My bank decided to shut down all means of access to my account recently. They didn't bother to advise me on this fact. I guess they figured I'd get the message the next time I tried to access the account - which I did at a pretty inconvenient time. This is what I get for breaking my no Interac policy. Someone I know also got a card shut down on the same day after shopping at the same place I did at the same time. Lucky me, I'm not the one who got $500 stolen due to a compromised card!
Anyway, a thought that has been rolling around in the back of my mind has come to the foreground. It is all about that dreaded M-word. You know - the thing people strive to have when they're young and then spend the rest of their lives trying to get out of. That thing on which you get to spend your whole paycheque. You know - the means to get what you really wanted, and then end up spending all your time doing repairs and damage control.
You thought I was talking about marriage didn't you?
I'm talking about that other dreaded word. Mortgage...
There are so many factors to consider that by the time I finally make a decision, I won't need to borrow anyway. One of the big ones is mobility. What if I need to go to another city or country? Am I going to have a job in six months? And then there's the fact that a house is probably too big for me to take care of on my own, and besides a reasonably sized condo being too expensive, I'm not totally sold of the whole condo concept anyway.
But rent is very expensive and at the end of the day, I have naught to show for it but another day lived under a roof.
What to do, what to do...?
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