Do you like your lifestyle?

[Truthseeker]

It could be this forum that had changed you Duane. I know it has changed me so I am more talkative in person now and not anxious around people at all. I can remember before you came here you said you were not good at communicating with people on a personal level on forums but I can see you have changed a lot.

That's not when I became more talkative. It was before that.

 

[Trailblazer]

What benefits you get in this world that you cannot get without belief in God / Allah? Diseases, disasters and false hope?

As that passage says, you get "days of blissful joy, of heavenly delight." You cannot get that without a belief in God.
That said, I still have not gotten it with a belief in God but I have faith and the patience of Job.

 

[Trailblazer]

You could always turn your camera off. Oh, I forgot. You don't want to see their faces on a computer screen. There's then no hope of you ever Zooming to one of my devotionals. (I sent you an Email concerning my devotionals and other more serious things)

Sorry Duane, I hate Zoom. Why people want to look at other people on the computer screen is beyond me.

 

[JustGeorge]

Sorry Duane, I hate Zoom. Why people want to look at other people on the computer screen is beyond me.

Zoom confuses me, too.

I like the phone. We can talk, and I can walk around, and do stuff. I can even leave the house and keep the conversation going.

But I suspect people will object if I head to the bathroom while on Zoom...

 

[Trailblazer]

There's still lots of room for improvement (I've still not made any friends here), but it's getting better. And I make tons more money than I've ever made driving people around (ride"share"). Even treated my car to some goodies recently. And it sparkles and shines inside and out, and with many angles and lighting conditions the color is "the surrounding world."
And my next step will be getting to LA, for school and needed health insurance. I may also get back into my field of psychology if I can find a place I want to work for (I make too much money otherwise for the stress).
And I'm enjoying better quality things, amassing more clothes, and becoming me.

I am so glad to hear that things are getting better for you. As I recall, Covid-19 has been causing you much grief.

 

[Trailblazer]

Zoom confuses me, too.

I like the phone. We can talk, and I can walk around, and do stuff. I can even leave the house and keep the conversation going.

But I suspect people will object if I head to the bathroom while on Zoom...

I feel the same way about the phone. Other than in person I only want to talk on the phone. Zoom is like people in your house.

I cannot go outside because I have a land line corded phone, but I can walk around the house because the cord is verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry long.

 

[Trailblazer]

That's not when I became more talkative. It was before that.

Okay then, it could be the drugs.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I am so glad to hear that things are getting better for you. As I recall, Covid-19 has been causing you much grief.

The lock downs were frustrating and slowing things down, but I'm getting back to where I was.

 

[JustGeorge]

I feel the same way about the phone. Other than in person I only want to talk on the phone. Zoom is like people in your house.

I cannot go outside because I have a land line corded phone, but I can walk around the house because the cord is verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry long.

That's cool! I meet few people these days that like the phone.

 

[Trailblazer]

That's cool! I meet few people these days that like the phone.

Most people like their cell phones but not land lines, especially corded ones

Those two new iphones I got in June are still in the box. It took an act of congress just to transfer my phone numbers from Verizon to xfinity mobile and have the Verizon service cancelled, but I have no idea how to activate the iphones. Luckily one of our old cell phones is still working with one of the phone numbers that was transferred to my xfinity mobile account. I do not even want to use the stupid iphones so I am going to the xfinity store as soon as I have time to see if they can reactivate my other old cell phone. Meanwhile we have one cell phone and since my husband never goes out we don't need two cell phones.

 

[JustGeorge]

Most people like their cell phones but not land lines, especially corded ones

Those two new iphones I got in June are still in the box. It took an act of congress just to transfer my phone numbers from Verizon to xfinity mobile and have the Verizon service cancelled, but I have no idea how to activate the iphones. Luckily one of our old cell phones is still working with one of the phone numbers that was transferred to my xfinity mobile account. I do not even want to use the stupid iphones so I am going to the xfinity store as soon as I have time to see if they can reactivate my other old cell phone. Meanwhile we have one cell phone and since my husband never goes out we don't need two cell phones.

