Goals, giving, and keeping...oh my!
This is a summary
of thoughts on goals, giving and keeping related to
the recent sale of my RV...I really learned a lot from this ownership
experience.
Goals, giving and keeping: The only way to keep something is to give it away.
I still have the idea of an RV...and the actual RV was no longer bringing me pleasure. So, what I really wanted was pleasure and adventure and freedom...I still have those ideas...
Also, I now know how to drive an RV, so if I want one later on in life (rent or buy) then I know that I can drive it and take care of it.
Goals, giving and keeping: If you make a mistake, at least you took some action
When I bought the RV I was moving toward something that I wanted...I wanted to:
1. Live on the road in the RV and work my business. I can still do this, just not in this RV. Once I get the business making money, I will have achieved the first goal, and that is detach income from a PLACE. After that, I can choose to live wherever I want.
...I don't really think that will be in RV full time. Living in an RV is more work than I want to do on a day-to-day basis...maybe someday though.
2. I wanted to face my fears of driving big vehicles, and backing things up. CHECK! I am very confident driver and backer now.
3. I wanted to have fun camping which for me really means going somewhere....drinking beer, sitting around a camp fire and making people laugh. CHECK! I did this several times while I owned the RV.
...the funny thing is, is that I still want to go camping....and do the things above...it will be easier and cheaper to go in my tent! I might even stay in a cabin as long as there is beer and a camp fire...mission accomplished.
Goals, giving and keeping: Large purchases bring large work loads and expenses.
Buying an RV is like owning another house. It would be very easy if you could keep your RV where you live. I might still have an RV if I could keep it where I live.
I live in a townhouse, so keeping it at home wouldn't work.
Storage fees near my home are about $215 per month. That is a lot of money. So, we stored it in many places...far away from home.
When you store your RV far from home, it is like you don't even own it. There were many times, when I said to myself...I should have my RV here...it would be great to be able to have my RV here now...
...But then I remembered how far it was, and how much it would cost me to move it and the time it would require and then think...no...I guess not.
If you are going to own an RV...keep it close so you can use it...or just sell it.
Goals, giving and keeping: Having fun is work that you are supposed to enjoy.
After camping and or RVing for a weekend, I am sometimes exhausted by the amount of effort I put into my "pleasure"...this is an important lesson. Doing something...even just for fun...is still some work.
It is work that you enjoy doing. There is nothing wrong with working. Working is really a great thing. It is more fun when you can use your talents to work towards your own goals...like when you work on having fun.
Goals, giving and keeping: You really have to decide that you no longer want to own a THING before you can sell it.
The process of selling the RV lasted several years. At some point this year, after using the RV...I decided to let it go...it was shortly after this that the buyer showed up.
Before the decision, I still wanted to keep the RV, so...it didn't sell.
Goals, giving and keeping: Are your goals what you really want, or some interim step of a larger plan?
There is nothing wrong with working toward an interim step...because it may be the thing you can see from here.
The RV wasn't really what I wanted, but I did get some things from it. I also had to accept the bad with the good. I didn't like the work that was involved in owning, keeping, storing, maintaining, insuring, etc that was rolled into having the RV....but when I used the RV...it was nice.
I know that this web business is not really what I want to do. I don't really LOVE writing web pages. However, I can see that if I master this business, and really provide enough people with value, then I will meet my goal of detaching income from place, and will be more free to choose where I live and what I do with my time.
...after that I will need a new goal. Keep the web page going while I work on a new goal of helping more people learn to be happy.
Goals, giving and keeping: The only way to keep something is to give it away.
I still have the idea of an RV...and the actual RV was no longer bringing me pleasure. So, what I really wanted was pleasure and adventure and freedom...I still have those ideas...
"If I give you a pfennig, you will be one pfennig richer and I'll be one-- Albert Einstein
pfennig poorer. But if I give you an idea, you will have a new idea, but I
shall still have it, too."
Also, I now know how to drive an RV, so if I want one later on in life (rent or buy) then I know that I can drive it and take care of it.
Goals, giving and keeping: If you make a mistake, at least you took some action
When I bought the RV I was moving toward something that I wanted...I wanted to:
1. Live on the road in the RV and work my business. I can still do this, just not in this RV. Once I get the business making money, I will have achieved the first goal, and that is detach income from a PLACE. After that, I can choose to live wherever I want.
...I don't really think that will be in RV full time. Living in an RV is more work than I want to do on a day-to-day basis...maybe someday though.
2. I wanted to face my fears of driving big vehicles, and backing things up. CHECK! I am very confident driver and backer now.
3. I wanted to have fun camping which for me really means going somewhere....drinking beer, sitting around a camp fire and making people laugh. CHECK! I did this several times while I owned the RV.
...the funny thing is, is that I still want to go camping....and do the things above...it will be easier and cheaper to go in my tent! I might even stay in a cabin as long as there is beer and a camp fire...mission accomplished.
Goals, giving and keeping: Large purchases bring large work loads and expenses.
Buying an RV is like owning another house. It would be very easy if you could keep your RV where you live. I might still have an RV if I could keep it where I live.
I live in a townhouse, so keeping it at home wouldn't work.
Storage fees near my home are about $215 per month. That is a lot of money. So, we stored it in many places...far away from home.
When you store your RV far from home, it is like you don't even own it. There were many times, when I said to myself...I should have my RV here...it would be great to be able to have my RV here now...
...But then I remembered how far it was, and how much it would cost me to move it and the time it would require and then think...no...I guess not.
If you are going to own an RV...keep it close so you can use it...or just sell it.
Goals, giving and keeping: Having fun is work that you are supposed to enjoy.
After camping and or RVing for a weekend, I am sometimes exhausted by the amount of effort I put into my "pleasure"...this is an important lesson. Doing something...even just for fun...is still some work.
It is work that you enjoy doing. There is nothing wrong with working. Working is really a great thing. It is more fun when you can use your talents to work towards your own goals...like when you work on having fun.
Goals, giving and keeping: You really have to decide that you no longer want to own a THING before you can sell it.
The process of selling the RV lasted several years. At some point this year, after using the RV...I decided to let it go...it was shortly after this that the buyer showed up.
Before the decision, I still wanted to keep the RV, so...it didn't sell.
Goals, giving and keeping: Are your goals what you really want, or some interim step of a larger plan?
There is nothing wrong with working toward an interim step...because it may be the thing you can see from here.
The RV wasn't really what I wanted, but I did get some things from it. I also had to accept the bad with the good. I didn't like the work that was involved in owning, keeping, storing, maintaining, insuring, etc that was rolled into having the RV....but when I used the RV...it was nice.
I know that this web business is not really what I want to do. I don't really LOVE writing web pages. However, I can see that if I master this business, and really provide enough people with value, then I will meet my goal of detaching income from place, and will be more free to choose where I live and what I do with my time.
...after that I will need a new goal. Keep the web page going while I work on a new goal of helping more people learn to be happy.
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