#feeling rich

I'm on our sofa reading a new book with a huge cup of loose leaf tea in my hand. 📖☕

It's a Sunday and we have no where to be, no obligations and I realise how rich I am.

Not in the sense that most people talk about when they say they want to be rich.

But in a way that honestly makes me so happy

I Have Become the Rich Relative I Always Wanted

More than any other financial milestone—becoming debt-free, buying a house, saving my first $100,000—being able to easily provide for others makes me feel like I’ve made it.

I remember how stressful it was to keep a running tally in my head as I shopped for groceries so I wouldn’t go over my budget. And I remember panicking when my car needed repairs because I couldn’t afford a mechanic, but I also couldn’t afford to not drive to work. It did not feel great!

Now I can easily afford to grant the sort of financial help I longed for when I was broke. And it feels real great!

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I experienced a bit of a dichotomy today. I spent the first couple of hours in my yard planting grass, and the second couple of hours pulling up grass. I suppose it’s not as bad as it sounds, or as bad as it felt while I was doing these two tasks because I was working in two separate gardens, and the grasses were completely different from one another — one was a turf grass and the others were…