This morning Ken and I went on a bike ride for 2 hours. I really enjoy bike riding; even if its just a nice stroll around Sarnia.
Sarnia is so beautiful wouldn’t you agree?
So beautiful, yet it didn’t just appear this way. Many people with so many visions have helped sculpt this city into the site you enjoy today.
Biking down by the bridge is very enjoyable. Alot of work has taken place in the last few years here. It has really become a landmark. There is this area built for old timers right on the water. There are signs on the road that are so inviting for you to drop $300 K on water front property. Signs like PARK YOUR BOAT IN YOUR BACK YARD and ENJOY THE VIEW and my personal favorite is “LIVE THE LIFE YOU HAVE BEEN PURSUING YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.
I laughed at first because this is something Dave, Nathan and I enjoy chatting about all the time. Live the life you have been pursuing? Is this now the name of the game, was this always the game? I’m to spend my whole life pursuing a dream home on the lake with a boat and oodles of money? Many would say yes.
We have two extremes I figure. Live for today or pursue tomorrow. We all have friends that fall into one of those categories. We all do. Some days we are on one side and the next we are the other.
Example: Your party friends. You know the kind; always partying, starting social events and staying up late only caring for that day (haha, very funny when you pegged me as that guy).
Then your other friends. Always talking about the future. I’m going to buy this when….. I am going to go there when….. I am going to retire after……
They never spend money because they are stock piling. For the house on the lake perhaps??
If your reading this and you’re starting to think “well I am a bit of both” and I would say welcome to my world. What the hell are we doing with ourselves?
It’s Saturday and I am taking a break from work to write this. Yes, Saturday and I am at work. I need extra cash, got those loans to pay. Loans to pay. As you can see I jumped into this game very early. I had the mentality “Go into debt” (good debt people tell me) attend school, get the certs, get the job and you know the rest. Needless to say I am half way through the process and soon the debts will be gone and I will be free to get more debt to get more stuff.
So whats the solution? When I get out of debt just stop? Quit working, stop consuming and be still and stagnant? That would be my live for the day side coming out.
So I am torn. And before you reply to this and give me the “well Ron, its all about balance, really think about it.” Can you be balanced on a subject such as this?