Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:46 pm
Mippy, things have a way of working out. I've been operating at the 80% cut of my salary for 4 years now to return to school.
I've been to the Caribbean 3 times while back in school, 2 to StJ, 1 to Anguilla, "on the cheap" so to speak, using up FF miles, sharing a villa with others, eating in, etc. Still great trips!
All in all, I am better off today for having been through 2 layoffs, self employment, and being a non-traditional student (nice way of saying old f%rt
and adjusting my priorities and having a sense of reality about what is important to me. Yea, my retirement has tanked the past couple of years along with everyone else, but I'm still young enough to let it grow for awhile before I'm counting on it. Live below your means, save, invest, repeat, repeat, repeat.
Both kids are college grads, have no debt, and are employed. We're healthy, no debt, have a roof over our heads, and food on the table. Life is good!
To borrow a quote from Alexander Graham Bell:
"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."
I've been to the Caribbean 3 times while back in school, 2 to StJ, 1 to Anguilla, "on the cheap" so to speak, using up FF miles, sharing a villa with others, eating in, etc. Still great trips!
All in all, I am better off today for having been through 2 layoffs, self employment, and being a non-traditional student (nice way of saying old f%rt
and adjusting my priorities and having a sense of reality about what is important to me. Yea, my retirement has tanked the past couple of years along with everyone else, but I'm still young enough to let it grow for awhile before I'm counting on it. Live below your means, save, invest, repeat, repeat, repeat.Both kids are college grads, have no debt, and are employed. We're healthy, no debt, have a roof over our heads, and food on the table. Life is good!
To borrow a quote from Alexander Graham Bell:
"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."