Without divulging our personal finances, I want to share with you the book that influenced most of the decisions I made in my adult life that enabled me to get to the point of being able to leave to go cruising. Every single sentence in this book was like my bible…my religion…for 10 years or probably 20. We are not rich, not even close, but at least we are still out here “living the Dream”!
I didn’t have the artwork on my wall. I didn’t have the big expensive mansion to live in, and I drove old beater cars. My real dad was my “poor” dad. The dad in this book was my “rich” dad. I learned from both. The confidence and love that my poor dad gave me is what made me reach for the sky and want to be all that I could be. My “poor” dad got me educated, and told me to work hard to make myself a good life. My “rich” dad told me the other half. Between the two dads, much like the author of this book explains, I found what could get me ahead.
When I found Patrick…he had read the same book…and was on the same wavelength as me. Together we made it happen. And this book was the key to that.
We are not rich. Not even close to rich…but we have managed to keep going and as long as we are a bit frugal, we can probably keep going for another 12 years!
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