My therapist isn't answering his or her phone, so thought I'd throw this out here .
Is canal boating the graveyard of ambition?
I am in my mid-30s and run an internet business, have flexible working hours. I'm an introvert and enjoy solitude. So in some ways this job and boating suits me quite well. I can check up on email as the lock is filling up, and cruise in and out of reception areas without much hassle.
But before I lived on the boat, I felt a pressure to, you know, get a real office job, socialise, do more productive things and act busy in big dirty cities. OR at least be more ambitious expanding the business and that kind of thing .Now on a boat I don't feel any pressure at all. However I'm starting to worry a little that boating suits me a little toooo much. It's super pleasurable sure. But I feel so lazy.
I have very little doubt that I will spend my retirement on the cut. But first, isn't it selfish and antisocial to live such an isolated life?