{"id":39336,"date":"2019-05-04T09:09:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T14:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/?p=39336"},"modified":"2019-05-30T11:31:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T16:31:00","slug":"staying-put-a-series-on-why-im-renewing-my-lease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/staying-put-a-series-on-why-im-renewing-my-lease\/","title":{"rendered":"Staying Put: a Series on Why I’m Renewing My Lease"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The entrance hasn’t changed much… but for the dog bed by the door and the dog running around!<\/p><\/div>\n

My lease expires at the end of September. I did not want to spend the next months working double overtime to save enough to come up with deposits early “just in case” I would end up losing the summer to hunting for a suitable house for Bonita and myself. So I asked my landlady at the start of April if she and her husband would consider extending the lease another two years.<\/p>\n

It took 24 hours for her to reply that she had spoken with her husband and, as long as I would accept a small rental increase, they were happy to renew for two more years because of how happy and fulfilled I am here, my care of the house, and the fact that I’m always punctual with the rent payments.<\/p>\n

I felt like an enormous weight had been taken off my shoulders now that I knew I had a solid 24 months of stability ahead of me, something I haven’t experienced for more than ten years and which I feel I need at this point in my life.<\/p>\n

I wrote a very, very long post about my reasons for choosing to stay put. And then, I realised that not only did I have enough to split the post up into a series of posts, I could use this series to address a number of topics I’ve been meaning to write about that may not be directly related to the lease renewal but which address where I am in my journey right now and how I see myself going forward. I’ve not set up a timeline for when I’ll get the following posts out nor have I decided the order in which I will post them, but these are the topics I will address regarding my decision to stay put for a few more years. As I post, I will come back here and link to the post in question.<\/p>\n

Finances<\/a><\/p>\n

Bonita and the House<\/a><\/p>\n

The Location, both in M\u00e9rida and in Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n

The Neighbourhood<\/a><\/p>\n

Building Sustainable Habits\/a New Life\/a Routine<\/p>\n

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