Love it...i took my decluttering to the ultimate point and sold everything i own, including my home and now own 60kilos of stuff in 3 boxes in thailand nepal and uk...having virtually nothing has been one of the most liberating things i have ever done. The stuff we accumulate, our possessions are like anchors that keep tied to a place or life and this endledd comsumpution drains our money which could be used for more empowering things such as travel experiences education investments etc...
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Hi @beestrong, so nice to meet you...I think we might be kindred spirits! My husband @briancourteau and I did the same...but we ended up in Mexico (from Canada). Our last day in Canada, I asked Brian to come for a car ride, then we got to a lady's house and I told him he'd need a screwdriver to take the plates off because we were there to sell the car ;) We walked back to our hotel for our last night, and headed out the next day. We have never looked back!
I will have a look at your Intro post and leave you some comments about a couple of great groups here that help out new folks, if you're interested!
Thanks for the shout-out @thedarkhorse! I bet you've been talking with your wife now about all this ;)
Hey @lynncoyle1
I reckon so.....
I was lucky i didnt have any else to persuade. Just me myself and i. Admittedly my sons were surprised and shocked but i do it inspire them.
I bet you both had a "journey" to get to that point where you realised you were done!!
@thedarkhorse sell that shit!! Stuff is such an anchor. Admittedly i dont know what your dreams or goals are and i didnt for years. But if it is to travel and get away, stop buying stuff.
We are constantly told that stuff will make us happy...hmmmmmm does it?
Everytime you wanna buy something ask
Do i need it?
How many of it do i already own?
How many nights accommodation would it pay for in my dream location?
Will it make me fat? (I know but i didmt realise how much money i wasted on food that was making me fat and unhealthy)
And then if you decide not to buy it, congratulate yourself by puting the money in new account that will pay for your future dreams...believe me...it can chane your life and bring you everything ...
Oh it was and still is a journey for sure! Brian and I both write about it; some great, some not so great (he has cancer), but in the end, that's what life is all about!
So right lynne.
Life is for living and it is perfect in its imperfection. I am sure writing about the journey all aspects of it, the physical and the emotional will be of use to many people..and i hope steemit gives you the leverage to do that. All the best wishes...and being seeing you again on the steemit waves
@lynncoyle1 I figured that @beestrong and yourself might have a little in common ;) .
@beestrong stuff isn't on my list for purchases at this point in my life. Unless it's something I need like clothes I really just don't want it. The hard part is I run an inventory based business so I have a massive anchor tied to that. I have over 2000sq ft of storage for this business and am always needing to buy more to keep it going.
Actually trying to figure out if I liquidated everything how much money I'd have and could it finance a few years of "travel". If I can add a digital/online income stream on top of the lump sum selling everything would net I bet we could pull it off. Spend some time in multiple countries around the world and let my kids see the world learning about different cultures while we live in them. Think it would make for some very well rounded kids who at the end of it would hopefully understand themselves and the world much better the most people ever get too.
Wow, that is alot of stuff..
And amazing possibilities....The main calculation i did was where do i want to live, can i legally stay there and what do i want in that new life. How much are my assets worth and do those two sums reconcile and if not where can i make changes
I guess because i was always poor i realised i didn't need much so i am more than happy with little and of course i then make my money last longer. Also because i live alongside local people (rich in comparison to them) i get truly authentic experiences of life in.thailand nepal laos india to.name a few...
Hey @lynncoyle1
I reckon so.....
I was lucky i didnt have any else to persuade. Just me myself and i. Admittedly my sons were surprised and shocked but i do it inspire them.
I bet you both had a "journey" to get to that point where you realised you were done!!
@thedarkhorse sell that shit!! Stuff is such an anchor. Admittedly i dont know what your dreams or goals are and i didn't for years. But getting away does seem to be part of it, i recommend- stop buying stuff.
We are constantly told that stuff will make us happy...hmmmmmm does it?
Everytime you wanna buy something ask
Do i need it?
How many of it do i already own?
How many nights accommodation would it pay for in my dream location?
Will it make me fat? (I know but i didmt realise how much money i wasted on food that was making me fat and unhealthy)
And then if you decide not to buy it, congratulate yourself by puting the money in new account that will pay for your future dreams...believe me...it can chance your life and bring you everything ...
I read your intro post and others and gave you some votes there too. Hope that maybe @lynncoyle1 and a couple other great people who have commented here see this too and can give you a little boost. I resteemed your intro post in an attempt to give you some more exposure.
Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to engage here. It's a great way to start building up your account! I'm amazed at people that can sell off everything and just pick up and move. Truly want to try and make it happen, but until I can figure out how to provide for my family while traveling around the world it's just a dream which I'm working on details to turn into a goal. Goals have dates and action plans, without those things they will never happen.
Interesting....especially considering family. Ive got 2 sons and once they left home it was clear that i had done my job and overcame many.of my limiting beliefs and it was time for me. I do think having children can make the big decision to go more difficult but there are always ways. Since i sold everything i finally had money. they both at some point asked for a loan-no problem-happy to for the first time in my life be able to give them something money related (i was always too poor and they'd gone without so much growing up) however my current financial life plan means i will probably die penniless...not so great for my sons...so i have asked them to repay their loans by taking out life insurance policies on me..so they will get something when i die. Our lives are so much more than money and I believe i have been showing my.kids through my life that buying into stuff is not the way to gain freedom. Freedom is much much simpler and cheaper than we are sold and told..
Consumerism really is a new concept that is born of corporate and governmental greed. The more we spend on crap the more profits companies make and the more governments get to collect in sales tax and corporate income taxes. Plus the goods we purchased didn't just lead to corporate profits for one company, but for many which adds even more taxes. Plus those goods all lead to jobs which means more tax paying citizens. It's all just BS.
Good call on the life insurance as there are always final expenses that need to be taken care of and these policies will make sure your kids are whole at the end of everything and maybe even collect a little money. While the money isn't important in itself there are many times that the death of a family member causes stress and that extra money might give some options like taking a little time off work to morn.