Originally Posted by
AxelWolf
Originally Posted by
mickeycrimm
Can't remember exactly. I bought it at 90K and it had around 200K when I sold it. Had it for 26 months. This year the travel won't be so heavy. I'm starting to slow down on it. I'll be hitting the big seven zero next month.
I envy your drive and work ethic. I couldn't(I could, but just not motivated) do what you do now, even 1O years ago, and you're 20 years+ my senior. I love my home, wife, animals, friends, hobbies, and relaxing and chilling too much.
No one can do everything. Mickey does what he does through great interest and motivation, and at an acceptable cost; much in the same way we all wonder what it would be like walking in his shoes every time he writes about his experiences. There isn't one person who reads about it that doesn't daydream.
The problem is we all age. I would imagine mickey had been a "hard-drinking mess of a man" in his younger days, which has a lore all its own. That eventually caught up with him, and it's amazing how he's been able to keep his foot on the gas after going thru a correction.
Those things you mention--home, wife, animals, friends (& I'll add family), hobbies, and especially the relaxing part: it would take an unusual and grizzled man to be able to just give that stuff up. Yet it becomes a bit chaotic when you try to do too much. I'm 4 years mickey's senior, but I still do a shit ton of driving because we find enjoyment in doing so, and I'm blessed with the ability to still be able to do it without issue. The trade-off comes in the form of dealing with the resulting cobwebs of purpose. So no....if you're at peace with what you do and why--just as mickey so obviously is--you are not doing the wrong thing.
BTW--in the Fezzik bio you'll notice how he finds NFL betting success by "focusing on only 5 games per week". I guess he remembers our battles on LVA Sports, and my success with the Singer Five, and why it was always only 5, back then. He learned well.
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