10 Things Every Apostate Should Do In 10 Years
- Drive a chopper or wickedly cool car, even if you have to rent it. When you were a dub, you were under constant pressure to own and use a vehicle for ?service work.? Screw that, I say you might as well ride in style at least once. The best impractical service car I ever owned was a hopped up, Porsche eating 70 Z-28 Camero that always got me a police escort when I went cruising.
- Date somebody ?dangerous.? Wake up tied to a bed with a person who has more tattoos than you can count will give you something to tell your grandkids about someday. Of course, dating the ?dangerous types? will make you realize what jerks they are, and make you less likely to pass up someone who you are really compatible with but doesn?t scare the neighbors.
- Pack your bags and see the world. It is easier to do once you leave the Borg and have so many choices and opportunities ahead of you. Even if you can?t afford to stay at plush hotels, you can backpack it and travel light, taking advantage of cheap airfares. Hey, maybe you will meet a cool apostate on your travels to score on dating somebody ?dangerous.? Anyway, seeing the world will broaden your horizons and make you a more interesting person. And after being a dub for all those years, you are desperately in need of that!
- Live in a cool place. This can be anything from living in a sailboat to having a beautiful little cabin in the mountains. Personally, for the last several months, I?ve enjoyed living in a beach house on the Florida coast. I just love taking walks on the beach everyday. Comfort isn?t as important sometimes as the adventure, and if you want to get out of the boring lifestyle you had as a dub, it is time to live a little.
- Take some risks with the type of career you want to try. No point in being stuck the rest of your life as a janitor, Avon salesperson, or other typical JW brainless job. Take the time to figure out what you want to do and try some different approaches to reaching that goal. There are always the boring burger flipping jobs to do later in life, no point starting out there. If you don?t have experience working in the area you want to work in, either get some education under your belt or try volunteer work in some related area that you can use for your resume. Remember, you need to have some fun while doing all this, so don?t really push yourself into busting your ass doing something you hate just to survive. Haven?t you been there, done that already?
- Do something besides playing computer games or watching TV. How about pushing your body to its limits by being more physically adventurous. Hey, you don?t have to do rock climbing but get your ass outside and live a bit. You probably got a fat ass from being a dub, sitting at all those Gawd awful boring meetings, secretly snacking on candy and Cheetos. By going out dancing, riding your bike, going hiking, or whatever you can get rid of that flab and feel better about yourself.
- Try a few of those forbidden ?vices? you were never allowed as a dub. Have you heard of anyone in here yet complaining that demons took over their mind for taking a few puffs from pot? Is anyone on here complaining that they are having too much sex? Hey, there is a lot of expert advice you can get in this joint about vice. Lol Let the reader use discernment.
- Make sure you have your head screwed on right. You probably had to struggle with yourself with all the baked on Watchtower fecal matter on your brain. Time for cleaning the mess up by making sure you know beyond a doubt WHY the WTS is full of it and WHY they did what they did to you. Now you can take the responsibility for reinventing yourself, yourself but that is a pretty tough road to take. Perhaps a little help along the way by a professional therapist or counselor will go a long ways in speeding up the healing process and getting on with a happy life, Borg free.
- Do some volunteer work for something that deserves it, not the WTS. You might be broke, but you can give some sweat and time to a cause you believe in. Besides improving the world (which you sure the hell didn?t as a dub) you can allow yourself to be exposed to the real world instead of the make-believe world of the Witnesses. Yes, there is some sad sh*t you will see, but also a lot of incredible people trying to make a positive future.
- Learn to sail. Talk to strangers. Take a road trip. Go to apostofests. Climb a mountain. Try scuba diving. Take advantage of your new freedom, the energy, idealism, enthusiasm and willingness to experiment. The Borg no longer enslaves you. This is a time to learn and grow and become fully human, fully alive.
These are my 10 commandments?. Got any to add?