ello and welcome to my site and my life, my name is Shrub (as in the bush).
I had been thinking about moving on to a sailboat full time since 2004 while living in Florida though nothing of substance materialized, the idea was always there in the back of my mind.
What started out as a turning point in my life has ended up being in part this site, and what you see of me on the Internet and You Tube especially. I was at the Pike’s Place Market with my brother on my birthday in May and I came across a little old lady trying to make it across an intersection with her walker. No one even saw her, let along tried to help her, so I did. So Ruth and I got to talking and she asked me why I had stopped to help her, and I told her about my revelation and that “I wanted to be the change I want to see”. Once we had crossed both streets, she gave me a hug and ….
All of a sudden everything crystallized in my head. I should go out into the world and help people for free, with no hope of repayment. But how would I pay for such a thing? I’ll film it, post it, and hope that the Internet likes me and my efforts and finances my continuing efforts to improve life on Earth. Maybe, maybe I could bring a focus, a localization of charities that directly help those I will feature in my films. Completely barking mad, and I could not stop smiling.
“ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYTHING CRYSTALLIZED IN MY HEAD. I SHOULD GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND HELP PEOPLE FOR FREE, WITH NO HOPE OF REPAYMENT. BUT HOW COULD I PAY FOR SUCH A THING? I’D FILM IT, POST IT, AND HOPE THAT THE INTERNET LIKES ME AND MY EFFORTS AND FINANCES MY CONTINUING EFFORTS …. COMPLETELY BARKING MAD …”
So in the middle of May 2015 I started off by selling and giving away anything I didn’t immediately need, or that would not fit onto a small <30′ sailboat. I plan on saving as much as I can and at the end of my lease, purchase however much I have saved worth of sailboat.
That is the plan for my, future, my life, my retirement. It, at least to me, sounds better than anything that is or will be available to someone like me, anything I’ve already done, and sounds better than selling my life away. Obviously there needs too be more bones, let alone fleshed out, but yes, this is what I am going to do. Is it crazy? Probably, I don’t know, I’m too busy with a crazy plan to figure that particular angle out.
BTW – Unless otherwise stated and notated,
All media on this site is Original Content (OC), music, video, pictures. I took it, mixed it, created it, and I Reserve All Rights to it.
Thank you for allowing me and my world into yours.
Peace & Love
– Shrub
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shrub (Le Walker)
He has been a Bartender, Manager of Information Systems, Long Distance Over The Road Trucker, Lifeguard, Systems Analyst, Boat Yard Worker, Hacker, InfoSec Professional and a Single Handed Sailor.
He has traveled through several foreign countries and the entire United States, only missing Michigan, Alaska.
He is now focusing on improving living conditions of the peoples that he meets via donations of computers & technology, education & support, and introducing Circular & Blue Economies to help people secure their future locally.