Probably quite nice out today.\u00a0 Low 50s when I went to bed, and forecast is for sun and moderate temps.<\/p>\n
Sunday was very nice out after late morning.\u00a0 I ended up doing inside stuff, and not much of that before I headed out to my secondary location.\u00a0\u00a0 Once there, I went through some stuff and made some plans for today.\u00a0\u00a0 Kids are still home from school until tomorrow, but my wife’s office went back to everyone working from home due to the upswing expected in wuflu cases.\u00a0 They can work from home so why take the chance?\u00a0 She’ll be watching the flock from home today while I’m out.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I’ll be headed over to clear out some more stuff.\u00a0 So much stuff.\u00a0 A lot piles up over 17 years.\u00a0 This is going to be the longest I’ve ever lived in one place, including my childhood if we make it another year.\u00a0 If you\u00a0 move every few years, you get a chance to go through all your stuff and cull.\u00a0 I’ve been too busy\/lazy\/preoccupied to do the culling on my own, so now it’s a daunting task.\u00a0\u00a0 The reward is there at the end.\u00a0 If I can\u00a0 make enough room to run my own online auction sales, I get to keep 40% more of the money.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ll be doing 80% more of the work, but them’s the breaks.\u00a0 TANSTAAFL after all.<\/p>\n
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With the new year, it’s traditional to make some goals.\u00a0 I’m not big on Resolutions ™ but\u00a0 I do have things I want to work toward, if the universe is headed in the same direction.\u00a0 If it’s not, no amount of work on my part will overcome that.\u00a0 So, what goals?<\/p>\n
Broadly, improve our living situation.\u00a0 Improve our physical and\u00a0 mental condition.\u00a0\u00a0 Improve our future.<\/p>\n
I’m starting by getting all the superfluous stuff out of here.\u00a0 That is number one.\u00a0\u00a0 Congruent with that is turning a bunch of it back into cash.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then get somewhere to go, if it becomes wise to go somewhere else.\u00a0 That goal has a large input from my wife, so compromise is the name of the game.\u00a0 It will be an escape hatch, not a primary residence.\u00a0 We are tied to this area for the foreseeable future with work.\u00a0 If that changes, then other possibilities open up.<\/p>\n
We’ll also continue improving what we already have here.\u00a0\u00a0 That means secondary power system up and running, and maybe a tertiary system as well.\u00a0\u00a0 It means doing upgrades to the house and grounds like finishing some remodel stuff, possibly doing some security upgrades, and doing some other projects that improve our current lifestyle and harden us against future problems. \u00a0 We’ll be proactively doing some maintenance and upgrades to infrastructure too.\u00a0 And I’ll be working on the gardens in the spring because hope springs eternal…<\/p>\n
It also means working on myself and the family.\u00a0 My wife is anxious to do more physical activities with the kids.\u00a0 I’m realizing that I have to WORK at maintaining my physical self, or I will lose abilities.\u00a0\u00a0 I can’t afford to lose much \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 A bit more biking, hiking, boating, and certainly STRETCHING is in my future.\u00a0\u00a0 It means staying healthy.\u00a0 It means working on new skills.\u00a0 This is a good year to introduce the kids to firearms and to other defensive pursuits.\u00a0 Both have expressed the interest, it’s just a matter of doing it now.\u00a0 I’m no spec ops ninja but I can get them started with the basics.\u00a0 If we can get some bushcraft\/camping\/fishing\/hunting in, that will be even better.<\/p>\n
All of those things can be applied to ‘working for the future’ too.\u00a0\u00a0 My planning horizon expanded dramatically once we had the kids.\u00a0 I went from being a guy who wouldn’t commit to a multi-year magazine subscription to being a homeowner with college savings plans for the kids.\u00a0 11 years has gone by in an eye blink.<\/p>\n
GET STARTED by the way.\u00a0 Whatever it is, in 5 years you’ll be well along the way if you just GET STARTED.\u00a0 Continuing to accumulate stuff, skills, friends, and options is what I believe will give us<\/strong> the best chance of getting through what’s coming.\u00a0 YMMV.<\/p>\n Seriously.\u00a0 If you’re single, turning everything into cash (or equivalent) and becoming a modern nomad might be a better choice than digging in harder.\u00a0 Or the two of you buy a boat and start the endless cruise…or RV…\u00a0 or get into politics and join the parasite class.\u00a0\u00a0 If the rise of islam is inevitable, converting early and wholeheartedly makes the most sense- so there are other approaches than mine.<\/p>\n Whatever is coming it won’t be the end of THE world.\u00a0 It might be the end of my world or your world, but there will be someone on the other side of it, just like the Civil War, WWI & II, the rise of the Soviet Union, and whatever happens here next.\u00a0 Stick it out.\u00a0 Get through.\u00a0 Look for opportunities to thrive.\u00a0 And keep stacking.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n nick<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Probably quite nice out today.\u00a0 Low 50s when I went to bed, and forecast is for sun and moderate temps.<\/p>\n Sunday was very nice out after late morning.\u00a0 I ended up doing inside stuff, and not much of that before I headed out to my secondary location.\u00a0\u00a0 Once there, I went through some stuff and made some plans for today.\u00a0\u00a0 Kids are still home from school until tomorrow, but my wife’s office went back to everyone working from home due to the upswing expected in wuflu cases.\u00a0<\/p>\n