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My friend is currently looking for a new life. She's broken up
with her long-time boyfriend, she's not enjoying her job and
she feels stuck, so she wants to start over. Apparently, a lot
of people feel like this, but never actually do it, because it is
just so hard - you'll have to find a new
job, a new house, a
new circle of friends - everything.
So, enter the Starting Over agency. An agency that works like
the witness protection programme. They can give you a new
life, complete with a new name (if you like). Choose any major
city in the world where you would like to live. They'll find you
a job in that city with a similar or better; they'll find you a
new home to the approximate value of the one you own now.
Their personal image consultant gives you a new look - a
haircut, maybe a new hair colour, a new wardrobe. They look
at your interests and find clubs and organizations that you'll
be interested in and suggest you join (like photography or a
book club). They'll hook you up with other people who have
moved their recently using the agency.
Instant new life. Exciting if you're the adventurous type.
I'm not suggesting you pronounce your old self dead and cut
off all contact with old friends and family - it's just a good way
to start over if you need to.
Oh, and the company will vet you to make sure you're not
running away from the cops or committing tax fraud or
something (although this could be their biggest market?).
Reali-tv's stab at it.
http://www.startingovertv.com/
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Apr 07 2005]
HB Archives: "New Identity Island"
New_20Identity_20Island
A related idea from a couple years back. [bristolz, Apr 09 2005]
[link]
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I've done this pretty much all my life-still ended up standing on a wall where it all started. |
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Oftentimes you take your problems with you, because many of them simply stem out of how you interact with the world. |
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Hmm... true, your location doesn't
dictate your happiness. But I think
you may have a better chance if
you're taken out of a 'bad'
situation. |
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Real estate agencies exist, recruitment agencies exist, image consultants exist (as do hairdressers and clothes shops). As far as I can see, the only missing part is where you get to meet other people who have failed in a previous location. Oh, and the guaranteed excitement. |
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... at least you have friends and family. |
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I seem to be starting over constantly. I feel the excitement of the challenges of new places and experiences, but it gets tiring. So i can see why many people stay where they are, have babies and stay in position where they feel 'stuck' as your friend sounds like she feels. |
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Perhaps these things are inherent - you are either someone who enjoys the stability of long term friends and family - in which case you will always long for less responsibility or someone who is always moving around, setting down shallow roots - yet still wishing for security. |
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All things considered, the starting over agency seems like a 'i don't want to be me' service that currently plagues our early 21st century experience ie plastic surgery, home renovations, ab workout machines - all dreams that have little substance -- and once you shell out for these things you assume it will fix the problems in your life, yet it really just presents you with an entirely new set of problems. |
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[2 fries] the woman in the top left hand corner of the link (allison)- is she smoking a pipe? i sense it really be a pirate makeover aharr. |
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What a great idea. One huge market I can see for this is recovering drug addicts; one of the most effective ways to get over addiction is to start a new identity in a new city where one doesn't know any dealers or users. This can also help people run away from stalkers. A+. |
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Moving and getting a hair cut is window dressing. We all know you can make a lot of money selling window dressing, but I wouldn't suggest giving a satisfaction guarantee. |
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The time tested truth on how to get a life.
Jesus said "I came that they may have life and may have it abundantly." Seek Jesus Christ and find life. Really, He works. |
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Sure, religion can be help - if the person wants to change. But, like BrauBeaton said, people who lack the desire to change never will change, no mater how much help they get. Even god doesn't force anyone to change their life. |
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Any port in a storm eh [bf]? Well, maybe not. |
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I would suggest some kind of evaluation process, not only to weed out those running from the law, but those who are running away from problems that they can fix themselves. maybe offer counselling to help people fix their exsisting lives or to help prevent the same problems in their new lives. |
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And now we may add partial *face transplant* as the first one ever has just been done. (saw it on the news) |
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Really? The first partial face transplant (in France, on a woman mauled by her dog) was in the news in late 2005. The results didn't look like something you'd voluntarily do for the sake of change, though. |
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Well, we must be getting old news, as I saw it yesterday and they implied it was *now*. My bad for not checking it out!
OK, I found out they were doing an *update* on how well her face turned out and only now do they say it was *successful*... |
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Sounds like a new reality tv show could
showcase some of the agency's successes:
"extreme life makeover"; but then, people
probably don't want their new identity
publicized... |
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I freakin' love agencies, dude. |
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I freakin' love repetitive annotations, dude. |
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