<prompt> Human: I recently decided to leave the monastic life and return to the real world for reasons I dont need to go into... I have 350 to my name and no possessions. I have no family with any money and my only friends are or were monks themselves. For the last 3 of the 8 years it was against the rules to handle money in any way so I have no credit; Ive never had a credit card, or taken out a loan, and its been years since I put money into a bank account or paid taxes. To top it all off, its been a decade since Ive had more than a thousand dollars to my name. In terms of work history, I dont have a bachelors degree although I do have a few years of college under my belt. Before I decided to live the monastic life I worked in industrial green houses, nurseries, and my last real job was the head gardener at a historical landmark. At one point I was a master gardener, although my certification has lapsed. I was the gardener on and off at a couple monasteries I lived at, but besides that I have nothing to put on my resume, especially the last 3 years, as I essentially did nothing but meditate. Oh, and before you ask, right now Im still living in a semi-monastic community near a major city. Believe it or not, there are quite a few Buddhist traditions that have sorta monasteries that have internet access and modern technology. Right now I live a monastic schedule, but besides that its a pretty normal life. Im starting to think Im totally screwed... the only positive thing I can mention is that I have no debt and absolutely no expenses. I can continue to live in this semi-monastery as long as I want, but I feel its time for me to leave...HELP!!!---EDIT, I got some PMs and for those asking my current monastic schedule looks like:5:00am - 7:15 Meditation8:30am-3pm Work5-6pm Meditation6-9pm StudyAlso, Ive gotten quite a few PMs and yes... Im happy to answer any questions you have about being a Buddhist monk---EDIT 2: Ive been getting flooded with PMs - which is awesome - and people are asking me some really interesting and deep questions and Im going to try and get back to all of you, but it seems that it would be easiest if I did an AMA, can someone PM me with the details on how to do that?---EDIT 3: Apparently I cant do an AMA because I dont have an official document that says monk Im going to look into rcasualiama tomorrow --- EDIT 4: Im still going through a buttload of PMs and Ive been truly touched by the openness and sincerity as well as the compassion many of you have showed me, so Im going to try as hard as possible top respond to all of them... Also, an official AMA is in the works and I will post the time Im going to do it probably this afternoon as soon as I know.---EDIT 5: Apparently my proof does not meet the standards for rIamA so Im going to be doing an AMA in rcasualIamA at 12:45 PDT-- EDIT 6: I started an AMA post, you can find it here:  <response>: You are re-entering the world at a time when Mindfulness is all the rage. Everyone is trying to capitalize on it. Lots of large corporations are trying to build mindfulness programs. You could totally be a consultant or a mindfulness coach. Sounds weird but they do exist. Best of luck and please do an AMA, I want to know more about how you got into the monetary. 