I've got a flip phone. We thought about a land line, but it was too expensive.

 

[Trailblazer]

I've got a flip phone. We thought about a land line, but it was too expensive.

Flip phones, I have not seen those in years.

We get the land line as part of the xfinity triple play package (phone + TV + internet) so it does not cost much extra. I have to have a land line since we are in the country and the cell phone does not work very well inside the house and I need a phone for incoming work phone calls.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I've got a flip phone. We thought about a land line, but it was too expensive.

That's how I got my first cell phone. Moved out of my parents amd the plan was my roommates and I would split landline, but we quickly learned a cell phone is cheaper than a landline.

 

[Trailblazer]

Since I started this thread I am going to say something about my lifestyle -- creatures everywhere, inside and outside! All I do is see and hear creatures. I am somewhat conflicted over whether I like all the outdoor creatures or not, but they are here to stay since they have taken over my entire property! And I worry that if we ever moved who would feed and water them, and that is one reason I cannot move.

 

[Aupmanyav]

As that passage says, you get "days of blissful joy, of heavenly delight." You cannot get that without a belief in God.

Delight is delight. 'Heavenly delight' and 'blissful joy' seem to be an advertising blurbs, like heavenly ice-cream. Is this how you sell your brand?

 

[infrabenji]

Do you like your lifestyle?

If so, why do you like it? If not, why don’t you like it?

Have you ever thought of changing your lifestyle?

Have you ever tried to change your lifestyle?

Have you ever been successful in changing your lifestyle? If so, were you happier?

Thanks, Trailblazer.

Hi @Trailblazer! Great question. Yes, I love my lifestyle. In both my professional and personal life I’m having an awesome time and doing well. I did change my lifestyle quite a bit some time ago after I got divorced. But those were all good changes. Sorry to brag lol. Hope you’re doing well. Talk soon.

 

[Sand Dancer]

Yes, and we have no mortgages.

The first house was our former residence where we lived for 17 years but we moved because we had too many cats for a house that size and because my husband did not like having only a wood stove for heat. We had just paid it off when we moved.

We bought the house we live in how in 2008 because we needed a bigger house and it has central heat. We kept the other house and made it into a rental but it has been a major nightmare off and on since 2009. We had some good tenants but mostly bad ones, but I have learned some hard lessons so the last two have been excellent.

The third house we bought in 2010 with the intention of making it a vacation home and as an investment since I got it as a foreclosure for a third of the market value. I was looking to the future, towards retirement in 10 years. I had lost my job eight years before that and got demoted to a job with much lower pay because of state budget cuts so I knew I would need extra income for retirement. However, the same day we closed on the vacation house I got a new job back in my field although I had to work my way up the pay scale all over again.

The third house never became a vacation house for us to use because I never had time to deal with all that would it entail to rent it to vacationers so we rented it as a monthly rental. I have only had three different tenants renting it because the one who lives there now has been there since 2013. However he has always been behind on his rent which has caused me an inordinate amount of stress. I only allowed him stay because he kept promising to pay his debt but he never got caught up. Then with Covid and the eviction moratorium he has paid no rent since June 2020 so he owed me $18,000! Fortunately, the county rental assistance program is going to pay all of that even though he does not deserve it. I have been working on getting that money since March. They will pay his rent through the end of August but he will owe rent starting in September and I am going to insist he pay or vacate. Enough is enough.

So interesting. I can't even get my husband to agree to being snowbirds. Good luck with your difficult renter.

 

[syo]

Do you like your lifestyle?

Yup.

 

[Martin]

I'm retired, it's great to have more time for hobbies, and not having to rush around.

 

[Trailblazer]

Delight is delight. 'Heavenly delight' and 'blissful joy' seem to be an advertising blurbs, like heavenly ice-cream. Is this how you sell your brand?

I am not trying to sell anything, even though buyers keep knocking on my door asking me about my product.