We saw a lot of For Sale signs up north. But we also admired many beautiful homes all lit up like beacons. The prices for water-view lots were pretty good (compared to what we expected; I think now is the time to buy a vacation home), but it would take a massive life shift to do it.
We talked about it a few times, reminding each other that to live on an island, our schedule would alter dramatically (racing to catch the ferryboat in order to get to the mainland). It would take some sacrifice in order to live with a water view. We’re not sure how or when, but it is something we would like to do at some point. The logistics of it will have to work out providentially in order for it to happen, and it definitely is not now (no matter how good the prices are), due to some financial goals we’re still working on.
So our conversation turned to our choices–things we’ve chosen in the past five-plus years, choices we intend to make this year and into the next few years. This is where the hard stuff is.
The day-to-day of the choices we make is real life. We can decide on one way and then find out what we feared all along: that way is hard. Or we’ll have no idea and then find out the way we’ve chosen is the hard way.
Either way, the slogging through will bring to mind why we made these choices in the first place. And that’s where I am today. Just reviewing some choices, making sure I really do want to keep to this path, thinking through the reasons I chose this way, and so on.
Nothing too drastic, everything I’ve mentioned on this blog is still in place, just a minor task I took on has proved to be a bit more daunting than I originally thought.
I think I’ll survive. But if I can get back on track with this minor task, there’s soon to be a slew of new choices on the horizon.
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