brewer12345
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Lately I have been having a tough time beating back the consumption demon. I don't really lust after the normal stuff (shiny cars, electronic doodads, etc.). What I am hankering for is something a bit different. Namely, I am lusting after a second/vacation home, maybe a smallish house on a big chunk of backwoods land. 20+ wooded acres within three hours of home would be absolutely ideal.
Naturally, I know this is idiocy. We are talking putting down 20k or better plus coming up with 800 or better every month. That's a lotta dough that could be going to furthering my ER plans.
I think that some of this is about having our first kid. When I was growing up, my parents had managed to buy a second place in a then-rural area and I spent weekends and summers there. I spent a lot of time outdoors and probably went fishing 4 or more times a week in the summer. It was a wonderful place/time for me and I'd like my children to have something like that.
Of course, given that I live in a county that has 90,000 acres of parkland plus state and national parks, I could do this without owning a chunk of wilderness. I also intellectually know that I don't really need the headaches of maintaining another place, let alone the expense. Yet I am having a hard time beating this one back. Any thoughts? I think that I will try to push it back for a few years, and see what happens. If I still have such a yearning and the FIRE plans are on track or ahead, maybe I will seriously consider it.
Really struggling with this lately...
Naturally, I know this is idiocy. We are talking putting down 20k or better plus coming up with 800 or better every month. That's a lotta dough that could be going to furthering my ER plans.
I think that some of this is about having our first kid. When I was growing up, my parents had managed to buy a second place in a then-rural area and I spent weekends and summers there. I spent a lot of time outdoors and probably went fishing 4 or more times a week in the summer. It was a wonderful place/time for me and I'd like my children to have something like that.
Of course, given that I live in a county that has 90,000 acres of parkland plus state and national parks, I could do this without owning a chunk of wilderness. I also intellectually know that I don't really need the headaches of maintaining another place, let alone the expense. Yet I am having a hard time beating this one back. Any thoughts? I think that I will try to push it back for a few years, and see what happens. If I still have such a yearning and the FIRE plans are on track or ahead, maybe I will seriously consider it.
Really struggling with this lately...