Step 2

I ask many questions. I keep finding myself as if unaware of ever being lost. I wake up on a Tuesday and it is unmistakably shinier and more vibrant than the last. How can that be? Was I sleeping all week?

No questions are more important than those we ask ourselves. I thought of starting with a question. Why are we here? Where are you? Who are we?

This human condition of intensely structured monetary systems which dictate the value or quality of life has enslaved the populations of the world and given us a false sense of a finite reality. The buck stops here.

I dared to ask myself a question. Do I want to spend the time I have on this planet in a haze of financial delusion, constantly distressed by the perpetual fluctuation of my life's market value? I said no.

I took a look around. All these things I've accumulated in my years of life. For one reason or another I've rationalized the idea that these things make my life better. A house full of material objects that ended up owning me. Literally, my movement from place to place was determined by the energy and space needed to accommodate moving my things. Stuck.

The hard part is just letting go. I payed so much money for these things. They're worth the time spent earning that money to buy them. Therefore I shouldn't just give them away. My ego takes hold.

Some say that many things are easier said than done. I'd say that something being said is an essential part of getting it done. Once I said it and meant it, it took off and got done. I guess its been about 3 weeks ago that my girlfriend and I made the decision downsize and dramatically reduce the feeling of Stuck. We opened ourselves up. I'm sitting here on the floor of our new place. I was able to sell the majority of my things within the first week and donated the rest to Good Will. Our new place is a pool house, furnished, one block from the beach, all utilities included, no lease, no deposit, nice landlady, and his and her's dual shower heads for gods sake. $450 a month. If I didn't know any better, I'd say its perfect.

I just wanted to share with you all this important part of my journey. I feel as though I'm on to something and I want to keep the song going. Step 1 complete. Step 2: Delete Debt. It shall be done.