[islandgal]

I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of an eight-year-old again.

I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four-star restaurant.

I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make a sidewalk with rocks.

I want to think M&Ms are better than money because you can eat them.

I want to run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer's day.

I want to return to a time when life was simple, when all you knew were colors, multiplication tables and nursery rhymes, but that didn't bother
you because you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't care.

All you knew was to be happy, because you were blissfully unaware of all the things that should make you worried or upset.

I want to think the world is fair. That everyone is honest and good.

I want to believe that anything is possible. I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things again.

I want to live simply again. I don't want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive
when there are more days in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness and loss of loved ones.

I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, mankind and making angels in the snow.

I want to play with my pets and my days of imagination to last forever
So here are my checkbook and my car keys, my credit card bills and my 401(k) statements. I am officially resigning from adulthood.

And if you want to discuss this further, you'll have to catch me first because, "Tag! You're it!"

[chuckinca]

Where do I sign up?


PS: All Bold is hard on the ole eye balls



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[rshoffer]

Originally Posted by islandgal

I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of an eight-year-old again.

I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four-star restaurant.

I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make a sidewalk with rocks.

I want to think M&Ms are better than money because you can eat them.

I want to run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer's day.

I want to return to a time when life was simple, when all you knew were colors, multiplication tables and nursery rhymes, but that didn't bother
you because you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't care.

All you knew was to be happy, because you were blissfully unaware of all the things that should make you worried or upset.

I want to think the world is fair. That everyone is honest and good.

I want to believe that anything is possible. I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things again.

I want to live simply again. I don't want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive
when there are more days in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness and loss of loved ones.

I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, mankind and making angels in the snow.

I want to play with my pets and my days of imagination to last forever
So here are my checkbook and my car keys, my credit card bills and my 401(k) statements. I am officially resigning from adulthood.

And if you want to discuss this further, you'll have to catch me first because, "Tag! You're it!"

This IS possible to do. My cousin in Pa did this when he retired: He purchased a secluded piece of land in the rural mountains of northcentral Pa. He built a lovely but small ranch home with an outdoor deck that encircles the entire structure. He has a TV but no cable. The TV is mostly to view DVD movies. He heats his home with wood. He can ride his cycle, or snowmobile or pick-up to the local tappy or firehall in minutes if he wants to. He reads a lot and hikes the mountains with his golden retriever daily. He does not own a computer or get a newspaper. he has developed many friends who stop by almost daily to rock on the porch and just talk. He is one of the most relaxed and contented people I have ever met. He has 2 adult children who live within 4 hrs drive (he's been divorced over 25 years). He decided at retirement to simplify his life and fulfill a lifelong dream to live out his life in the mountains. He is not a hermit and is a very sociable person but he chose to abandon news, TV, newspapers, computers and the rat-race. I think the thought of such a life most would find terrifying) Different strokes for different folks... it works for him. Must be in the blood because my oldest son, now a military physician, plans to do the same thing when he retires (and he's got a wife who concurs... they don't even have a TV NOW!)