Walter has talked about taking his first retirement and move onto a boat ever since I met him. When we first talked about marriage I asked him, "what if I didn't want to live on a boat." He said something to the effect of things change and what if I wanted to live on a boat and he didn't. Since then he has talked about buying a boat weekly if not daily and the timeline for actually buying the boat has moved up a few years. We are 4 years into our marriage and I don't think things are changing. We have a nest egg that he calls, "the boat fund" and I call, "life insurance". It is not that I do not want to buy a boat and sail off into the sunset. Since I have been married I have been pre-occupied with things like having babies and finishing my graduate program...and learning things like how to be married. The thought of preparing for such an adventure feels overwhelming. Cruising has been Walter's dream. His boat dream is one of the reasons why I love him. I love that he dreams big and is determined enough to follow his dream. For this to work I feel his dream needs to evolve into our dream. The boat dream is appealing for each of us for different reasons. For me surrounding myself in nature and learning to live in it, respect it and love it seems amazing....hard, but amazing. I also like the idea of living in a setting where my family has to learn to work together. My hope would be this opportunity would bring us closer and not make us want to strangle each other. Finally "living simple" has always been important to me. Living simple can mean a lot of different things: voluntary poverty, living slowly, de-cluttering life of worldly possessions etc. One may need a bunch of money to buy a boat and sail about the world, but once you are on a boat you might have to learn to live without. I would have to say I am closer to the boat dream, but to be honest I am not quite there yet.
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