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akivory

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When I hitchhiked to Alaska when I was 17 in 1971 I was hunting for a life in the wilderness. After retuning to my home in Prescott Arizona and finishing school I returned to Alaska in the summer almost every year through the
70s. I ended up spending three years working as a remote fire guard for the BLM. Although it has been thirty years ago in the spring I think about filling out 171 forms and applying for a job in the bush. The experiences I had shaped my life.
After getting married in 1980 we worked managed a trading post in a village for about a year and then settled down to raise a family here in the interior of Alaska.
I see ads for jobs in the bush as a caretaker or guide and think of my experiences. I found out who I was and developed a deep appreciation for all
creation.
I was not cut out to spend my life alone but with all the responsibility of a large family I often long for the solitude.
 
you sound bored,you need to get out and get some ME time but Enjoy your family,when all things are gone or things fail your family remains
 
Everybody comes to a point in their life whereupon they reflect about their youth and the things that shaped them. Cherish those memories and just remember that you are continuing to build new ones that you will look upon in the future with relish.

Also take Texas' advice - get some bush time for a week or so. You probably don't need 3 years worth!
 
I'm getting that way lately too.
Don't want ME time as much as I want WE time with just my wife and myself.

Cheers
 
Everyone's life goes through stages and each stage is special. Although you are entitled to enjoy your memories, I think the trick is to enjoy the stage you're in. You said you have a large family suggesting you have children. Enjoy them now, because they will leave you. That's what children do. Then this phase of your life will end.
 
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