What Ari Shaffir Learned From Traveling Off the Grid for 4 Months - The Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Rogan talks to Ari Shaffir about what he learned from traveling off the grid for 4 months.
Taken from Joe Rogan Experience #972.

[@Steve-ec6ed]

The Dalai Lama was once asked what surprised him most about humanity and he said, "Man.. because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices his money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future he does not enjoy the present, the result being that he does not live in the present or the future. He lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived." I read this years ago and has always stuck with me. You have to enjoy life and put some materialistic goals aside.

[@DirtBikes_MathGarden]

Thank you.

[@mikeb8138]

"Pass the DMT bruh"

[@erichaynes7502]

No truer words have ever been spoken. In my case I went down that road to bad health..got so bad I had to quit work..took years to get my health back but I'm now so much better off than before. Now when I go out I see 8 out of 10 people obese I just wanna tell them it doesn't have to be this way.

[@michaelmacleod2665]

This is the best quote I have ever read. And i read a lot of self help stuff.

[@stevethaysen4423]

The dalai lama has a net worth of $150 million

[@wayofthepossum6708]

leisure, the mother of philosophy.

[@joeyg2525]

This may be the simplest statement that's ever made me laugh out loud.

[@jaynd]

But kind sounds kind of real.

[@insaneone4369]

People who go out and have kids and can't afford them are the real fucking idiots.

[@alex2410]

I did this for 5.5 months in Central and South America.. HANDS DOWN the best thing I've ever done.. came back home to Norway broke af and had to figure shit out here, but totally worth it. If you have the oppurtunity, DO IT!!

[@Mikamichae]

If you can build an online income that lifestyle is perfect

[@bryanpinto5819]

Why was it the best thing? Blow jobs are best things.

[@67woozy]

I work seasonally now, Spring thru Fall, and snowboard all Winter long. Much happier.

[@westcoast2372]

Rich Sgarra fuck I wish I could

[@ToxicatedLum]

What job?

[@Jdhernandez209]

@@ToxicatedLum WORK AT NATIONAL PARKS THEY HAVE GREAT SEASONAL JOBS I WORKED AT YELLOWSTONE LAST SUMMER

[@seth5394]

where at

[@67woozy]

@@ToxicatedLum Local Conservation District

[@mariodemetriou1034]

“Nobody writes books about the guy that stays in the town he grew up in” - Joe Bro-gan

[@keithprice7119]

I've been travelling for years. I teach English and inbetween contracts I take a few months off and travel. Feel no desire at all to settle down. The world is too big and interesting to stay in one place for good.

[@samuelblanco261]

I hope to do exactly that in a few years time. In between contracts, as you travel, what is your living situation? Are hostels the way to go?

[@SmewthePew]

Wow, 10 hrs w no wifi, very avant garde.

[@BobbyTMF]

Skip Nasty you say that like every person in the western world isn't obsessed and ruled by the internet etc.

[@Smellyfupa]

BobbyTMF true but he he said also makes sense...I mean it is just 10 hours

[@biracialhumor]

Skip Nasty I couldn’t imagine doing something like that...it’s scary...

[@teejay3698]

Unlimited data lol

[@habibi4154]

“Figure out what you wanna do and do more of that “- thanks joe beautifully said

[@AndrewLuhring]

I love how Jamie is just an elaborate Google assistant

[@Dark_Vengeance]

After months of vacations every summer in Europe...he is exactly on point with the feeling of stress and responsibilities

[@roddydykes7053]

Canadian here, backpacked New Zealand for 4 months when I was 22, I only met 3 Americans down there in that entire time, and they were all 50-60 year old women going for a short vacation. Came across hundreds of Europeans of all ages, especially German, French and Scandinavian. Traveling abroad just doesn’t seem like an American thing compared to how it is for other cultures.

[@erichaynes7502]

True, I went down to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide for a few months and I didn't meet one American.

[@rml4289]

​@@erichaynes7502Americans aren't allowed working holiday visas

[@tristanmurphy7284]

Joe, you should have somebody on to explain the legality’s and challenges of homesteading in the United States and Canada, what people should look for in purchasing property’s, and how somebody should go about starting to live off the grid with minimum cost.

