[pct-l] Hikertown

[shelvinrock at comcast.net (shelvinrock@comcast.net)]

Thanks to everyone who responded - both on and off list - to my Hikertown query!
Tim S.From ECPG at peoplepc.com  Thu Mar 23 14:19:18 2006
From: ECPG at peoplepc.com (Carolyn Eddy)
Date: Thu Mar 23 14:29:49 2006
Subject: [pct-l] Retired Backpackers & THE COMING REVOLUTION
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I deliberately made some huge life decisions about 13 years ago when I was 
diagnosed with a liver problem that was going to result in eventual 
transplant, that being the best case scenario. I was given a timeline of 
about 5 years, 10 at the outside.

So, I quit working and started making money by writing and any other thing 
that actually put money in my pocket. Reorganized my life to have good 
weather seasons off to play and bad weather to work. I decided my 750 sq ft 
house was plenty big, especially since it has land around it so no more 
money spent on bigger, better anything, including cars.

I figure the sicker I am the harder I need to play to keep ahead of it. I'm 
now 13 years into it and am just now going on the transplant list and got 
told it would be another 5 years before I really needed one. So obviously 
my strategy is working, That or they have a math problem.
:-)

I owe most of this to thinking about money outside the box, and my boyfriend 
who foots the bills and stays home with the goats to I can do 'therapy" by 
hiking.

One of the things my dad said when he retired was that if he had to do it 
over, he would have played more and worked less. Forunately at the age of 79 
he is still hiking avery day. I most likely won't be around that long but 
every time I think about my decision I am sure I made the right one for me.

Oh, and if I have to sleep with chickens, I'd rather die.

Carolyn Eddy
"Sweet Goat Mama"
www.goattracksmagazine.com 



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