This thread is probably poorly titled as money will always be an object for me (frugal by nature I'm afraid, you can take the boy out of the country...).
The difference for me now is that I can travel (to even far-flung destinations) to pursue my passions if I so chose. Hotels and plane fares are no-longer entirely prohibitive (I still need reasonable!) and even trespass fees wouldn't stop me now. No more shoe-string vacations for me (no more car camping, tenting, crappy food and dumpy motels {unless there are no other reasonable options}).
While I can, I'd like to try a few things on for size. I'm so used to doing it all for myself and pinching pennies that it will take some adjustment but...I'm ready to live a little (at least in this sense).
Last edited by Lloyd3; 07/22/26 05:53 PM.