[@bct321]

Love that. Any suggestions?

[@donutboy2497]

These guys are toasted lmfao

[@bfunderb5899]

Ari is so baked he can barely move.

[@jakebarrett1118]

Ari hit the nail directly on the head. If I cant pay for the things I want or need with the cash in my pocket, I'm not buying. I will never get a mortgage. I'll never get a student loan. Nothing of that sort. I'm 100% self reliant and I want nothing to do with the banking system.

[@stokes58]

I like how Joe's level of stoned varies according to his guests.

[@admiribisevic5443]

This isn’t for everyone I’ve done it and I much more enjoy the hustle of a city. Working towards a personal business goals and accomplishing them. To each their own

[@sdot124]

Awesome they talk about the Appalachian Trail. I spent 5months Thru hiking it in 2015, definitely an incredible experience.

[@sammccormackgray9632]

I did this for 6 months in south east Asia and Australia the vibes are real

[@sherm15]

...They are soooo......high!

[@thepleblian2079]

Shrooms?

[@kylejaynes2949]

+The Plebian LOL naww, dude. Just weed. If they were on shrooms right now they wouldn't even be in the room, let alone doing a podcast.

[@rossw4069]

Why wouldn't they be doing a podcast on shrooms?

[@hongkongfui100]

Hahahaha the first few seconds I'm sitting here thinking "geez Joe, fucking spit it out". That thought immediately followed by "oooohhh, they must be stoned".

[@sherm15]

Kyle Jaynes yeah they are too functional for shrooms.

[@WillieSurvive1]

I’m 47, 6 years younger than Joe. Maybe I’m just a boring old guy, but traveling as described here never really crossed my mind let alone interested me when I was younger. My thing was traveling within the US to see concerts, and even that was limited. That was enough for me as a younger guy. Nowadays, I’m all about taking my family on road trips. Can’t wait to get back to that once all this corona crap is over with.

[@WontStopCantStop27]

Ari looks like he’s wearing the ironman mask.

[@wPZew]

Can’t be off the grid in a simulation

[@Warhammer416]

4 months, I thought for a second it said 4 years! I'm currently on 1.5 years of backpacking and yeah it does change you, if you're willing to be adventurous, you can learn a lot about life and yourself in the process. I encourage anyone to do it (if you have no kids of course), without a plan and without much money. Go for it.

[@stevelopez4571]

7:34- Important Life Lesson...everyone should hear this.

[@trollfinger]

I live in a TINY country and still fund things that will bewilder me on every trip, yet I've gone abroad to amazing places and had to chase the bewilderment almost (not every time.) It's not down to how long you go for, but what you gain from the time you have done!

[@waynestatic9614]

Bungle!

[@jontolar6838]

For someone who knows so much Joe constantly plays the "wow, that's crazy"guy.

[@taylorwinslow8015]

he souled out

[@TheDirtymikenation]

Must be nice to be able to take 4 months off work and not be homeless

[@ahl6767]

love inallwedo must not be nice to be jealous and spiteful of other people

[@kennedycrevoiserat7095]

I did one time right after highschool. Tripped for 4 months everday it was probably the craziest and best time of my life

[@GrubKiller1177]

Kennedy Crevoiserat how did u start like what did u do. If you don’t mind

[@danielzilliacus7151]

I travelled through northern and western africa on 3$ a day. Met an Israeli guy travelling with a Belgian passport spending 0.5$ a day. Its all about comfort lvl vs. experience.

[@kane6589]

A fair comment, but it's pretty easy to do in Asia. I'm a broke musician and pulled off two months in Thailand and Vietnam doing what he did. It's cheap as fuck over there, and if you're an American your $ is strong, so even better!

[@harleyHDz]

Very valuable advice, I can't stress enough how important and fun traveling is growing up

[@OmoruyiOmofonmwan]

Navi not everyone has travelling money though.

[@neildwong]

He said work on a tugboat in Seattle. Hell's no sir

[@antonkarlsson818]

I like Ari, you know he is honest and never afraid to say his opinion.

