I'm realizing I have a tough time tolerating other people and am considering looking for a job where I'm mostly isolated from people and spend most of my time in nature. I've been a field tech for biology jobs before and really enjoyed it, but those are highly seasonal. I'm wondering if anyone can think of some other types of jobs where I would spend most of my time in nature and wouldn't have to be around people much. Suggestions?
Park ranger. Botanist. Hinter/gatherer. Small independent farmer. Arborist/ tree-climber, app developer or any tech telecommuter.
Forest service fire lookout.
I used to work on a big cattle ranch in south texas off and on for about 4 years. 45 minute drive to nearest grocery store or post office, etc. Spent most days totally alone. It was a cool job to talk about later, but while I was there doing it, it sucked. Spending 14 hours a day on the back of a horse isn't fun. I hate people too, but having NO ONE to talk to, ever, wears you down. Also I was making 800 dollars a month, before taxes, for 10-12 hour days and every OTHER Sunday off.
I've also spent several pretty long periods, months, living at a family farm in the middle of nowhere in kansas, with no human interaction save perhaps a weekly rote "how are you today?" from a grocery checkout clerk in town. No internet, no phone, at times even no electricity. And I say again that kind of isolation just grinds you apart after a while. It's one of those things where you think beforehand, "I hate people, so I'll go off on my own," and it is fine and interesting for a while at first. But there gets to be a whole lot of time to fill when it's just you. If left to its own long enough the brain tends to go off in some very odd and not altogether beneficial or desired directions. You can only read so long, gaze off at the trees so long, tramp through the woods so long, chop wood so long, before you run out of things to keep occupied and the mind begins to go sideways.
Tripwire veteran. (google.)
Survivalist. Manifesto Writer (think Ted Kaczynski).
That guy in Maine became a full time thief to do what you are talking about.
You could probably just do little things here and there. Some people buy these tiny houses(that fit on flatbed trailers) and do odd jobs here and there but never have towork. It also helps if you get a job you can do from a laptop/internet connection.
These jobs where you are working with the forrest service, etc. You are probably still going to be working with people a little bit and you will be moving around often.
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That guy in Maine became a full time thief to do what you are talking about.
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