boycemartinNov 16, 20216 min readHow to Escape Wage Slavery – What I’ve LearnedWhat is wage slavery? No ‘One Size Fits All’ Solution Everyone’s ability to escape wage slavery will be different. To determine your...
boycemartinAug 16, 20194 min readFraudsters & ImpsI shouldn’t have said that “black being slimming has its limitations” but you’ll need some context to judge if this merited what...
boycemartinAug 9, 20195 min readA Place Where Fish are Taken to Die?After Brazil but before the Aquarium I’ve skipped over the English school factories whose buildings I entered and exited like a ghost as...
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boycemartinApr 19, 20192 min readMy Plant LifeWhat it is: armies of rice grasses filing up, down and sideways, lay floating reflections – thriving where others drown, marching where...
boycemartinMay 27, 20182 min readFive Days Before Leaving this Rat Race* (So, January 24th, 2018).Boyfriend Fired Sometimes, behaving as opposing walls are prone to, I echo the words of my mother and say, “When it isn’t one thing, it...
boycemartinMay 19, 20184 min readFinding a Job on an Organic Farm – From English Teacher to Organic Farmer (?!!)Gaining Experience It would be ideal to get some experience on a farm project to (1) see if what I imagine the experience to be...
boycemartinMay 14, 20184 min readNine Days Before Leaving this Rat Race (so January 21st, 2018). Preparing to Change Dimensions Today I bought a new backpack, boots, a few plain t-shirts, a jacket and a Wi-Fi speaker. ‘How was the...
boycemartinMay 10, 20183 min read‘Forever Now’—Taking Back my LifeRegarding how I want to live my life, I keep changing my mind, but am no longer ashamed of this. I encourage myself not to avert my eyes...
boycemartinApr 20, 20184 min readFull of FearsIt is no surprise that I pause and think about walking backwards the way I came: a boy, on a beach in Barbados, fitting his feet into...