We will ADD to the list in order to finally get to your Number, but never TAKE AWAY … these are the non-negotiables FOR YOU.

And, yes, it means a hill of beans whether you list means anything to anybody else … but, it HAS to be critical to you – no IF’s, no BUT’s, no compromises!

Now, as to Time and Money to get there: we’ll get to that soon enough

The free time – time when I’m not tied down to working just to pay the bills – is extremely motivating because “free time” for me is time with family and friends. I don’t have a lot of that now, despite being a work-at-home mom. We’re around each other a lot, but it’s not quality time. Huge driving force for me, absolutely.

As Scott mentioned in another comment – I think everything we’re including here is wants. We could all survive with just a shed, some heat when it’s cold, food, clothing and a little love. But we’re here in this experiment because we all want more than basic survival and have bigger plans for our lives and the lives of those we touch.

And I think that WHAT we want more of is all for our personal reasons, what we see as our life’s purpose, but that the wants are so great they have almost become needs for us. I may not see your list as being necessities, you may not see mine as being necessities – but to each of us individually, we have very specific reasons for wanting/needing what we’ve included in our lists.

I’m not sure I see your purpose in there either (to Adrian’s comment and my own list earlier) – what is different from what you are envisioning from being a rich stay-at-home mom (tho not necessarily “staying” at home, of course). Perhaps a little bit more about your ideas on financing all those ideas you mentioned? Is this a real driving force for you? Or is the free time more of a driving force? Either could be enough; only need to decide how much work you’re willing to put into making THAT happen. Is it do or die for you?

… even though, y’all ain’t seen nuttin’ yet!

BTW: You’ll be struggling to get Business Class seats ‘down under’ for 2 for less than $25,000 (QANTAS will charge nearly $20k EACH)

Also, you bring up a great subject: houses. My only advice to ALL of our readers (from personal experience, here) … look for the UTILITY in a house first (what features do you NEED IN/NEAR the house? Pool? Rooms? Transport? Golf Courses? Ocean” etc.) then try and Zillow the areas/houses that seem to fit the list … THAT’S the cost that you should use.

@ Mark – People like to malign RK but he has told me a number of useful things … even if it’s only the two or three things that I can remember right now, it’s worth the $100 or so that I’ve spent on all his books:

1. “An Asset is something that puts money IN your pocket; a liability takes it OUT” – VERY POWERFUL CONCEPT

2. ‘Don’t buy a Ferrari; instead buy a low-maintenance business (e.g. self-storage) and have that PAY for your Ferrari’ – a brilliant way to turn a depreciating liability, into an appreciating asset.

3. The ‘cash flow quadrant’ diagram – STUDY IT; UNDERSTAND IT!

@ Lee – Great post by Matthew; you comment over there won’t be lonely anymore

This seems interesting is that a lot of folks aren’t willing to go the “extra mile” for what they really want.

@ AJC – I assume that there will be a lot of “extra miles” ahead of us all.

By the way my son asked the following “extra mile” question”

Question:

How has going the extra mile given you a leg up on the competition? He goes on to say “I am anxious to hear”.

If you want to read the rest of his comments on the extra mile check out our Father and Son Blog at: http://fatherandsonmastermind.wordpress.com

@ Debbie – Here’s one for you, Why would you want “that house” when you can have a better one?