It is much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion, and unchecked desire. Epictetus 55 – 135 A.D. I want to discuss a growing trend that’s been taking place around the country: the proliferation of self-storage businesses. It seems that these things just keep cropping up, and apparently, they do very well. And if you study residential housing, the size of the single family home has also increased. The standard house now is described as 3, 2 and a den: that’s three bedrooms, two baths and a den. …
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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost 1874 – 1963 We’re all familiar with the saying “money can’t buy happiness.” But do you believe it? I suspect the answer is no. If you truly believed it, why would you spend so much of your time and energy trying to acquire money for material things? Part of the answer lies in our primitive drives. One of the strongest instincts is survival, and a few thousand years ago, having sufficient food and shelter was …
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