I've been thinking of buying my own place. I don't want to get more than what I can afford, but the idea of buying rather than renting seems scary. I can't move out on a whim like I would when my lease goes up. I have to maintain a bit more than I would in an apartment. I also have to think of stupid things like resale value and insurance and all that crap. Oh and taxes. I'm amazed on what I still don't fully understand with all these grown-up ideas, and the more I think about it, the more I realize that people really complicate themselves with arrogant ideals of wealth and status. People can't just buy something and love it and settle into something they can be proud of. People need to think of a home as just another thing as status and title. No one learned anything from this 'economic collapse.' No one will.
I'm so glad that, with the exception of my father, my family raised me with the idea that entitlement is only what you can achieve honestly. Honestly as in, I didn't have to cheat, lie or steal to get what I need.
My father called me on May 1st to tell me about his recent vacation on a cruise in the Caribbean. I knew his vacation was funded by his father's hard working earnings and savings. I am using my money to buy a home or to save until I have money to do so. My father is using it on vacations. And in that phone conversation as he bragged about his trip-he did not ask me how I was. He also forgot my birthday once again.
Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. Mark Twain
I'm so glad that, with the exception of my father, my family raised me with the idea that entitlement is only what you can achieve honestly. Honestly as in, I didn't have to cheat, lie or steal to get what I need.
My father called me on May 1st to tell me about his recent vacation on a cruise in the Caribbean. I knew his vacation was funded by his father's hard working earnings and savings. I am using my money to buy a home or to save until I have money to do so. My father is using it on vacations. And in that phone conversation as he bragged about his trip-he did not ask me how I was. He also forgot my birthday once again.
Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. Mark Twain
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"The more you have, the more you have that can be taken away. Everyone will know this and hold it above your head until you finally give up and give it to them." beppo 2011