Hilliard, OH – Oct 10, 2021

Ron resigned yesterday.  He is incredibly relieved and I don’t blame him.  I am definitely quitting too since it has become too difficult to navigate weather windows around my conference calls.  Internet or not, it isn’t working.  I will quit by the end of the year.  I may be eating cat food but I sure want to try this anyway.  I read a review of a book called “Die with $0.”  I sure hope we can manage to be close.  Essentially, it says any money left when you die is time wasted you could have been living instead of working.  I agree with that.

But let me ask you this, would you live on half your retirement to do this now?  One of the first things Ron asked me when we started dating was “Do you Dream?”  Not in the sleep way but in the do with the rest of your life way.  He said I don’t see you dream.  It has not occurred to me since I got married very young and had been told my entire adult life what to do.  I had been so busy my first couple of years post-divorce just keeping the wheels on the bus, I guess I had not gotten to that part yet.  Well now that I am well past that and this is the dream.  I am astounded at the gift this is.

We are lucky.  Make no mistake we worked for this, saved for this for 10 years, and prepared for this but, we are lucky.  At the end of the day, I am not afraid to be poor.  I can eat on $25 per week, I have done it.  We can easily live with one car.  We have done it.  Things that may be a sacrifice for others don’t seem to be for us.  Our kids are nearly independent, and we have already saved enough for their college time.  This feels like the right time to jump. 

Worse case we sell the boat and buy a floaty

No turning back now.