Okay, so I have been thinking about this for a while and I think very much want to live in San Franciso. But I would also need to be able to make very regular visits to the east coast. (With some extra time to travel other places occasionally, too.) Which would mean I’d need an affordable place to live (in a non-lethal area, please), a lot of time flexibility (an ideally lots of time flexibility so I could do creative projects), and I’d need to find a way to afford the back and forth travel. Whether that’s through becoming someone’s Kato Kaelin, house sitting, just getting good rent, being gifted a house, free airline points, getting some tip-offs from acquaintances in the travel industry, receiving massive windfalls of cash, or some other solution…well, I won’t say it’s irrelevant, because I’d love boatloads of cash most, but I’m open to any solution.

Given I’m not rich (yet), I just can’t figure out how to make this idea work. And I’ve been tossing it around in my brain for almost a year now. I need some help. Any ideas or suggestions? What could I do? How could I make all this possible?

In a best case scenario, I’m not looking for extremely general, daydream ideas like “you could get invited to be caretaker of a rich person’s house while they’re in Europe for two years;” or “you could find a writer’s retreat that will house and feed you for a year.” I am really in need of moving to the next step–I need some real, practical solutions for how to FIND that rich person, or that retreat (just two of many examples).

I’ve always been such a resourceful person, and I find myself at a loss. And this frustrates me. I’m hoping if I put my wish out to the universe, the universe will find a way to answer me.

The universe, and you, that is. Any and all ideas and offers will be most welcome.