It looks like this is going to become an interesting life for me. I've had my mid life crisis. I am out of the helicopter industry now. I'm 54 years old and no longer have employment. I have worked since I was 14 years old. My wife and I sold our home and used the proceeds to pay off our debt. We lived in a tent for about four months this past summer. I put Oni down during the summer. He was my buddy, but more important...he was my wife's service dog of 13 years. He knew her better than anyone. His secrets went with him. We were, for lack of a better word-homeless. It was frightening at first. I was in sheer panic inside. I no longer knew how to go hustle a job. I had been doing the same type of work as a helicopter mechanic for so long that I didn't know I had any other skills. I didn't know how to talk to people outside of my 30 year area of expertise. Finally, with a lifetime of help and teaching from my wife, I relaxed a bit. I never did get a job, but I learned a very big lesson about homelessness. I won't ever look at that guy on the street corner with a sign quite the same again. I learned a lot this summer. I have a long way to go. My new life is in a rented log cabin with my wife and our younger dog, Allie. We are going to have fun with life and turn it into a business. Without all the overhead of a mortgage, a new car, new smart phones every year and all the other expensive conveniences, you don't have to make near as much to live. Doing it this way, I feel less stress already. My wife creates art. She is finally in a place where she can let her creativity out. I have gotten into wood working. I am starting to make my own things, but started doing this by taking old but nice furniture and refurbishing for resale. It's a lot of work but I am enjoying it. Good things are going to come for us down the road. I'm going to write about this new life. Take pictures, learn, work, play and live. Put it out there for the world to see. Let's have some fun together!