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Taylor D.C.:
To blatantly put it, the matrix has me. I work at least a 40 hour week at a warehouse job. I spend most of my free time online watching adam's channel, the young turks, or various "Anonymous" videos, or checking in on a couple of good friends i had move to colorado and one other to nevada. Other than that, i clean my house, go to the gym, sleep, and read. Basically, i do nothing relevant with my life(other than raise my daughter) and i accept this as my own responsibility as it is my own life to control.

I dream of a life that's well... pretty much adam's life lol i desire to travel everywhere and talk to people to just try and get them to realize how pointless most of our day to day lives really are. I want to wake people up to all the distractions that are lodged into their brains from a young age and get them to be energized to stand up for a change. I want to help get people to not be so dependant and trustworthy towards this system run by evil people who want nothing more than to desensitize them and keep them focused on everything irrelevant while the evil people run a hellacious circus for blood and money behind the stage. All i want in life is to have an autonomous home with my own food supply to go back to from traveling abroad to help spread the message of freedom. Yet everyday i can't help feeling that no matter how passionate i am about obtaining true freedom for every human on this planet, I am still a sheep myself because I'm too scared to let go of my current life. I don't know how I'll still make the money to initially buy my own plot of land, start my own garden, raise my own livestock and build my own house by traveling across the country trying to help other people. I'm too scared to break away from the mediocre stream of bullshit money i already have because i don't know where it will come from living my dream life. It keeps me up at night, it's always in the back of my mind throughout the day, the ultimate question of, is my daughter going to go without anything that i have to provide if i decide to take this leap towards true happiness? How do i break these chains?

I hate showing such a desperate and helpless side of myself, but i can't hide it and call it something else. A "normal" life is not the life for me. It's just not in me to live with this dissatisfaction anymore so I'm done caring about how desperate or helpless i may seem. I know i have the heart, the desire, the will to help make a change, i suppose i just don't have the knowledge and wisdom so pride is cast aside. I'm not easily offended by any means so any criticism is welcome and any advice is immensely appreciated. If anyone has their own experience to share on how they stopped living in this matrix, i would love that. My listening ears, or rather my eyes, are on overdrive.

Also I feel that i must clarify that I'm aware this isn't a "talk about your problems" forum or perhaps even just the best place to be seeking this advice. I'm not just desperately seeking advice from anywhere i can get. I post this here because i feel that it's relevant to the cause so that any other people wishing to change their lives to benefit the freedom movement can find the help to do so here. I just know of manyany other people who are stuck in the same hole that i am that wish to obtain the same life i want, as far as the freedom to travel and spread a moral message goes. So the advice given here isn't only for my needs/wants, i will also be spreading it to dozens of others who wish to do si ilar things with their lives.

MattATatTat:
Taylor,

I first want to say that you're not alone in feeling this way. I constantly battle with the reality that I live in a world so screwy that it sometimes drives my mind crazy. It's normal and completely understandable.

Your question on how to live "the dream life" could have very different answers to different individuals. I am by no means a "guru" or "spiritually enlightened" person, but I am currently spending a lot of time lately exploring my own life. I am 35 years old, married with a year and a half old daughter. I'm in both couple's therapy and individual therapy to help me sort out some issues that have be plaguing my life and my marriage...one of those issues is managing my anger. It's something i've dealt with throughout my life and until recently I have had trouble managing it. But through consciously being aware of what it does to me and the effect it has on my perception of life...my relationships...and my health, I am able to defeat it's grip on my life. 

For me, focusing on the things that make me happy is one step in the right direction. Getting angry with things you can't change does nothing to help your situation. It just brings frustration. Focus on your daughter (I know that help me tremendously). If you've been watching Adam's videos for a while, you'll notice that his demeanor changed from being pretty angry to being pretty happy...this is when he pursued living his life as he wanted it to be. Now, his happiness may not equal happiness on my end...meaning not everyone has the means to pack up and live off the grid...but that doesn't mean you can't find some happiness and step by step build you're life as you "dream" it could be.

Here are some things that tend to help me...

- Meditate. Be it sitting in a room for an hour in total silence or reading a good book...do something that brings some "zen" into your life. I personally use Flotation Therapy [urlhttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2014/04/04/floating-away-the-science-of-sensory-deprivation-therapy/#.VzzisvkrLcs][/url] to help reset myself. Sometimes it just takes some serious alone time to reset the mind and body.

- eliminate the distractions. I personally feel much more focused on LIFE when I don't have distractions like TV or even social media. eliminating the uselessness of TV and meaningless, trivial stuff will allow you to focus on bettering your life.

- Do little things to make a change. Simple things like holding doors open for people or saying hello to someone on the street can help make you be an example for the change in the world you want to see. Hold conversations with people in lines, present information that may advance the cause of real liberty and freedom. Be the change you want to see in the world.

- Form a plan. If you want to move into more of a self-sufficient way of life...start small and work your way up. But be realistic with yourself, if you don't have a job that pays well and can't save a large amount of money, you'll have to scale back your intentions. Do what you can but always aim to achieve more.

Change starts with YOU and only YOU. If it's something you want badly, build a plan and make it happen.

Magnaniman:
Well said, Matt.

Taylor, I think this is an excellent place to talk about your desires.  I think that very many of us have similar dreams.  I very sincerely doubt that it will work out the same for any two of us, but, for all the differences, there are similarities, too.  If we are to make government obsolete, we have to look out for each other.

I don't really know you and I can't say I've got everything figured out, but think about what you're good at that you enjoy and start from there.  Good luck!

Wild Hope:
I just wanna reiterate something MattATatTat said, you're not alone. 

This forum has the potential to be something great because it's bringing together like-minded people in a place where they can encourage and inspire each other to continue promoting a life and culture that we all know is possible.  For the record, I certainly don't feel like I'm living the dream life, but I do know I'm striving to do just that.  I have a lot of respect for someone who's willing to put themselves out there the way you did because, quite frankly, it takes ball to do it.  It's exactly the type of courage and humility this movement needs. 

In order to make these changes in society, we have to be able to connect with one another in a way that goes beyond the superficial boundaries that we have been conditioned to believe keeps us apart.  Whether it be gender, race, ethnicity, political beliefs, religion, nationality, etc. - these are all lies that drive as apart.  Division is our biggest enemy. 

Your honesty and openness breaks down these barriers.   We come together through our shared struggle.  I hope you'll continue to confront your fears and doubt openly to encourage those around you to do the same.  This is the path to freedom.

Adam Kokesh:
Taylor! I would hope this forum is the perfect place for this conversation! (Just not this exact subforum, so I moved this to "Living Freedom.")

I would hope that when someone comes across my YouTube videos, that they don't just keep watching videos, but rather get what they need and get back to living. How many hours do you spend a day watching videos? Does it enrich your life? What is the point of diminishing returns? I would imagine it's when you complete your worldview based on thinking for yourself.

Matt said, "not everyone has the means to pack up and live off the grid." With the rare exceptions of severely disabled people, I strongly disagree. You may not be able to live comfortably right away, you might have to save money for a while to make the leap, but living off the land is, you know, ... what everyone used to do! The rest of Matt's advice is outstanding and doesn't need repeating. I just want to emphasize something very important to me in this: Living free and happy is EASIER than being miserable. If you want this, you have to reframe and understand it this way.
Working a slave job is hard. Being your own boss is easier.
Paying taxes is hard. Not paying as many taxes is easier.
Living dependent on others for your food is hard. Making your own is easier.
Being miserable and frustrated and enslaved is hard. Being happy and free and empowered is easier!

I'm honored to be hosting this conversation.

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