[@dannowestiedanflarty6990]

Met a German man in a guesthouse in Thailand who'd been travelling for 10 years only gone back to Germany when his mother fell ill ....I was done after 2 months, no structure was driving me nuts ....

[@jeremiahjohnson6971]

small fishing rod, back pack, takedown .22 rifle and a book ton foraging ..... you can make it joe

[@scottwitkowski1298]

Off the Grid is a stretch. He was a traveler, a modern day gypsy. I actually know a couple who went off grid. Sold everything, bought a crap house in Amish country. No wires at all or connection at all. She's a teacher, rides her bike to the schoolhouse. He works at an Amish saw mill. The house is beautiful now and I think they have a large savings.

[@nonyabusinesss3025]

*Overlanding,* might be what they were referring to. That requires a "rig", some sort of vehicle that enables you to camp anywhere you want. You often have solar power, small refrigeration, small kitchen, and other essentials. It's very appealing because you can be with nature at various amounts of time. It seems neat because you can still have a normal home. Henry Rollins does seem very cool and is often outspoken about much that's wrong with our country. He seemed kind of "piggish" once about women though, I haven't been very interested since. Maybe I was high too when I thought that, lol.

[@gertpacu3926]

I will be retiring to a 40' fifth wheel and will be on the road for the rest of my life. I will be energy independent (in about 20 years I will be 55 years old) and by the time I retire there will be solar panel advancements enough to power my home. I will still go where I can get water hookups, but I will be totally energy independent and will have my own internet/tv ect... I have been saving for about 15 years for this, and will have enough saved for my adventure in about 15 or so years.

[@thepleblian2079]

Nice... I'm going to do the same, except retire on a boat, probably Portugal

[@kylejaynes2949]

Good luck bruh.

[@familymendes148]

The Pleblian nice choice, let me know I show around

[@lowdagaramhai]

GertPacu Pokemon and how long until suicide

[@donjuan6118]

GertPacu Pokemon Let's just hope the government doesn't start taxing people for living in tiny houses, RVs and other vehicles. Knowing those assholes, they'll find a way to start taxing people for cornering the housing market.

[@FreakyLynx]

Like Jules from Pulp Fiction, just walk the Earth :P

[@IcyBandicoot]

FreakyLynx "What you mean walk the earth"

[@khalnetherfields7263]

It's not jules that's David carradine, he even says so in the scene

[@madnessinisolation]

This is exactly what I want... NO! What I NEED to do! Just go completely NOMAD! Look at fucking Ari. He's all relaxed and just in tune with his whole experience.

[@davidhyrman2763]

MadnessInIsolation he's also stoned to the gills haha

[@MRJTD99]

Yeah, he did it for 4 months and came back to the "usual" way of living. He's only stoned so, make sure you realize that.

[@caleb6595]

Same bro. Don't listen to the people that try to make it seem like he's "just high", everyone I know thats travelled like that its changed them for the better.

[@Bubba2Guns]

Nice. I spent 22 years traveling and working overseas.

[@dougtube9870]

I moved to SE Asia for 5 years. I miss it so much. One of my biggest regrets was moving back to the US.

[@mauroslife]

Why is that

[@Thomson07]

@@mauroslife because once you live in outside the US you realize how much more laid back and friendly people are in other countries. At least in my experience, also life in the US is just kinda depressing, thats why mental health is a crisis here.

[@wkmac2]

Good segment. KZbin search Overlanding and see what some of these folks are doing. Clay and Jeff from Expedition Overland might make an interesting podcast. They just shipped their rigs to South America where later this month they begin an overland trip down the length of South America. They've traveled the length of Central America, traveled up into Canada through the Yukon and Northwest Territories all the way to Tuktoyatuk on the Arctic Ocean and into the vastness of British Columbia in the dead of winter.

[@ramLL311]

I wish i had the balls to do this !

[@smittenkittenfiberarts5025]

we jumped off grid 3 yrs ago to raw land in tents and built our home in cash.... near 5 mo in tents..... I wouldn't trade the experience for anything.... however, the tent thing.....NEVER EVER AGAIN.... knock on wood .... but everyone should take time to unplug And adventure ♡

[@Soppybobs]

My brother is a crazy bastard and hiked the Apalachian and the Pacific trail. Also hiked through northern India, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. He is a true adventurer.

