Never Again.

I don’t often say “what’s the worst that can happen“?

I’m not sure why I don’t, but I’ve now firmly landed in the camp that thinks that the question is a challenge to the universe to make sure you find out exactly what the worst that could happen is – especially for those things that you were being a little short sighted on. I will be more cautious in the future.

In this particular instance, the worst that could happen could be that I didn’t get any better motivation to write in my blog after I deleted it than before I deleted it. And maybe that I ended up paying another year of renewals and hosting fees for nothing. Perhaps it was that no one even noticed that I wasn’t writing it any more nor did anyone notice that I promised to restart and … that then no one noticed that I didn’t.

Oh well. In the grand scheme of things, none of that was surprising… and there was no dwelling…. I only just built that little list on the fly while I typed and contemplated the next direction.

As far as consequences for dumb questions go, this is pretty minor…. however, I’m afraid that some of the other things that came after that question, might mean the Universe doesn’t know that you mean “ONLY for this one thing, specifically, what is the worst that can happen if I do this specific thing, NOT what are the worst things that can happen in life? SHOW ME”

What’s the Worst that Could Happen?

I’m not asking. Note the lack of the question mark at the end of the statement… which makes it a statement and not a question because I really am not inviting anyone or anything to provide an answer.

So, since I’ve established that no one reads the blog or is out looking for me I’ve decided to take it in another direction.

Instead of being all about my van and my life in it and the building of it, I’m going to make it more just about me and my life as something of a memoir/journal style thing… IF I can actually conjure the motivation to write.

In this journal I AM going to also discuss “Van Life” and “Van Building” and even “Road Trips” but it will be as part of my life experience rather than a focus.

Also qualifying as ‘parts of my life experience’ are;

• Being a Senior Citizen
• Being the parent of 20 somethings while being a Senior
• Being Canadian in the Trump era
• Alcohol Use Disorder and how it impacts my life
• Freedom 70? (as opposed to the pie in the sky dream of freedom 55)
• Sukha the scared cat
• Becoming a lesbian at 53
• And probably a lot of other things that should be reserved for my therapist – but since no one is here but me, it doesn’t matter.

Note: Because I’m going to be discussing things that don’t only belong to me (my life, my family, my job, …) no real names will be used unless I’m referring to a public figure or personality.

So, that’s me…. here at ShoestringManor trying something new again.

Wish me luck.

May 26, 2026

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