I have always been fascinated by stories of people who one day just decide to leave their current life behind and disappear. I read a book years ago ,"Exit the Rainmaker", a true story about a Maryland college president who seemed to have the perfect life. He had a prestigious job, a socially affluent and wealthy wife, many friends, and admired by his colleagues who called him the Rainmaker because he was the one everyone came to with unsolvable problems. He was always cool. calm, collected, and nothing would faze him. And then one day he just vanished. He left notes behind for his wife and lawyer saying that he was leaving everything to his wife, but with no explanation as to why he was leaving.
The author of the book(then a CBS reporter) tracked him down as he traveled around the country, and finally found him working as a bartender in Texas. He had found another woman to live with and he hung around people who knew nothing about his prior life. When the reporter asked him the big question - Why? - His reply "After all, once you hit six good drives off the tee, do you really need to hit six dozen more?"
And the final twist to this story. After 60 Minutes did this story, he left his job as a bartender(and his girlfriend) moved to Florida and got a job as an administrator at a Florida college. Full circle (EB - From Paul Simon's The Boxer -
No, it isn't strange
After changes upon changes
We are more or less the same
After changes we are
More or less the same
I think a lot of people like this college president has the fantasy of leaving it all behind when they get around 50. For me instead of traveling around the U.S. for 6 months, I would rather use the Eurail and travel around Europe for 6 months without a plan.
The author of the book(then a CBS reporter) tracked him down as he traveled around the country, and finally found him working as a bartender in Texas. He had found another woman to live with and he hung around people who knew nothing about his prior life. When the reporter asked him the big question - Why? - His reply "After all, once you hit six good drives off the tee, do you really need to hit six dozen more?"
And the final twist to this story. After 60 Minutes did this story, he left his job as a bartender(and his girlfriend) moved to Florida and got a job as an administrator at a Florida college. Full circle (EB - From Paul Simon's The Boxer -
No, it isn't strange
After changes upon changes
We are more or less the same
After changes we are
More or less the same
I think a lot of people like this college president has the fantasy of leaving it all behind when they get around 50. For me instead of traveling around the U.S. for 6 months, I would rather use the Eurail and travel around Europe for 6 months without a plan.