I've given up. The interest rates are ridiculous, and home prices where I want to live (anywhere in the western USA pretty much) are insanely inflated.
I know the world is full of people with similar issues, but I wonder if you're my best friend 😅 you speak like him, and he also has a hernia needs fixing.
Going with all but the water purifier. Fresh water is too easy to come by where I live. We have pristine wild rivers here, and it rains a lot. I'd be living in the forest anyway if this happened.
As an alcoholic who is actively struggling, this got a smirk out of me.