How One American Successfully Manages His Escape From The Ratrace
In Daniel McMahon’s article below he highlights just how much time the average American spends working, commuting or in work related activities. It is probably far longer than you think or would like.
So, this is the story of one American man who balances his life by working for 6 months of the year and simple taking off for the rest of his time to see the World from the seat of his bicycle. By camping out, carrying all he needs on his bike and by eating carefully he spends no more than $10 per day.
Benedict (aka UltraRomance), we salute you. Yours is the spirit of the true American.
Take a look and let us know what you would do if you were in Benedicts shoes.
35-year-old American who thinks modern life is too stressful works 6 months a year, then lives on $10 a day adventuring around the world on a bicycle
Most of us lead a life that revolves around work. The average US worker, for example, clocks 47 hours a week, and when you add the time we spend commuting, another five to 10 hours, it pushes our total work-related hours over 55. Then there’s work-related stress, which damages our health.All of that can paint a vulgar picture of life in our modern world, one that two or three weeks’ vacation can hardly remedy.
Then there are those who refuse to buy into all that and choose to live on the fringe, like Ultra Romance, a 35-year-old from the Connecticut River valley who works as little as possible — usually for six months a year — and then goes adventuring around the world with his bike and modest camping gear.
Since college, 15 years ago, Ultra Romance, aka Benedict, says he hasn’t lived more than six months in any one place. He has never owned a car, and he got a bank account just so he could buy and sell bicycle parts on eBay. (He keeps the cash he earns in little bags that he buries in the ground.) He says he lives on $10 a day.
“We have this preconceived notion of what success is in the modern world,” he recently told Business Insider. “I’m not ashamed that I don’t like to work. It’s just very unnatural.”…
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