I've been very fortunate to travel the world for months at a time in great locations enjoying the best of everything at someone else's expense for over 20 years. Years of living in hotels and rented accommodation in great locations, has shown me the world and now the simple pleasure and joy of just walking up in your own bed.
I've read there is a major polar ice shelf that looks very like its going to break off in the not too distant future, if it does then its predicted to raise sea levels by 13 foot or 4 metes in new money, certainly means I'll need waders to get out of my front door.
If those type of it's now too late uncontrollable occurrences happen and the life changing impact it may have on the densely populated food producing river basins around the world, a potential global disaster in the making kind of puts the value of your garage contents into a small and insignificant problem in the grand scheme of things.
I haven't yet checked my waders for any tears or holes, but its on this list of things to do in the coming weeks..
We have travelled similar paths but ours for 34 years of fully expensed Tax Free status in the form of "Ordinarily Non Resident" qualification - which in reality meant a few friends of a like mind clubbing together and time sharing a property out with the EU/UK zone to spend the rest of your leave time. It also acted as a meeting place for some of your friends and relatives to share some quality time with, so as to maintain the status you are only allowed 30 days in the UK per annum, so hardly rocket science to maintain tax free status was it
Before the "you should have paid tax somewhere "wokers" wake up - save your efforts as I would do it all again, especially visiting and working in some wonderful locations, thus meeting some vey special people around the world and lifelong friends.
Heather was at home in UK raising our three for several years of this and got handy at jumping in the car/ferries or on planes with the tribe for another adventure to see Dad, she coped admirably, as they do being full time Mum's, they have the energy to donate to raising balanced human beings and servicing their needs and not her own for a tract of time.
The total irony is that she has a far better wiring of her brain than I do but try as I might not the confidence to fully exploit it.
She works and helps folk out in almost any situation who are not equipped for the present set up of perceived progress and takes my breath away with some of the courage and situations she gets involved in.
With enough Faith anything is doable is her Mantra.
Tim I have to disagree on this though
"The value of your investments may go down." There's no such thing as a risk-free investment. Never has been.
When taken in my context of investments in Friendships
