Hi Ed!
Gosh, OAP's safe is that big?
B and I were trying to figure out what would be owned that would be so important we would have to have a special safe to -- uh -- keep it safe!
I suppose deeds to property, original stock certificates, heirloom jewelry, maybe wills or something... but we like to put these things in cyberspace and encrypt them -- not the original stock certs, (if we had any)... and not all those 'gems'
Our view being that at some point all those things start to own
us instead of the other way around.
It took me a long time to get to this mental/emotional place -- but I truly like it better. Feels more free internally. I love beauty, I love quality. I just don't need to
own everything.
Not to belabor this detail, but we have gotten to the view that
our 'things' (home/vehicle/clothes/etc.)
should support us and not the other way around. If we are fretting over a
thing then our perspective is skewed.
I realize this is 'our' view. Everyone chooses. Whatever works for you...
Best to you!
Akaisha
Author,
The Adventurer's Guide to Early Retirement