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BURDEN PASSAGE
A Wayƒarer′s Work

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BEFORE RETIREMENT, when living in a home, one that required mowing grass, I began to look at my expenses and then compared these bills with what I was expecting to receive with social security, now only a few years away.
Oak Harbor Home and
The Grass Mowing Job
(b7-2010-0506.1550) The Oak Harbor Home and Grass Mowing Job
To my dismay, I found that my income during retirement will be no where near as much as my expenses are in my home. Too, when calculating how long my savings would last, I determine that I have about four or five years before the expenses would consume all of my savings.
Living in a Van
What I determined would be the solution to my income problem is to set up my van to live in, sell all my furnishings, then sell my home, and in doing so, rid myself of all unnecessary possessions and then return to need level so as to be able to live within a van. This would allow me travel and to exist on the social security income that I would receive upon my retirement.
Methinks that this is possible and it is something that I can do. I know how to do this because I have done this before when I took steps Afoot. However, the most important aspect of living in a van is keeping the things carried down to a bare minimum. This living with the bare minimum of things, which I call need level, is what I previously learned how to do when backpacking on the Appalachian Trail.
Too, living in a van would insure that I have enough money to cover my living and traveling expenses. However, there will be times when I would need to make major repairs to the van, replace the van, buy a new computer or other technology. So, at these times, I would need to find a temporary job to provide me with those additional funds needed.
The Work
A wayƒarer accepts with joy the obligation to provide for himself and those who depend on him, but he also must remember that there is more to life than our secular work. Our God gives us instructions on how to have a balanced life with a proper view of work, which work, if one allows to consume him, could become an exercise of futility. (Ecclesiastes 4:6)
Furthermore, we are advised in scripture to make sure of the more important things, which important things include the work of what our master Jesus commanded us to do, that of helping others to come to know our God, Jehovah and his Son, Jesus. (Philippians 1:10) (1 Corinthians 15:58) (Matthew 28:19) (John 17:3)
Having plenty to do in the Work of the Lord is very good for us, both physically and spiritually. Furthermore, it is pleasing to the most high God, Jehovah.
Too, when we keep our life balanced and do things the really matter, especially with those of the brotherhood who love Jehovah, our life is filled with the joy that is everlasting, because this is the gift of God. (Ecclesiastes 3:13)
The Retarded
Since having retired, I have been telling everyone that I do not want to work anymore, especially since I am able to live comfortably on the amount of income that I am receiving from my social security.
When a friend wants me to work for them, I tell them that I am retired, I do not have to work. However, if one of my friends insists, then I tell them that since I do not need to work, if I do, I am no longer retired, instead, I am retarded.
Thus, through the years, there has been the occasional need to work and most of the recent work that I have been able to find has been in a vocation that I have done or excelled at some time in the past.
So, the following gallery will display some of the work at the jobs that have been done since my retirement, well, at least during those times when I have been retarded.
All of the following jobs are listed by state and then alphabetically.

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North America
United States of America
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Desert House, Hemet, California
Hummingbird House, Oceanside, California
Palm Avenue Rental, Hemet, California
Railroad House, Yucaipa, California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucty
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Lowery Creek Bridges, Spring Hill, Tennessee
Texas
Oak Tree House, League City, Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Noisy Jet House, Oak Harbor, Washington
Oak Harbor House, Oak Harbor, Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Bitter Creek House, Rock Springs, Wyoming

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