Somewhere in the vicinity of 21-23 years ago, living in Whitefish, MT … newly single and involved in a local church and reaching out to someone in a kind of mentoring capacity …<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One evening, I was on my way to a local eatery to pick up a pizza and a bottle of red. So, a “supper” that was maybe $22-25. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the way, I stopped to see the person I was helping … mostly with her computer. We dealt with the computer and then she showed me a local sales flyer for art supplies. She was very excited because something she wanted to do her art was on sale … for $6.00. She thought she would be able to come up with the $6.00 while the sale was still in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Holy Cow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can only say that I have never forgotten how that affected me. I was on my way to glibly pay 4x as much for a single meal … spur of the moment, i.e. I had a craving for a specific pizza and a specific bottle of wine to go with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know! We all have our personal budgets and regimes, etc. etc. I sometimes see home renovations that are huge compared to what I would like to \/ hope to do on my little spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fast forward to today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My little “SPOT” is suddenly worth more than I hoped for when I thought I would sell at this point to help fund my retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AND, I have a “spare house” … Wild Thing … the motorhome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are many who would LOVE to be in my position of being able to sell my house, clear all debt, bank a goodly sum and take off in a very livable RV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This afternoon, my internet slowed to a crawl and while waiting for it to recover, I watched a saved youTube<\/p>\n\n\n\n