Comments on: Operation Disengage http://www.illuminatedmind.net/2009/04/28/operation-disengage/ Live on Your Own Terms Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:39:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: MoneyEnergy http://www.illuminatedmind.net/2009/04/28/operation-disengage/#comment-13113 MoneyEnergy Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:24:37 +0000 http://www.illuminatedmind.net/?p=958#comment-13113 Nice to go through these older posts and think about it now that you're cubicle-free. I'm actually up again tonight after not being able to get to sleep. Like you said, some nights motivation has you too fired up even to sleep. I love the rushing water-energy metaphor, I know what that feels like! Congrats again on your move out of the cubicles today! Thanks for being an inspiration, and hopefully more of us will be joining you in the not-so-far future. Nice to go through these older posts and think about it now that you’re cubicle-free. I’m actually up again tonight after not being able to get to sleep. Like you said, some nights motivation has you too fired up even to sleep. I love the rushing water-energy metaphor, I know what that feels like! Congrats again on your move out of the cubicles today! Thanks for being an inspiration, and hopefully more of us will be joining you in the not-so-far future.

]]> By: Debs http://www.illuminatedmind.net/2009/04/28/operation-disengage/#comment-11788 Debs Wed, 13 May 2009 11:00:08 +0000 http://www.illuminatedmind.net/?p=958#comment-11788 Sorry I forgot to say, I'm so excited for you that you are going to get to quit your day job and be free. Your positivity and dedication to achieving your dreams is inspiring and I wish you more and more success! Debs Sorry I forgot to say, I’m so excited for you that you are going to get to quit your day job and be free. Your positivity and dedication to achieving your dreams is inspiring and I wish you more and more success!

Debs

]]> By: Debs http://www.illuminatedmind.net/2009/04/28/operation-disengage/#comment-11787 Debs Wed, 13 May 2009 10:55:34 +0000 http://www.illuminatedmind.net/?p=958#comment-11787 Jon, I stumbled across your website a few weeks ago while searching the web for peoples experiences of trying to disengage and achieve their own personal freedom and I've been hooked ever since! Everything you write resonates with me, especially this latest Operation Disengage post. I gave up a well paid cubicle job 6 years ago, struggled to pay my way through university for 3 years to retrain to do something I love, got qualified and got a job to gain experience. I was then very happily freelance for over a year until last December when sadly due to the economic situation in the UK my main client pulled their contract and now for financial reasons I've recently had to go back to a job in cubicle hell which is totally soul destroying! I was so happy with myself for reclaiming my dream and now I just feel lost again. Thanks Jon for keeping the dream alive for those of us who aren't able to. Debs Jon,

I stumbled across your website a few weeks ago while searching the web for peoples experiences of trying to disengage and achieve their own personal freedom and I’ve been hooked ever since! Everything you write resonates with me, especially this latest Operation Disengage post.

I gave up a well paid cubicle job 6 years ago, struggled to pay my way through university for 3 years to retrain to do something I love, got qualified and got a job to gain experience. I was then very happily freelance for over a year until last December when sadly due to the economic situation in the UK my main client pulled their contract and now for financial reasons I’ve recently had to go back to a job in cubicle hell which is totally soul destroying!

I was so happy with myself for reclaiming my dream and now I just feel lost again.

Thanks Jon for keeping the dream alive for those of us who aren’t able to.

Debs

]]> By: Sean C. http://www.illuminatedmind.net/2009/04/28/operation-disengage/#comment-11495 Sean C. Thu, 07 May 2009 15:54:22 +0000 http://www.illuminatedmind.net/?p=958#comment-11495 As I sit here in my own cubicle, sick as a dog because this office cycles around the same germs and flus, I read your post and I can't help but wish I could take the same leap as you. I wish to write, I wish to create, I wish to live my life instead of just...existing. Old habits and teachings die hard though. Especially in small town America. You're supposed to do this work whether you like it or not. It's what you're supposed to do and find happiness within that. There's no happiness in being a slave. Whether it's to this grind or to being a slave to fear. Posts and sites like this one and others give me hope. Hope that you can accomplish life in your terms instead of on someone else's. Good luck to you. I look forward to your success and happiness. As I sit here in my own cubicle, sick as a dog because this office cycles around the same germs and flus, I read your post and I can’t help but wish I could take the same leap as you.

