Falling in love with my home again
March 16, 2009
For most of my life I’ve trained myself to look ahead: This is nice, but what is the next thing I want? College is fun, but what comes next? This job is fine, but how can I make more money? I bought this house, but one day I’ll buy a better, bigger one. I’ve gotten into a pattern of always looking ahead, always planning and goal-setting. It’s kind of addicting… to set goals and reach them, but I think it makes me sort of manic: constantly antsy and unsatisfied. I’ll surely never stop goal setting, but in the last few weeks I’ve started to become aware of the simple beauty of life, and love, and nature, and I’ve re-evaluated they TYPES of goals I’m setting… less materialistic and more around personal and professional growth.
It’s probably completely counter-productive of me to bring this up as a Realtor, but I’ll be candid and tell you I’m rethinking the “bigger house” goal. First of all, our place is a really cute little house on a great street in Cambrian (San Jose). My neighbors are absolutely amazing… so supportive (we recently had our dog Phoebe put down, and they were so supportive – bringing over gifts and offering kind words). Plus, our local elementary school is phenomenal (Sartorette – Cambrian School District), and there are lots of kids in the neighborhood. There are so many people that struggle with either bad neighborhoods or bad neighbors, or who truly have outgrown their current place. We are so blessed that none of these are issues. On top of that, our house has a great floor plan - very open with a good sized eat-in kitchen and room for a dining table. We have hardwood floors and good sized bedrooms. We have a huge front yard which we plan to put a picket fence around in a couple weeks. It’ll make an awesome play area for Grant and will be great for play dates and birthday parties.
So now that I’m falling in love with my house again, I’m looking at “her” with new eyes, and I’m not so sure I’m willing to part with her yet… why mess with something that works so well?
