Monday17

Overwhelming Amount of Ignorance

There are three things that keep us from taking off next week and sailing away…

1. Lack of money.
2. No agreement from the wife.
3. Know almost nothing about sailing.

Now, those aren’t in actual order — because I’m not sure any one is less important than the others. Well, if there was no lack of money then the ignorance factor could be overcome easily with lessons and (paid) mentoring. As far as that goes, with enough money to handle everything, spousal agreement would probably be more easily obtained.

Honestly, my wife and I haven’t discussed this idea in any way more than a passing reference. She tends to live in the “now” and I tend to live in the “what could be” so my plan has been to get closer to being able to leave land before bringing it up as a solid possibility.

Which means of my list, numbers 1 and 3 are what I’m working on now.

There are three big parts to the financial end of things:

1. Pay off all current debts.
2. Save enough money to buy the boat. (Ouch, that’s like saving up to pay cash for a house!)
3. Have residual income to support our cruising.

Optional for #3, is to have my current business running in such a way that I still have to work, but can check in once a week or so from an internet cafe, wifi in a marina, etc.

In order of “difficulty” I think it’s saving enough for the boat, paying off all debts, and then getting a residual income stream in place.

And when I look at that list, I can almost find myself thinking, “There’s no freaking way I’ll be able to pay off everything and save enough for a boat before I’m dead.”

However, that’s not an option, so I need to come up with a plan. Soon.

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