Got the keys to the new house on Monday, March 31, 2025!
Mom has been so excited about her new house.
She is replacing the floor with bamboo flooring, and repainting a couple walls.
I honestly haven’t been as excited. I’ve been distracted by biz stress, perimenopause, and the stress of figuring out mortgage, conveyancing, home insurance, getting the funds ready, etc. The past month has been rough, and I didn’t even get around to doing my taxes.
I feel like she is a bit spoiled. Though, it’s a privilege to be able to spoil someone. She picked out a house, wanting to pay full price, and left me to do all the work. She thought I was gonna pay full cash, she didn’t even leave me time to close.
Last year my stocks went up by 80%. Now I have to put my money towards downpayment and monthly mortgage payments.
Now that my rant is out of the way:
I’ve been wanting to buy her a house. Now that it’s come true, I should be more excited! What a privilege it is, to be able to gift Mom a house!
I shouldn’t let these other factors get to me. I should enjoy this moment!
I’m glad that Mom has a safer (single floor) and newer house to live in. She is eager to host friends, which surprises me!
I’m also glad that she’ll have a project she loves – gardening at both houses, setting up the new house, slowly moving into the new house (something she’s been wanting).
At this age – me 45 and mom 74, and dad 79 turning 80 soon, what’s most important is health and happiness.
Mom – Health-wise, her left knee is in pain since the stem cell injections in January. Her other health concern is diabetes, but I think GLP1 can help in the near future. Oh and poor sleep. I think if she exercises more, she’ll sleep better, but she only wants to dance and garden (in the summer). Happiness-wise, she’s been enjoying teaching line dancing and having a ton of students loving her class. She has been growing the biggest chayote squashes. Now she has the new house to play with. She is enjoying life!
Looking at the next 10 years, I think she’ll be fine. Though I think more muscle-building would be better.
Dad – Health-wise, his diabetes has worsened suddenly. His eyes are getting worse due to macular degeneration. He is also more tired. Happiness-wise, he is sad that his dog died. He enjoys learning stuff online though.
Looking at the next 10 years, I think Dad thinks he has less than 10 years left. I think he needs a new project or new love (pet). For health, maybe stem cell therapy. Maybe a robot will be a good companion for him.
Me – Health-wise, I’m struggling a bit with energy, focus, easy weight gain, and motivation. I think these are perimenopause related. I can keep up at spikeball with the 20 and 30-something year olds though. I am compelled to do more to anti-age, but overall I look young and feel pretty healthy. I can’t wait for miracle advancements in anti-aging (such as GLP1) that will help me reverse age without all the hard work!
Happiness-wise, I do love my life. I just feel that I should be doing something even more fun and/or more impactful.
Friends – I have some close friends, though I want more. Ones that are smart / interesting / innovative / inspiring, sincere, and fun. I also need friends who have the time and money to travel with me! (And are reliable and fun to travel with! Outgoing, organized.)
Love interest – I have none, but that’s a good thing in a lot of ways. I’d like to have a fling soon though. It’s been almost a year since Keilor!
Money – I have lots! About $10M CAD. Enough to live a good life, splurge up to $50K, but not enough to splurge on 7-figure projects such as a wind tunnel, a fun house. And, in order to reach the point of being able to do big fun projects, I will need an 8-figure net worth. Having $100M+ means I won’t need to reinvest my investment. My dividends will be about $4M/year. I can buy a wind tunnel for indoor skydiving, I can buy a fun house and do fun renovations. I mean, I can already do that if I have, say, $25M net worth. That’s $1M/year dividends. I can use it to make a fun house downpayment, spend on fun renovations such as in-ground trampoline, indoor spikeball and volleyball fields, VR room, etc.
Freedom – I feel pretty free. Financially pretty free. Location – I can live elsewhere for a month max, because 1) Mom will want to see me each month or two, 2) biz sometimes needs me, 3) going away for too long can mean losing friends, 4) if I want to grow biz, I need to focus. Being able to go away for a month is pretty good though! And I think I can go away 4 months in a year, total, if I want to. I can, theoretically, go away several times to learn iFly, to go to Disney, to go to all the fun places! I need more friends that can afford that lol.
Health & Beauty – I dug up photos of me in my early 20s. I looked cute! Mom said I didn’t look that different. I thought, maybe not! Now I work harder to have good skin, I think my skin has improved. I want to get HRT too. I also want to have an under-brow eye lift. In the future, a face lift, perhaps done by a robot so it’s better.
I think in the future we can expect effective anti-aging treatments that really take out the hard work. I want something that restores the cellular functions, as opposed to working hard (exercise, diet, routines) to prevent the body from falling apart as quickly lol.
Imagine youthful cells. It means youthful appearance, body operating at the optimal level (high energy production, fast metabolism, great muscle building, quick recovery speed), better mood (optimal hormone levels, pain-free body, clear mind, better decisions).
When will we have it? In less than 10 years I think. It’s about keeping this body healthy enough, and be wealthy enough, to have the treatment 10 years from now!
And of course, having lots of fun is a must!
I want hire 1 or more people to take charge of Knot Theory. A COO perhaps. And a marketing team.
I think my goal is not to allow for auto-pilot, but to allow for hand-free operation. I will still dictate decisions, but I don’t have to personally do them.
That’s a great insight! 😀
This will take the stress off my plate.
I’ll be able to work on funner and more impactful projects with huge growth potentials. Ride the AI wave!