Re: Help obsessed with my boat
Must be something with you inland boaters. The sea is always calling me.
Generally, you need a reality check. In case you never stopped and thought about it after hearing it, maybe you can try this time to think about this after reading it:
LIFE IS SHORT. Now... THINK about it.
I had a dear friend pass away at a terribly young age (34 after a diagnosis at 33 that spelled death), and he was the type who did nothing but obsess over things like cars/homes, and would do dumb things such as not drive a long distance to a get-together or skip something because it was too far and he was too anal over the car or boat... or even the house. "Can't make it today, Phil."
He was the type that drove his car 6,000 miles/year and was PROUD of it (my social life alone accounts for 10k per year). He would never make a long trip to a friend's house, and he would never meet me at my boat, because he had to drive his car, or miss out on cutting the lawn on a 95-degree day. He had excuses for it all, but we know the type that won't wear out his tires. After all, tires are more valuable than life and memories, right? Just like gelcoat... nothing is as valuable as gel coat. Right?
When my buddy was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer (essentially a terminal diagnosis), it all hit him. He tried to fight the cancer and nothing became more important to him than doing things with friends and family. He wanted them/us around. He had a bass fishing boat and used to use it alone on perfect days before. No kids or no crowds or he couldn't monitor everything obsessively. But... post-diagnosis... All he wanted now was for people to join him, and to use it. Little things didn't matter anymore. His grass was not so important, and he couldn't care less about ArmorAll-ing everything. The sun was harsh on him because of his illness, and that is rich with irony, as your lifeless boat sits covered by a garage.
He lasted 11 months, but there are people around him that realized that if he would have survived, he'd have been happier and led a fuller life because of cancer.
Go make some memories....
