grateful to be living off the grid in the Rockies.

[po boy]

After reading the comments, I'm more grateful to be living off the grid in the Rockies.
I can almost taste the rainbow trout.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJKd0rkKss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJKd0rkKss

[Ponce]

And now you guys know why I am always happy and in heaven where I am at away from everyone, even If I have accidents all the time ahahahahaah.

[platinumdude]

I would go on a mystery tour.

[hoarder]

I can almost taste the rainbow troutHere's one I caught at that high mountain lake:

[freespirit]

what would i do? that's a tough one to answer...

i think i would spend more time in my canoe.

[LastResort]

A side note. Something I've observed about the older middle aged guys that have worked hard and long all their lives so they could have money toys and free time is, once they get there they don't enjoy it. I just look at my dad and all his buddies all nice boats toys you name it. The shit never gets used. Thats why I try and make the most of my time now.

[LastResort]

Suffice to say I long for a simple life, I like the niceties of modern life, but I don't need society, sort of a loner I guess. QUOTE]

[QUOTE=k-os;456762]I am a loner, by choice, but I really enjoy the times I spend with the people - when I get to choose the people to spend that time with.



I don't like the term loner. I consider myself to be independant. I don't always have to be around other people to have direction. I like doing what I want when I want. When I was in highschool I thought it was a downfal,l not having lots of friends or being popular. Now I consider it an asset.

[solid]

I don't like the term loner. I consider myself to be independant. I don't always have to be around other people to have direction. I like doing what I want when I want. When I was in highschool I thought it was a downfal,l not having lots of friends or being popular. Now I consider it an asset.

Funny, I'm the exact same way. :) During high school and college, it bothered me some that I never attracted attention, always fly under the radar at parties and such. Now, I consider this to be a big asset. It's nice to hear others can relate. I like the term independant as well.

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

I asked my roommate this question last night, and he had a good answer. He said he'd create an organization that researched ONLY cures. No diagnosis, no treatment - only cures are researched. Therefore, 100% of the money donated goes to R&D towards a cure.


As opposed to organizations today like the red cross where a huge percentage of money donated goes to administrative costs. Or the american cancer society where 0% goes to finding a cure, and 100% goes to treatment and diagnosis.

[Sparky]

...
I like reading Ecclesiastes, and I use it as an example to my friends, ... (If you haven't read Ecclesiastes I highly recommend it)
...


I second this recommendation. Its authorship is typically attributed to King Solomon, who lived around 1000 B.C., who is considered one of the wealthiest men to have ever walked the planet. In addition to his enormous inheritance from his father King David, he received approximately 600,000 troy ounces of gold per year as a tax levy from his subjects.

Ecclesiastes is an easy read; only about 7 pages long.

[BillBoard]

I am trying not to think about it, but I am becoming sure that I need to give Silver Shield a hand with his Academy. The curse of Usury needs to be known far and wide.

[1970 silver art]

Since I am a loner (by choice), then I would spend more time just being by myself. I would spend more time doing my hobbies and just continue to live my life the way that I see fit.

[Dogman]

Visit everyplace on the world I have had an interest in or thought cool or just because I could.

[Ponce]

I am a loner and I love it, I don't even know the people around me but one, and he is about half a mile from me........

Now then, after thinking about it a lot I now know what I would like to do with my money when silver hits XXX, I would like to set up a radio station dedicated to fighting the lies from the Zionist and NeoCons in the US......my guests would include even the real Jews.......I would educate the American public about the difference between the real Jews and the Zionis "Jews"... I'd probably have an accident in the first month LOL........that's the way the Cuban crumbles.

[Stop Making Cents]

Always wanted to get an old convertible and just drive out West for a summer. No destination, just exploring the West. The small towns, the scenery, the parks. Maybe meet some hot women along the way :).

Unfortunately when I was younger i didn't have the money for such an endeavor, and now that i'm older and working I don't have the time. Plus being married now puts a damper on the meeting hot women part.

[Stop Making Cents]

Now if i were to win the lottery and had unlimited resources, i'd be big into promoting pro-white causes, because it's sorely needed. I'd fund a White Entertainment Channel for starters.

[solid]

I'd fund a White Entertainment Channel for starters. Instead of Black Entertainment Televison (BET), you'd like a White Entertainment Television (WET). :) I like it! I think WET would have a great chance for success, especially if we have some hot blonde beach bikini babes on the show.

[Stop Making Cents]

Instead of Black Entertainment Televison (BET), you'd like a White Entertainment Television (WET). :) I like it! I think WET would have a great chance for success, especially if we have some hot blonde beach bikini babes on the show.

I don't care what it's called, but whites need something in our culture to serve as a guide and role model for a collective white consciousness.

[solid]

I don't care what it's called, but whites need something in our culture to serve as a guide and role model for a collective white consciousness.

Whites need media support to express that we are proud of our own heritage, just like any other race. I agree.

[Awoke]

Hahaha, when Mick said "I guess I'm heading to the whitehouse to fix this mess" I thought he was talking about something entirely different!


http://a3.l3-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/78/80136139ec39785ada38a8249d52a09a/l.jpg

I think K-os was thinking the same thing too, since she said she would do that if she found out she had terminal cancer.