DRINKING WITH SPIRITS OF PUMA PUNKU

Greetings,

I’m writing this at 8:40am and I just recently woke up, this is a monumental sleep in here on Little Corn Island and probably helps because I went to bed filled with spirits while enjoying the company of the spirits of Puma Punku. You see, I’ve moved into my new house and when I visited Puma Punku on iBC business, I bought some coasters.

I always said I’d put those coasters in my house sometime and now they are. Considering I left Ottawa just over six years ago, I can’t believe I now have a house in the Caribbean. My own house, mortgage free and built of solid 6″ cement blocks. I used to call it “The Cottage” but I realized, it’s not a cottage, it’s a fort! So yes, I’m writing you from “The Fort”.

It’s a small house, 25 x 25ft with a 14 x 5ft patio in the front and an 8 x 6″ bathroom. What’s insane is this increasingly expensive holiday destination is now officially home! It’s also the cheapest place on the planet for me to just exist and go about passing my time on this wonderful planet for as little or as much time as I so please. I just can’t believe that it’s basically done, especially considering how much work and energy it took to get done.

My other house should have the second floor poured later this week and it looks incredible. It’s 36ft x 34ft with 10ft ceilings and since it’s on a slope near the very top of the hill, we built up five feet to level in the front. From the second floor which is yet to be poured, I can see the entire south end of the island and that’s not even the main view I was going for. I literally have ~110 degrees of Caribbean Sea for my view and it’s not just a little bit, I can see the turquoise inside the reef.

Who would of thought, all this resulted form taking some insanely big risks but most importantly, not giving up. When I was back home in 2011 before leaving for Nicaragua,  I had traveled for ~two years and spent most of my nest egg. It was a dark time in my parent’s basement losing a few hundred dollars a few times a day on fucking insane FAZ and VXX trades. Fuck I was an out of control degenerate gambler but that comes with the territory of willing to take on balls to the walls risk.

The pressure to get a job and “get serious with life” was there so when a friend said “Hey, I found a $148 one way ticket to Nicaragua, wanna go?” I jumped on it. Who knew I’d end up here, I’d keep pushing forward doing what I wanted which was traveling and writing on my stupid blog at the time which was just a massive time sink. I loved writing the blog but there was nothing from it.

I remember one time in Romania or Moldova I was talking to this girl at a hostel and shit got a little deeper than usual. She was talking about money and I was like “I have this blog directory I should be working on but I just keep writing this blog, imagine if I put that time into my business?” Little did I know, I was making a business and one that’s funding this entire project and beyond.

I digress.

Anyways, I bought these couches which are really small and I had serious buyers regret but they came in and fit perfectly. My house is setup and no photos because I’m lazy and I’m on a 2G connection aka Edge. It took me a few minutes to load this page but I figured I’d share when feeling inspired and now is one of them, just so tired. My house is my new toy and when I get home be it at 8pm or midnight, I’m just hanging out in my house and laughing like a lunatic in disbelief.

I’d go but I’m going to cross a field and drink some coffee at a friend’s place. I’ve also decided to start making Sunday a day of rest where I don’t think about anything unless I need to and I usually don’t need to. Life is so simple here and I love it. I have a bike that is pretty sweet called “Ghost Rider” by the locals and that’s my ride. So much less hassle than having to pay for car repairs or a lease if you didn’t think the whole process through.

If you don’t know what you want exactly, ignore all those fucking people saying you need to see what you want. Just go open for things because this whole setup is way cooler than anything I ever could have imagined while sitting in a stale office alone with my coffee breath and thoughts.

Tips hat,

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