Note, this is just me rambling out loud in Blog form. No homeowners, or mortgage payers, or homes were harmed during this creation. Nor is this directed at any particular group(s),
person(s), or individual(s) nor their values/ideals/dreams.
American dream...buy house & pay it off in your lifetime...
Saw a headline on some newspaper today about how the current housing issues, and/or, crisis in our country is reshaping America. 'Tis odd to drive along some roads around here in Seaside & see former military housing units all boarded up. Kind of a good word picture. Some, if not the majority, don't have the luxury, for whatever the reason(s), to buy a home. So what becomes of those peoplez dreams? They can waste time on thinking upon the American dream which won't become a reality & possibly feel cruddy about themselves & not being able to keep up with their peers. Or they can reshape their thoughts upon what really matters & what is most important. I'm sure some choose to move far far & away, to a more affordable area just to have a piece of that American pie. But what do they give up in doing so? Everything they've built up where they have been living. I've asked self thousands of times, why stay on the Central Coast where the cost of living is ugh?! Why stay in California? The thought "Bloom where you're planted" returns to remind me that all is well. Others choose to live in affordable areas & then enter into unfathomable daily commutes. Add up such commute time a month & then project outwards & see what percent of one's life is spent in traffic jams. Meanwhile, the one(s) doing such commutes are exhausted/wiped out, leave before the sun rises, come home after the sun has set, & they miss out on the very persons & events under the roofs of the homes they commute to pay for. And that's a dream?
My definition of success is simply...Do I have what I need for my family today? And that sure got thrown for a loop during the unemployment stages. But the provision was always there.
I get to go to bed every night & hear the ocean .5 miles away. It doesn't get better than that for where we are at in the present moment.
Until later comes, turn it up to get Reshaped America...Get simple.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
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I whole-heartedly agree: Get simple. But it's hard. We all want more "stuff" it seems. Our economy depends upon it. Manufacturing, selling, and buying are what drive everything. Without the consumer economy, civilization would collapse. (But I hope my future iPhone will work anyway after the economic meltdown.)
It's unfortunate that the American Dream is tied to buying a home... buying a home is a very complicated subject and there are definite pros and cons that I've discussed many times with people. But the real issue is the American people's willingness to be in debt. Sure it's a home crisis this year, but next year the focus will possibly shift to general credit card debt, causing another American crisis. The problem goes all the way up to our government. Why is one of the richest countries in the world so deep in debt? Some people say it doesn't matter. But, as we saw happen this year, it's really tough to enforce safety laws on products we are importing from other countries when our government owes their government so much money.
Hopefully some strong leadership can lead us away from our addiction to debt.
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