Porthole

My plan ... pig's ear and papaya?

Busy today so here's my comment to Robert Waltz regarding wealth:

I'm not gathering wealth. Maybe I should've had a plan when I was younger. May have saved me from some grief ... maybe not; but, I didn't. So here I am in the spend-down phase of my life.

My secret? I live below my means.

It's become a habit. I rarely splurge when I travel. I have a budget but I can fairly forget about checking it.

1. I live in a cheap place; I stay in cheap places when I travel.
2. I buy what's on sale; traveling, I buy street food or have breakfast included. I eat all of it.
3. I don't buy anything that will bring undo expenses. Therefore, no car, no house ...

There's a downside to this all of course. I need a smartphone (believe me ... traveling without one shows me how badly I need one). I will probably be forced to move as gentrification and AirBnB overtakes affordable units. I'm limited in what I do and can see.

But I'm in Taiwan eating pig's ear and papaya ... and most of my friends are sitting at home ordering pizza.

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