Calicajun wrote:
his makes me wonder what do they do when they get to old to full-time RV? We were thinking of renting the house just in case we can't RV any longer.
Hi Craig,
When I made a life change I went down to 55 items. I could have went lower and lived under a tree. When I had realized the things I COULD NO LONGER DO IN MY LIFE, it helped me accept the things that I WANTED TO DO.
So, I will be a little flippant, to maybe give you a new perspective. First of all, it is great you are a positive thinking, and you think you will be getting old. I am wondering if that is what kept you at work, or raising children, making money, upgrading home to home, or many of the things people do? So I am saying, here you are, you have this move ahead of you, and you made it this far, but right now you could have been on the way out, maybe got a bad health diagnosis, and in that light, the foundations you laid over the past years, have they helped you or hindered you?
So first, if you do keep your property, give it to a management company and forget about it is my perspective. You will have enough stress on the road, as little things come up, where you do not need to worry about a house back home some person just painted the rooms black.
Second, are you so sure you want to return to where you house is now? Once you get out there in freedom, do you think your values will be the same? Do you think you will like new things? I bet in 2 years your friends will not recognize you, you will have outgrown them, and maybe even the community your house is in. Why delay the inevitable.
Also getting rid of the house will force you to get rid of the ****, that maybe you gathered raising kids, etc.. Look you can get anything you need for a small amount. If I want a panderno frying pan, I go to Value Villiage Thrift, and I pay $7. If I get bored of it I gift it back, and the total cost of onwership was $7. One day we went into a small town, and got a Omega 3 juicer for $30. Six months later, it was taking up space, hard to clean since we have no water inside camper, so we sold it. I got $100 for it.
The point is, all that stuff you think is so great, is at a thrift store. I bet we have less than $200 in our cookware, and we get bored gift this metal bowl, etc. I mean there is no shortage of **** in the world.
One day we went into a Liquidation store in Vancouver, and they had these nice bowels one broken for $10. We got them, and one the way out of tow took our old bowels and threw them in donation bin. We like them, but there is no shortage of more.
Everywhere we go, we see the same ****. Recently I was in a store and they had one of those microwave pressure cookers, regular $99 for $30. So we got it, we like it, and hell we might give it away some day.
My point it, really don't you want new **** in the future, when you change your life, or do you want to be defined by your old life. how can you make a new life, with the tether of the old one.
So basically, this post is part of your own fear, your logical mind keeping you from enjoying your life. I hope it does not take a doctor telling you, hey bud, you got 10 days to live, and have terminal cancer cause you are stressed with your life, and the stress caused it.
Just do what you have to do, but really, your spirit is not defined by your body. The only thing you might worry about is health care, so if you sell your house, make sure you secure good health care so you can be less stress free.
However even that, I had two bad teeth, it was going to be about $600 to take them out, the community I am in now had a public health clinic for homeless people, I applied and passed, low income, and got a partial cleaning, two extractions, and a filling for $164.
you will have problem, and when you have them, why have a house to run back to.
