A couple of friends(#17)
Oh man, today’s morning was terrible. I could not wake up my brain for more than 1h for some reason. After that I had a ton of cleaning up to do around the house. I hate when that happens. My daughter was watching cartoons almost the whole morning. It really made me feel terrible after. Hope it does not repeat or i have to think of a better way to do both. OK, Complaining over, now to the main part. :)
Today we visited a couple which we are becoming friends with. Being an expat, getting to know people gets easy but forming relationships with any long-term prospect is really hard. I learned this over the past 2 years. Things are very smooth and easy at the beginning but I noticed that everyone is just very kind and polite. Not necessarily a real friend. I was often willing to go and form a deeper relationship but it is rarely the case for others.
This couple, or better to say family because they also have a daughter. They are just great. Some of the first people we met that were willing to connect, hang out, were of similar age and mindset to us... We met trough me and the husband. We started working together and just got along very well. Then we noticed that we are in similar life situations, both just about to become fathers, wife/girlfriend is home taking care of the child... We could relate to each other.
Long story short. They recently moved into a new house and we visited. It is a really nice place a bit outside the city. They are super happy and it is kind-of their dream house. It is very nice to see them so happy and settled and comfortable.
I also hope we can make a similar move soon as our place is more practical and more central to the city but relatively small. It is cosy I would say but could get crowded in a few years when there are 2 kids running around instead of 1 and both start getting bigger.
More and more I am thinking of ways to progress faster towards financial freedom. I saw a video today of a very experienced real-estate business person doing a challenge where he started with no cache and in 1 week managed to get deals for sub-renting 2 properties. Basically offering a fixed rent to the owner and renting them out online via booking.com, airbnb.com and similar sites. He also put into place services for cleaning and other things making the whole thing somewhat a risky plan but a very passive way of making income. Sounds amazing. I hope my projects also turn a profit soon. working on it a lot.
(06.01.2019.)