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Jamie Bowlby-Whiting

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May 13

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As a terrified child, Jamie found the world somewhat overwhelming. After doing what he was told to do for the first twenty-something years of his life and obtaining a Masters in Mathematics, he decided that the fast-paced, money-orientated world of work wasn't quite for him. Since that time he has spent much time hitchhiking, cycling, and even rafting down the Danube on a homemade raft. During these journeys, he has largely relied upon the kindness of strangers who offer him a place to sleep, as well as camping out under the stars. ...more

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A thirty-second journey around our sun, but the first spent with my daughter. People always tell you that having children will change your life. And they are right. Instead of taking off for months at a time with my world upon my back, everything now is 'a little more' planned and I won't be hitchhiking


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Published on May 20, 2019 13:32
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“One of the greatest comforts in life, is knowing that we are all alone, together.”
Jamie Bowlby-Whiting, The Avant-Garde Life

“Freedom is not an absence of repression, rather it is the choice to exercise one’s own free will in spite of all else. Without exercising our right to choose, we are never truly free. Choice may be the choice to do everything or nothing in life. There is no choice too big or too small to represent freedom.”
Jamie Bowlby-Whiting, The Boy Who Was Afraid of the World

“In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, and never again, no matter how many lifetimes you live.”
Robert James Waller, The Bridges of Madison County
tags: love

“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest — whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories — comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer.”
Albert Camus
tags: life

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