Been in Peru for 4 months
Posted: December 18th, 2014, 10:12 am
Hey what's up...
So I have been here in Peru for months. I haven't moved from the city where I'm staying, because it's easy to just walk around here and get whatever I want, and I've been focusing on work, learning Spanish. Also, it's cheaper to stay in one place for a long time than it is to travel.
I think a lot of the stuff we talk about on here is validated by my experiences. I feel like it is so much lighter, spiritually. The culture is more natural. I went to a dance club last weekend and the vibe was amazing. No cell phones, lots of people staying for a long time, having fun without showing off.
One thing that has really helped me to heal is just being able to look at people, in the street and such. In coastal northern US cities, if you look at women they'll often give you bad looks, so I just adopted the habit of closing myself off and never looking at anyone. Identity politics is doing so much damage to human culture by making people hateful and thinking that other have it so much better off (white females actually do, and ironically they are the ones instigating a lot of the hatred). Here it's more normal, and yes here in Peru you will get looks from girls if you are average or above average gringo. But aside from that, you still need to do the work, and women will be very fickle, changing their mind a lot, etc., as is the case with females around the world.
But I'm not really here for the women. I have barely put any effort into it. It is just part of a normal, healthy culture. And men need this, it's part of their psyche, it helps us to feel better, like there's something wrong if women aren't into you. It's actually part of women's psyche too, that it's important for them to be desired by the opposite sex. But AWs will deny it though.
I got my first 'bang' the other weekend, if that's so important to you guys, lol. Cute 25 y/o. I also got my cell phone stolen, and some cash, by some ppl partying at mi casa. I was careful when I first got here but then let my guard down. But they are sneaky about it. They'll act like they're your friend and then steal from you. Srs. Anyway, lesson learned.
Financially, I make about 50-75% of what I spend, without having to work too hard. Average expenditure is about 800 per month without having to skimp on anything. I should be grateful that I'm able to do what I'm doing, because I know a lot of people on here would want to be able to do the same. If I were a young US guy I would go into IT, then if you make 50,000 a year and live of 20,000, then in 3 years you could have almost 100K to make things easier, and take out maybe 5K a year. But I also want to diversify into land because I don't think the USD will be able to hold its value long term.
Just wanted to say what's up, add my two cents, and I might try to connect with some peeps on here. Thanks!
So I have been here in Peru for months. I haven't moved from the city where I'm staying, because it's easy to just walk around here and get whatever I want, and I've been focusing on work, learning Spanish. Also, it's cheaper to stay in one place for a long time than it is to travel.
I think a lot of the stuff we talk about on here is validated by my experiences. I feel like it is so much lighter, spiritually. The culture is more natural. I went to a dance club last weekend and the vibe was amazing. No cell phones, lots of people staying for a long time, having fun without showing off.
One thing that has really helped me to heal is just being able to look at people, in the street and such. In coastal northern US cities, if you look at women they'll often give you bad looks, so I just adopted the habit of closing myself off and never looking at anyone. Identity politics is doing so much damage to human culture by making people hateful and thinking that other have it so much better off (white females actually do, and ironically they are the ones instigating a lot of the hatred). Here it's more normal, and yes here in Peru you will get looks from girls if you are average or above average gringo. But aside from that, you still need to do the work, and women will be very fickle, changing their mind a lot, etc., as is the case with females around the world.
But I'm not really here for the women. I have barely put any effort into it. It is just part of a normal, healthy culture. And men need this, it's part of their psyche, it helps us to feel better, like there's something wrong if women aren't into you. It's actually part of women's psyche too, that it's important for them to be desired by the opposite sex. But AWs will deny it though.
I got my first 'bang' the other weekend, if that's so important to you guys, lol. Cute 25 y/o. I also got my cell phone stolen, and some cash, by some ppl partying at mi casa. I was careful when I first got here but then let my guard down. But they are sneaky about it. They'll act like they're your friend and then steal from you. Srs. Anyway, lesson learned.
Financially, I make about 50-75% of what I spend, without having to work too hard. Average expenditure is about 800 per month without having to skimp on anything. I should be grateful that I'm able to do what I'm doing, because I know a lot of people on here would want to be able to do the same. If I were a young US guy I would go into IT, then if you make 50,000 a year and live of 20,000, then in 3 years you could have almost 100K to make things easier, and take out maybe 5K a year. But I also want to diversify into land because I don't think the USD will be able to hold its value long term.
Just wanted to say what's up, add my two cents, and I might try to connect with some peeps on here. Thanks!
[im'generalizing heavily here]
