keepitcovert 842 Posted May 1, 2017 Report Share Posted May 1, 2017 Truth is a lot of people dream of their ideal future, and lose track of enjoying life in the present. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,736 Posted May 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2017 Truth is a lot of people dream of their ideal future, and lose track of enjoying life in the present. Life is whats happening to you while your busy making other plans 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted May 1, 2017 Report Share Posted May 1, 2017 Truth is a lot of people dream of their ideal future, and lose track of enjoying life in the present. Life is whats happening to you while your busy making other plans I was about to say that 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,263 Posted May 1, 2017 Report Share Posted May 1, 2017 One thing I will say, the UK is brilliant.........for a quick visit ! Lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted May 1, 2017 Report Share Posted May 1, 2017 my dream when young was to own my house and hunt,well the ''OWN YOUR OWN HOUSE'' plan turned into a nightmare lol..trying to reach your debts every month and keeping the home fed and found as well,Now my ''dream'' is to get through every month and get a bit of hunting done as well,.and some time in the future have a frigging holiday in some foreign hot spot lol The biggest lesson I learned (I think?) is aspirations are just a lead weight around your neck and don't bring happiness to most of us. I was brought up by my baby boomer parents who had grown up in poverty but enjoyed the boom of free education, jobs for life, final salary pensions, the housing boom, the carpet bagging & privatisation of the public utilities. For the first time and probably the last time It was possible for regular hard working people to win at life and secure an amazing future. I had a job that was superior to my dads, he was a manager but I was a specialist in the oil industry, like my mother my wife was a teacher. I think you grow up expecting that through hard work you should at least get what your parents got if not more (that is was I always thought anyway) just as they had got a better life than their parents, yet I had student loans to pay, a job with no stability, a shyte pension, buying a house for 180 grand 14 years ago nearly broke us, we couldn't afford to have more than 2 children 14 years apart, with little to no investment possibilities and we lived hand to mouth for much of the time apart for a few boom years where I managed to put cash in a pension. I came to the conclusion that the smart people were those with simple pleasures who lived for today and that I had been an idiot suckered in to thinking the aspirational class still existed. For a time I felt very p*ssed off that I couldn't get close to what I thought I deserved until I realised what an idiot I had been. I've missed out the important years of my kids growing up by not being there , birthdays, weddings, Xmas and even funerals. I am just glad I realised it sooner and didn't continue to battle on, I still do my stupid job but our outgoings are such now that we could probably both go an work in Asda and make ends meet. The people I really feel sorry for (but who are probably far more realistic than I was) are the young, I doubt many of them will be able to have the dream of a house and all those trappings. Anyway we've just been out making a vegi plot in the garden, the sun is out and life feels very good right now...living for today 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted May 1, 2017 Report Share Posted May 1, 2017 Truth is a lot of people dream of their ideal future, and lose track of enjoying life in the present. Life is whats happening to you while your busy making other plans 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,263 Posted May 1, 2017 Report Share Posted May 1, 2017 Don't be hard in yourself mate, we are all a genious after the event. It took me 30 years to see clearly how we are just being abused........but I know now and it's never too late 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leegreen 2,099 Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 A bit of talk about being "self sufficient" that's a lot harder than you think. You always need money and if you've got lots of time on your hands you need a fair bit. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,860 Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 Truth is a lot of people dream of their ideal future, and lose track of enjoying life in the present. Life is whats happening to you while your busy making other plans I was about to say that same here,,,its my faveriout quote...and so true 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,562 Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 (edited) One thing I will say, the UK is brilliant.........for a quick visit ! Lol I bought a Victorian farm house with out buildings and 7 acres at auction about 12 years ago ,done two barn conversions out of the the out buildings to rent out ,that's my pension I ,dont have to get up for work, I will never be rich but happy as a pig in shit edited to say I love the uk and wild horses could not drag me from my place Edited May 2, 2017 by greg64 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 I think it's about enjoying each small step at a time. We aren't self-sufficient at all, but one of my goals was to eat a meal that we hadn't bought in the shops. Last year we had a couple of barbecues with trout I'd caught and spuds and beans Trish had grown. The only thing we bought was the butter and seasoning. Tasted good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,562 Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 I think it's about enjoying each small step at a time. We aren't self-sufficient at all, but one of my goals was to eat a meal that we hadn't bought in the shops. Last year we had a couple of barbecues with trout I'd caught and spuds and beans Trish had grown. The only thing we bought was the butter and seasoning. Tasted good. socks 's mrs would have made the butter 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepp 2,285 Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 Kefalonia for me, but if my fiance gets pregnant, then who knows? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 (edited) One thing I will say, the UK is brilliant.........for a quick visit ! Lol I bought a Victorian farm house with out buildings and 7 acres at auction about 12 years ago ,done two barn conversions out of the the out buildings to rent out ,that's my pension I ,dont have to get up for work, I will never be rich but happy as a pig in shit edited to say I love the uk and wild horses could not drag me from my placeSome close friends of mine live an idyllic lifestyle on the Essex/Suffolk border......A little 500 year old cottage tucked away on some land they own, that's mostly made up of woodland & meadows, we would hunt the land together, sometimes catching rabbits & pheasant with hawks within metres of his back door !!They converted an old barn into a holiday let about 5 years ago & they've practically been fully booked since. They haven't got a lot of money by any means, but what a lifestyle! After a days hunting & hospitality which consisted of homemade/homegrown everything! Haha.......I used drive up their track, out of the woods onto the road & into the real world, a real reality check! I felt like crying driving home to my ex girlfriend...hahaha... Edited May 2, 2017 by Accip74 5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,562 Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 to be honest I don't actually do anything with the land witch I know I should except let the 4 dogs run around in , I did grow a few basics but I have decided gardening is not my thing ,but I can be out in the fields within a minute or casting a line in the sea within five so happy days Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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