A programmer that had to find himself again
Hi,
my name is Jure V. and I am a programmer living in Slovenia. My life was pretty ordinary (as expected for a geek), with minor positive events (like traveling to Denmark for half a year on a student exchange program). I was generally frustrated with my life more and more until I reached a point when I had enough. Around January 2014 I decided to travel north, without a plan where to go or when I'm coming back. I rented a car and came to Berlin, where I stayed for a couple of weeks and then went on by foot. I walked 600 km, through beautiful German forests, swam a river that was on my way (left my laptop and phone behind), until I reached a town called Prenzlau, almost by the Polish border. It had a lake and it was nice, and there was an abandoned school, so I decided to stay. I ate whatever I could find in the nature, shoplifted when absolutely necessary and enjoyed my freedom, when I was not playing cat-and-mouse games with the local police.
The picture above shows an abandoned railroad that I used frequently. It led to a remote farm where I could get something to eat (don't ask what).
After about a year of this adventure, the local authorities decided it was enough, and transported me back home.
It's a story hard to believe, and I don't have pictures to prove it (since I left my gadgets behind), but if anyone here is from Prenzlau, I'll be happy to share more details.
Woah, It seems Interesting to see a developer living his life to it's full extent.
I wish to know more about your time while you had this beautiful journey. Do share more of your experiences in further posts.
And if you can relate it, do let me know how this journey helped in your programming skills or maybe your state of mind?
Glad to get in touch with you.
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Happy Steeming @codemojo
The thing that it helped me the most was that now I don't give a f* about anything not-related to my family, GF or friends. I can plot a world-changing conspiracy and don't care if it costs me my life (figuratively speaking). I've seen the other side. And now, I'm pretty happy in my skin. Especially not picky about the food anymore as I used to be. Very positive experience all in all.
Since, I am from India
I have seen many people looking for peace, love & liberty. I personally feel that nothing better than the the Nature would elevate someone to that stage of one's life.
I am impressed by your act to seek this positive experience. I just wanted to know, how did you manage the financial needs of yourself while all this experience.
Do share more of your experiences.
Cheers !!
I started with some money on my bank account, so I stayed at various hostels... just wasting my time and money basically. As I started to walk I had only enough money for 1 month of food, so I din't starve to death while walking (there were local shops on the way where I bought food). When I came to Prenzlau, I was broke, and had to survive without money.
Ohh I see.
I wish to experience that feeling where you are free to spend all that you have, not worrying about your expenditure for Future.
It's really a unique experience that you had.
What are you upto presently?
Nuttin much, just taking over the world...
http://operation-dragonslayer.com
A very good luck to whatever you do !!
Cheers @codemojo
Dragon slayer seems to be a really clandestine strategy to enhance the Crypto world.
Would you mind to explain me in short, What is it's Purpose?
The theory goes that some powerful nations got into Bitcoin late and want to destroy it...
Welcome to Steemit! Look forward to your contributions. Good on you!
Hi @codemojo nice to see you here. Let me be one of the first to welcome you here at steemit. I hope you will enjoy your stay here. If you need any help regarding this platform or just for some chat just mention me at any of the comments I will try to get in touch with you here. Anyway welcome again and good luck :)
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STOPWelcome to steemit, @codemojo!
It is not hard to believe. It is a story that sounds interesting as hell. I would love to hear more about it.
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Thanks but you dont actually expect a programmer to give away his private key?
Nah, man. It's not for me. The "Busy" service functions pretty much like a facebook or twitter service. Think of it like hootsuite. The key is for accessing it, then it asks you if you'd give it some permissions to set up and that's it. I am sorry i was not clear.
I see it uses steemconnect... will check it out. Thanks for explanation.
You are welcome! See you around!