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Welcome to I island
4 months ago
I live and work by the beach, Windward Oahu. I’m out in the sun and sand everyday. Also spent a lot of time on South East Asian island beaches.
How to live by the beach
It made me
Ecstatic! 
"The ocean sounds are so soothing!"
How I did it: I decided that I wanted to live near water. I didn't know anything about any of the beach communities in my state. So I started telling anyone and everyone about my goal and started gathering information... why it's great, why it's not (I didn't listen to them and I'm glad I didn't!), what towns are nice, are they family towns, older, youthful??
Once I had an idea of the area, I started looking online for prices. I made a sample budget to see if I could truly afford it. I couldn't and feel comfortable. So I needed more money. But how? I looked at my salary and compared it to what other people doing my job were making. It didn't compare. I could've been making at least 10,000 more a year.... which would afford me beach living!
As I started looking at other things I was qualified to do, I started on a new career path that has tripled my salary : )
I moved to the beach 1 1/2 years after I started this whole process. It is amazing to watch the sunrise and go for walks by the water. I open my windows and listen to the rushing waves... I watch them from my window. I am so happy that this goal put me on a new path to finding a great job and living in an amazing community!!
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8 months ago
I grew up right next to the beach in Orange County, CA. It’s a wonderful place to be when you’re a kid! A lot of fun memories out there in the sun. It’s hard to find time to get out there once you’re older. I’m going to make more of an effort to appreciate it regularly, though :)
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one day this will happen.
14 months ago
This is definately one of those ‘things to do before you die’ things.
Id do anything, work in some crap shop forever if i could live by the sea. So i could see the waves when its stormy and eat seaside fish and chips, well chips sometimes. Jerry could be a seaside cat. It could rain and i wouldnt care cause it would look lovely. And there would be ice cream shops and kids in their wellies and macs. Yeah ok, i know exactly where I want to live.
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18 months ago
I am going to start looking at rentals by the beach. I live in a very expensive area and need to save more money so moving to a suburb by the beach would solve that. Another one of my goals is to spend more time at the beach! 2 birds, 1 stone. (do not get comfused with 2 girls, 1 cup hahah)
gosh
20 months ago
it’s my dream slash goal..
by the beach on Long Island..
View of the ocean right out the window..
I would be in love with it forever..
I just love being around the water..
I love the ocean..
Living by the beach
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It’s not always what it’s cracked up to be. You think you would go to the beach everyday—but you don’t. You have to work. Plus you always get sand in your car.
