As I was sitting down to read last night I suddenly heard a knocking sound from the other side of the den. Abigail had just come to see me and I asked her to go see what the noise was, and then I heard an oh no. I went over to look and water was dripping through our light. I’ve seen plenty of houses with water damage in the ceiling and I am sure it is something we can survive but it is adding to the bill of deferred maintenance of this house.
This last month has been spent trying not to lose my mind. Money pressure from all sides have closed in, and I am feeling the burden. I looked at the Stable Hands YoY revenue again yesterday and it has gone from 27% to over 30%. The business is having a great year, and I finally got the money market account opened and have some money in that. I also decided to directly steal the system from The Richest Man in Babylon and put 10% of every deposit in the money market account. Once that gets to the $13K-$15K we need for taxes and insurances I can start putting that 10% in an investment account.
At one point I should put all these investment accounts together. That would be a load of fun and probably a lot more productive than multiple separate accounts.
We just have a lot of habits that need correcting and while I am trying to do that in my house I could use less misfortune. Cormac McCarthy once wrote you never know what worse luck your bad luck is keeping you from. I have been thinking about that last night as the water dripped through the light.
I know several ways things could be worse, and at the end of the day there is money to solve all problems, but is its best job right now solving problems? My opinion is all reserves are reserved for their intended purpose, and that the priority in my life is the stewardship of family wealth.
And at times I am wondering if I am turning stewardship into guardianship and if there is a difference.
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