In late 2022, my wife and I got rid of everything we owned that wouldn’t fit in 4 suitcases including our cars (we have since bought one new one) and sold our house and traveled around the US and Mexico. Anything our younger (adult) son wanted to put in the house he was renting with two of his friends that were like our sons they could have.
Everything else got thrown away.
That same year we bought a unit in a 2/2 1230 square foot furnished condotel[1] in state tax free Florida since I pivoted to cloud consulting in 2020 and saw that I would be working remotely for the foreseeable future.
The condotel unit is not a time share. We own our unit and all of the standardized furniture and a fully stocked kitchen as far as utensils, plates, pots and pans, etc. that comes with it. But that also means two things. We can’t stay or keep our things here more than 180 consecutive days because of zoning and sometimes we leave for months at a time and it gets rented out as part of the hotel reservation system and we get half the income to cover our mortgage our expenses.
Every time we move out we assess what can we get rid of.
Either way, we have to pack up all of our personal belongings. Everything I keep has to earn its spot. I’m aggressive about getting rid of anything - including old tech either trading it in, getting it recycled, or giving it to someone else.
In late 2022, my wife and I got rid of everything we owned that wouldn’t fit in 4 suitcases including our cars (we have since bought one new one) and sold our house and traveled around the US and Mexico. Anything our younger (adult) son wanted to put in the house he was renting with two of his friends that were like our sons they could have.
Everything else got thrown away.
That same year we bought a unit in a 2/2 1230 square foot furnished condotel[1] in state tax free Florida since I pivoted to cloud consulting in 2020 and saw that I would be working remotely for the foreseeable future.
The condotel unit is not a time share. We own our unit and all of the standardized furniture and a fully stocked kitchen as far as utensils, plates, pots and pans, etc. that comes with it. But that also means two things. We can’t stay or keep our things here more than 180 consecutive days because of zoning and sometimes we leave for months at a time and it gets rented out as part of the hotel reservation system and we get half the income to cover our mortgage our expenses.
Every time we move out we assess what can we get rid of.
Either way, we have to pack up all of our personal belongings. Everything I keep has to earn its spot. I’m aggressive about getting rid of anything - including old tech either trading it in, getting it recycled, or giving it to someone else.
[1] https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/condotel.asp