Hard to believe that this version of my blog rebooted on December 10th of last year.
It's been a busy year, aside from Covid.
I was fortunate to travel to Southern California in February, March, and October. It is the place where I feel I live my best and happiest life; not sure exactly why. Probably has something to do with relief from SADD, love of the Pacific Ocean, and the general lifestyle in the Laguna Beach area.
It was definitely a year of accomplishing things and I generally suffer from analysis paralysis and can't get much of anything done in a timely fashion. Most of my life plans were derailed or put on the back burner for a series of justified reasons: a cancer diagnosis for my SO, managing my daughter's modeling career when she was a minor, etc.
We've managed to downsize to a townhome in our preferred location. We paid cash and liquidated all of our assets, also those of our children in a bold move. (We are paying them back plus interest). So since September it's been living on a prayer and our finances are all smoke and mirrors.
That being said, we are under contract now with an offer on the primary residence. I am thankful that I was a bit of procrastinator and didn't rush to a price reduction as my realtor suggested. It's been on the market for 60 days. Sale price was $15K less than asking price with a very short escrow. I don't think the reality of life without the mortgage monkey on our backs has sunk in.
I remain thankful for the health of my family, my now smaller but full house with all the young adults/teens here (22/21/18/16). Looking forward to a much brighter 2021 for all of us.
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