I just put down a deposit on an Atlantis Cruise in October, I committed to doing the Vaka Eiva series of races in Raratonga, I'm off to New York this March, and I'm fantasizing about an extended trip to Eastern Turkey next Spring ...
... and for the third time today, someone has asked where I get the money ...and do I have a secret slush fund? ... especially since every other weekend I am mostly broke.
Here's how it works:
- I ride my bicycle to work almost every day. Savings: let's say $2500 a year over those of you who pay for parking and gas.
- I cook my own meals. Lunches, at least these days, are mostly vegetarian and made of what I find at the Kapi`olani Farmers' Market. So, twenty bucks a week for me versus forty if I ate at the lunch wagon: that's maybe a grand a year, plus at least another grand over those of you who eat out for dinners.
- Add to that the weekends that I am happy and content nursing my garden or reading books rather than drinking at the bars ...
And that's already three trips to Paris, at least, airfare and hotel included.
And that's how I do it.
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