[@ffons5392]

Nothing crazy about any of that.

[@nicholasrourke3836]

i lived on a rez for years just off the wild it was so cool to be 1 wit nature

[@matthewpayne6289]

We've camped and hunted like that all my life and I'm 36. I mean we would camp move the next day set up mid late afternoon and hunt. I mean it's mostly squirrels the occasional rabbit, dove. In the end I mean you eat.

[@JonahGhost]

jobs here and there works and also getting meals off volunteer work is a great idea and also fulfilling. it's definitely doable.

[@nahumxtesfaye4045]

Joe beating around the bush not to say "u looked like a crazy person"

[@jaipentecost5193]

They’re called swags in Australia, and they come with decent mattresses, use mine for everything outdoors, bush parties, camping, sleeping in the car. They are the best thing.

[@ufosvsmonkeys2556]

I am one of these tent people, food is low cost, job every once and a while, freedome. The thing is, once you take that step you find what is lost and what we truly need, but at the same time you feel shit for leaving allot behind and not helping the world, but to be from what we truly need is hard, the strength you feel when you live this life is crazy, at home right now, fucking hate it, after Christmas I will be free agine. I hate Christmass too, minimalism is needed.

[@DigitalDuelist]

Ari is a cool dude! I like the idea of abandoning my smart phone and modern life for something much more simplistic and rural. Going off-grid has never been easier!

[@daphefuell176]

The worst is when you have children. Imagine one day when they grow up and say they don't know their father because he went traveling around the world.

[@robert2624]

Just saying. Tons of ppl write about their own city they're living in.

[@DaPoopIsInDaPudding]

What’s ppl. Are you trying to abbreviate the fucking word people??? Jesus.

[@arielcheyenne1853]

Just ordered a bivy for my birthday! We're hiking deep into the Oregon woods(we're native oregonians and avid hikers/campers but usually have all the comforts ) in August. Thanks for the info cuz our plan was to DIY hammocks and mosquito netting

[@Ufos4dahoes]

I am 25 and about to start backpacking across America from Ohio to West Coast if I can't escape my small town by next year.

[@actliketonymontana]

I’m 24 small town on west coast. Perhaps our loser butts will meet in Texas somewhere

[@Ufos4dahoes]

@@actliketonymontana ha maybe

[@Juan_Hernandez_Jr.]

Good for him. I see many negative or snarky comments. It's all jealousy. You wish you had the money or the time or both to do what he did. 3 months of only thinking about "what am I going to eat today" sounds like paradise to me. To the haters, quit hating and go get yourself a life.

[@ElementalAdventures]

I've been traveling and i 1000% identify with him

[@joshpitcher5153]

I wanna see Les Stroud on this show. would shed a lot of light on the ins and outs

[@DannyDee143]

00:40 - "u might be smarter than me now and I wont be able to control u anymore." - Joe

[@arianar2424]

Completely baked lmao

[@jmanxoom]

Just a man and his thoughts

[@kay5874]

any other australians sitting here like? thats a swag bro

[@DirtBikes_MathGarden]

I enjoyed this clip a lot, thank you.

[@markydayan]

Which podcast did Joe tell it´s a world changer? Can someone tell me please? I could not catch the name...

[@clutch8685]

8:06 Twerking 12 hours a day?

[@u-shanks4915]

CLUTCH MONTANA made my day

[@AceDelta101]

Its always a little strange when they mention how working 12 hours a day is crazy. I work at least 14 a day. I clocked nearly 90 hours this week just to get by.

[@Petrzmolik]

Weird flex but ok

[@greggholler5123]

Very appealing may be an understatement

[@Thetazord]

Who are they talking about at the end? Henry Rollins?

[@1987Confused]

Back in the 70s there was a guy who ate almost exclusively caught food using mouse and rat traps to catch rodents just to prove he could do it without buying food. If I had carried a 22 with me in 07 when I did it I don't think I would have had a night without fresh small game the issue with doing that other than legal ones would be not knowing where other hikers are being that you are constantly in new areas.

