so I have been living this experiment; partly by intention and partly by several self inflicted life learning lessons.
I was on a quest to live 'smaller', I was on a roll setting myself up for being portable and mobile enough for a relocation plan, I was paving the way for a tax write off/benefit of having my home as a business. In a month I will be moving back into my house; the house I raised my kids in, got divorced in, transitioned to singlehood in and here are the top 10 things I will not miss about living in a duplex in the town across the river:
1. cigarette butts on the side walk between the duplex units
2. Friday night parties at the duplex next door
3. cats, lots and lots of cats
4. the random used condom on the sidewalks down the street.
5. freezing my ass off
6. a washing machine that gets 'unbalanced' no matter the size of the load
7. freezing my ass off
8. having to walk outside to let my dogs out to the fenced back yard
9. paying $92 a month to store the rest of my belongings
10. freezing my ass off
Now, I am grateful for this 6 month experiment because it taught me several no-brainer things.
a) having space to host over night guests is a nice thing
b) sometimes, getting a tax break is not worth it
c) living small allowed me to get rid of a bunch of crap I didn't need
d) like Dorothy said, 'there's no place like home'
I will miss curb side recycling and walking to work. That I will miss.
I was on a quest to live 'smaller', I was on a roll setting myself up for being portable and mobile enough for a relocation plan, I was paving the way for a tax write off/benefit of having my home as a business. In a month I will be moving back into my house; the house I raised my kids in, got divorced in, transitioned to singlehood in and here are the top 10 things I will not miss about living in a duplex in the town across the river:
1. cigarette butts on the side walk between the duplex units
2. Friday night parties at the duplex next door
3. cats, lots and lots of cats
4. the random used condom on the sidewalks down the street.
5. freezing my ass off
6. a washing machine that gets 'unbalanced' no matter the size of the load
7. freezing my ass off
8. having to walk outside to let my dogs out to the fenced back yard
9. paying $92 a month to store the rest of my belongings
10. freezing my ass off
Now, I am grateful for this 6 month experiment because it taught me several no-brainer things.
a) having space to host over night guests is a nice thing
b) sometimes, getting a tax break is not worth it
c) living small allowed me to get rid of a bunch of crap I didn't need
d) like Dorothy said, 'there's no place like home'
I will miss curb side recycling and walking to work. That I will miss.
