Your Very Own Plan X with Vitamin FIP!
So.
My tentative date of departure is July 6th, so any random confessions, hatred, offers of debauchery, and face punches should be delivered before then.
I’m sure that all but the most clueless of you have figured out that I am headed to Iraq for a year, to support a client for buckets upon buckets of beautiful, beautiful cash. I’m sure that most of you have surmised that said plan is part of Plan X… but you may have the impression that the trip overseas is the sum total of Plan X. That is… not… quite… true. Plan X does begin with the trip, and the money gained is definitely a major part of the first part of the plan, but really… Plan X is simply my most epic implementation of the Fuck It Principle ever.
That’s right… it all comes back to FIP. 
One of my major goals, decided when I lost my last job, was to put myself in a position where I’d never have to worry about being subjected to that sort of thing again. I wasn’t angry at the company, understand… I just did not worrying about finding a way to get money for my lifestyle. So rather than wish and play the lottery and sit around vaguely disappointed every time I lost,* I put a plan into motion in which I’d never have to worry about working for someone else again.
Plan X.
Plan X did, and does, evolve as I gain new information and find new paths to take. Plan X is an -idea- and a -goal-, not a line by line plan of action. Should I need to adjust mid-stream to reach the goal, I will do so without feeling like a failure because the goal is the same and the idea is the same and ultimately, any path to victory is a victory, right?
One of the most pleasing side effects of MY Plan X, though, is that it seems to be bleeding into the consciousness of others. I think… I -hope-… that people will look at my Plan X, see that it -can- work… that life does not have to follow the predetermined lines of acceptability that people have drawn… and take it upon themselves to craft their own unique Plan X. I’m tempted to be cynical and note that lip service is easy, but action takes work… but I’m not in that kind of mood.
I’m in the kind of mood to think that people can, and will, do what they have to do to be happy, successful, and free.
May 26th, 2010 at 12:18 am
hey dude, reading this kinda made me realize i've had my own Plan X for quite some time now, and no idea how to attain it, although things are maybe beginning to take a very nebulous sort of shape lately. thanks for writing this up, as it is really inspiring.
meanwhile we'll all be thinking of you while you're gone, and i feel the need to remind you yet again: you BETTER come back in one piece
May 26th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
I’ll try! A living piece, preferably.
I am glad it inspires you. That isn’t the primary goal, but I did it when it does happen.