"Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets." Nido Qubein

"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone elses plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much." Jim Rohn




Saturday, August 11, 2012

Keeping My Eye On The Prize

Now that I have decided to rent my house out and move into my garage apartment I've gotten busy!  I had the outside of my house painted this week, including the stairs to the garage apartment, and it has my house looking like new!  Next week my wood fence will be stained.

I've been collecting boxes at work.  I am going to start packing things that I rarely use.  I've also started listing things for sale on Ebay!

I know now I will not be able to finish the house and move everything into storage until the end of December or the beginning of January.  It is so hard to be patient.  I want to do everything at one time, but finances are just not there for that.  It will also be nice to spend one more Christmas in my house.  I can tell you I will not be sad to move into the apartment even though it is only 469 Sq. Ft.  Just knowing what I will be able to save and knowing how much faster it will move me towards my goal of getting to Costa Rica will make every day a joy!

I am reading an E-book about a man who moved from California to Costa Rica about 10 years ago.  From his experiences and from what my friends who are already there is teaching me is that patience is not just a virtue it is necessary to save your sanity!!!!  It's funny that patience has always been a problem for me and one of the things I have fought the hardest with is going to be the thing I will need the most for the rest of my life!  God has such a crazy since of humor!

Pura Vida