So this past week, my next-door neighbor had his grass taken
out and replaced with river rock. (I use the term “grass” loosely as it really
was a garden of weeds). The new landscaping looks nice—not that I feel
compelled to copy it, I like having a lawn. Still, the neighbor’s yard looks
pretty good.
I said as much to the landscaper as he was finishing up.
After thanking me, the man said my neighbor had told him he’d gotten tired of
watering and mowing and thought the rock would be easier to maintain.
This was news to me. What watering and mowing? I’ve lived
beside the guy for years and never known him to do either. He usually waits
until it gets hot, cuts down the knee-high weeds with a weed eater and that’s
that. Nothing grows again until the next year. Not that I care, it’s his house,
he can do what he wants. I just found it odd that the reasoning behind putting
in rock was to save work that he doesn’t do.
So, that got me thinking. If I could figure out a way to get
paid to save myself work that I don’t do, I could retire early. Like tomorrow.
It wouldn’t even be that difficult. And I could increase my net worth every
time I came up with something else that I didn’t do—and then find a way to not
do it better. I’d also simultaneously be increasing the amount of free time I
had. It’s a win-win!
So, if anyone needs me, I’ll be out of touch for a while,
pondering the various possibilities. They are seemingly endless. I’m not sure
why I haven’t thought of any of this before but I guess I was too busy—working.
~
Bruce
A. Borders is the author of more than a dozen books, including: Inside Room 913, Over My Dead Body, The Journey,
Miscarriage Of Justice, The Lana Denae Mysteries, and The Wynn Garrett Series. Available in ebook at www.amazon.com/Bruce-A.-Borders/e/B006SOLWQS
and
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