[@drecember]

Ari looks sooooo good right here 😮‍💨

[@jeffcone1464]

Watch Henry Rollins get interviewed by Nardwaur. Unforgettable

[@DaPoopIsInDaPudding]

I saw that. Forgot about it.

[@apelikemenace]

Joe, you and a few buds need to do a 5day thing in the grand canyon. Check out "Harvey Bouchart"

[@carlwatts1230]

I'm sure lots of books have been written about Kant. Then again he did do alot of travelling, just not geographically.

[@PeterTheDeleter]

10 hours with no wifi? holy shit thats like a long airplane ride! crazy!

[@bad-foot]

Joe Rogan should have scooter Tramp Scotty on the show he's the biker Gypsy King

[@biancablast8153]

High AF!😂😂😂😂

[@marianaposto10]

Ari seems way different. So mellow and quiet. He must have experienced quite a deal out there.

[@aeirsone9045]

He is extremely baked during this interview

[@lutherblissett7873]

His brain is fucked up due to drugs and depression. That´s it.

[@britwalsh8292]

@@lutherblissett7873 cannabis doesn't "fuck up your brain" you idiot.

[@TheLucasdavies]

Best interview ever!! Bar none

[@russellwalton5646]

We live in an artificial world

[@remingtongray5196]

This is great and the first 3 min are spot on. I lived in mountains off grid for 3 months in 2018. Now it’s 2019 and I am going back, hopefully this time for 4 months. Peace and quiet, your own thoughts you haven’t heard in years. Last time I went alone, This time I found the perfect girl and she is moving with me :) if any one has questions let me know. @remgray

[@davidmari2122]

Ari's like an older brother I never had

[@ScratchArkkitehti]

Old Ari looks like what young Ari shouldve looked like. Young Ari looks like what youd expect Old Ari to look like. OLD Ari>YOUNG Ari

[@dollydrill5816]

having no reasonably is depressing.

[@mattgonzalez4457]

I know Beavis and Butthead when I hear em

[@BigWave6890]

Doing three months in Europe right now!

[@das_it_mane]

Glad Ari's insights taught him that the Kobe joke would be a good idea

[@shmookins]

Where do people find the money to travel for months?

[@Zimzephyr]

A Bivi tent is a Swag in australia.

[@reality9596]

We call those swags in Australia

[@alexnelsonamaya1]

I miss redbans cat and monkey noises I loved it when he would spaz out with the monkey noises

[@syuiop]

You referenced someone's podcast in this video around 8:47, Who are you talking about?

[@webranger1]

I wish Joe woul let people talk, instead of inserting his opinion every 5 seconds

[@well.thy.one.]

Id rather try to develop a self sustainable, self governing community of sane people

[@leftrightfilms5697]

No trying to be prestigious...but is my tent made out of a hotel?

[@47421sawyer]

Really, I live off wild game every year. Deer, squirrel, and rabbits. I don't buy meat.

[@matta.631]

these people are sooooooooo fucking stoned. I'm laughing my as* off right now

[@seltonk5136]

Wow I lived on 300k in Thailand for 3 months. Collected on my sublease . Crazy brah

[@vcvitiko]

That's alot of money

[@caleb6595]

You spent three hundred grand in 3 months?

[@FirstLast-gk6lg]

lol sarcasm

[@seltonk5136]

caleb you spent $6000 on beanie babies and build a bear . Also Yer daddy is alarmed at wot you did with his sticky pornography magazeen. Tell him the truth about the gerbal in your heiny

[@seltonk5136]

T M C any other kewl new phrases to throw around? OMG remember Triggered snowflake, YOLO so don't be salty. chillax you mad bro?

[@JayPee570]

He learned how to welch on a bet.

[@matthewswan9419]

ohhh my god sounds amazing i need monnnneyyyyyy

[@BobbyTMF]

Matthew Swan no you don't. Don't let that excuse stop you from achieving something if you really want it. Travel can be done cheaply if you really want it. Good luck.

[@insaneone4369]

That lady in the amazon was murdered in a bivy tent.

[@papayama3678]

Maybe it's just that Ari isn't that articulate, but this wasn't that profound.