I wish to write, I wish to create, I wish to live my life instead of just…existing. Old habits and teachings die hard though. Especially in small town America. You’re supposed to do this work whether you like it or not. It’s what you’re supposed to do and find happiness within that.

There’s no happiness in being a slave. Whether it’s to this grind or to being a slave to fear. Posts and sites like this one and others give me hope. Hope that you can accomplish life in your terms instead of on someone else’s.

Good luck to you. I look forward to your success and happiness.

]]> By: John http://www.illuminatedmind.net/2009/04/28/operation-disengage/#comment-11373 John Tue, 05 May 2009 18:07:36 +0000 http://www.illuminatedmind.net/?p=958#comment-11373 Jon, I will always be a supporter of your site. I would like my site to become as mainstream as yours in the future by helping others and giving advice. Keep those posts coming. John Jon,

I will always be a supporter of your site. I would like my site to become as mainstream as yours in the future by helping others and giving advice. Keep those posts coming.

John

]]> By: K http://www.illuminatedmind.net/2009/04/28/operation-disengage/#comment-11363 K Tue, 05 May 2009 11:14:40 +0000 http://www.illuminatedmind.net/?p=958#comment-11363 Corporate society claims another victim. Corporate society claims another victim.

]]> By: Katie West/The Levity Coach http://www.illuminatedmind.net/2009/04/28/operation-disengage/#comment-11344 Katie West/The Levity Coach Tue, 05 May 2009 01:28:49 +0000 http://www.illuminatedmind.net/?p=958#comment-11344 Jonathan, I found this entry so moving from one who has taken the leap to another. For whatever it is worth, I offer you this, Have faith in the river, its energy and its life force. As you have already done so very well, let it lead the way. You are a visionary for the seekers of today. May you rock the house and love the ride. Katie Jonathan,
I found this entry so moving from one who has taken the leap to another. For whatever it is worth, I offer you this, Have faith in the river, its energy and its life force. As you have already done so very well, let it lead the way. You are a visionary for the seekers of today.
May you rock the house and love the ride.
Katie

]]> By: Interesting Post about “Doing What You Love” @ The Three Dollar Dinner Cookbook http://www.illuminatedmind.net/2009/04/28/operation-disengage/#comment-11280 Interesting Post about “Doing What You Love” @ The Three Dollar Dinner Cookbook Sun, 03 May 2009 14:57:37 +0000 http://www.illuminatedmind.net/?p=958#comment-11280 [...] over at Illuminated Mind has a very provocative post about disengaging from the “domestic” mindset. It’s not for everyone, and [...] [...] over at Illuminated Mind has a very provocative post about disengaging from the “domestic” mindset. It’s not for everyone, and [...]

]]> By: Bud Hennekes http://www.illuminatedmind.net/2009/04/28/operation-disengage/#comment-11174 Bud Hennekes Fri, 01 May 2009 11:26:06 +0000 http://www.illuminatedmind.net/?p=958#comment-11174 Don't forget to send in your two weeks notice.. ;) Don’t forget to send in your two weeks notice.. ;)

]]> By: Angela Norton Tyler http://www.illuminatedmind.net/2009/04/28/operation-disengage/#comment-11150 Angela Norton Tyler Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:44:14 +0000 http://www.illuminatedmind.net/?p=958#comment-11150 "But working toward someone else’s goals while I’m pursuing my own, obscures and dilutes my mission. I know that I could do so much more if I had complete ownership of my mind and my time." That is deep, dude, and exactly what I have been saying this school year. (Of course, I said it a little differently!) Thank you for expressing these thoughts so eloquently. “But working toward someone else’s goals while I’m pursuing my own, obscures and dilutes my mission. I know that I could do so much more if I had complete ownership of my mind and my time.”

That is deep, dude, and exactly what I have been saying this school year. (Of course, I said it a little differently!) Thank you for expressing these thoughts so eloquently.

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