Saturday, September 13, 2014

It has to go



Getting a boat ready for such a adventure is a big part of the adventure itself. 
If not all of it.

It is time consuming, mind blowing - think about everything that can go wrong, the list is endless, and stressing. Financially too, it ended up way ... way ...more expensive than projected. The overall big items were listed and accounted for. Windvane, liferaft, Epirb, etc... It is quite easy to list items than are over 500$. The real catch is all the small stuff. I realized pretty early it was quite easy to spend two or trhee time 30$ a day in tools, parts, stuff and more stuff. Between West Marine, Port Hueneme marine, Industrial Bolts, Lowes, Home Depot,  .... The list, again, is endless. but at 100$/day you end up pretty much at 3000$/month of unaccounted spending. And this, being careful and savvy.
At this pace, it is obvious the budget had already being recalculated two or three times.


Xbox One, barely used.
Except for Netflix, to sell.

Anyway, more symbolic than actually helping (well, it is worth half of a sat phone - not too bad :), the Xbox One has to go. First, we had Blue Ray player issue. Second, you need a XBox Live account to go to Netflix.(more than 100$/year). Third, I actually played less than 10 hours overall.
I am back on PC Gaming, obviously, due to my job (http://na.leagueoflegends.com/) and by affinities as well.

Getting rid of "stuff".
Paradox in buying the boat , and adding it to already long list of possessions, is actually a step forward in getting rid of other "stuff".
I have to do a "philosophical" post of that eventually, but right now, just trust me.
One day, I will be "out there".
And that day, I will not need an Xbox One.
Or "Stuff".


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