Yes. Oh, well, that's a lot, Christine. Yeah, it's a, it's a full time gig and then some. And then some. And so how will it be if you want to take a vacation?
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We have some very good friends that have offered to steward Swann House if, if we need to and for a vacation or if family emergencies arise or anything like that. Um, I don't know when that will happen or I not envisioning that happening within the first year, but we'll cross that bridge. Okay. And then let's, since we're on the topic of kind of lifestyle, let's tie this also back to the top of…
When you and your husband talked about this, what, what, what was the vision for your kind of family, for your building of wealth here? What was the, what was the kind of, the grand vision? And, and how did that convince you to, to take the plunge?
Yeah, so the grand vision was really being the masters of our own fate and, and owning this and running it and having it, having us know very well that we were the stewards of either success or failure. That was important to me.
You know, as I said before, just because of, I was ready for that in my professional career, but important for him as well. And you know, the hours are grueling, the work is hard, but at the same time, I was working 11 or 12 hours a day previously at my other job. Oh, important point.
And it wasn't necessarily for me. Right. It was for, for another client or for someone else. So I think for him and I, it was really important that our sweat equity is put into something that's ours.
And I know that's a common theme on, on this podcast and that I've heard with Other guests. So that was the grand vision. And I think we could see where family was incorporated into that sweat equity as opposed to trying to dissect and separate, okay, I'm going to work a 70 hour week and then that this is what that means then for the kids.
Right. This is much more integrated. And I think we, we were striving for that. So in fact, the, in fact that the, there's no longer a bright red line between work and home life is a feature, not a bug. Yeah, yeah.
And the. So, so I guess we've already talked about the real estate sacrifice, if you will, that you're living in 500 square feet. And the, the answer is that you actually allow yourselves to spread out through the entire place. Okay. And anything more to say about your kids and how you thought that this would impact them?
Not that it's like some huge, enormous, horrible sacrifice or something, but it's a different, it's a, it's a, it's a particular lifestyle. And anything more about how they fit. In, I would just say, you know, I, I think it is important to acknowledge and own that the fact that they can't run around the house or the fact that they have to always defer to guests and be mindful of their presence is…
And so we do have days where I can take an afternoon and they get to choose whatever they want. They get to be as loud as they want.
Right. My daughter at this point is making us go bowling every Sunday afternoon. So either my husband and, or, or me will take her. And you know, we just, we try to afford them the opportunities of, of being the master of their fate and their environment where we can.
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