The Itty Bitty NOVA VW Committee

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I do have a personal long-term goal of not having a mortgage payment by the time my daughter is out of high school (~16 more years).

Sell everything and live on a boat in Mexico. Problem solved.

Then real life hits.  We have wild dreams of moving to the beach as soon as Eli graduates High School (yes I realize he is 10 months old).  Then you realize you are leaving your aging parents and you won't be around your child's children and family.

Not everyone has the need to for a geographically tight knit family. I moved to the other side of the country, in part, to get away from my family. For me, moving away from my parents ain't no thang and there's no guarantee my kid is going to want to be where I am. That and 1) my parents will likely not be alive to see him graduate college, and 2) I'm probably going to die before he has kids. I sacrificed my own desires for my family for 30 years. Never again. That said, my goal is to retire by the time my kid graduates college, sell our house, then live like nomads traveling the world. Not everyone has the same goal as me, though.