Not sure if that makes sense, but it is very difficult to say your why is your family and then miss a dinner to go work on a property deal (granted that helps get to a long term goal it completely misses the short term goal of the why in the moment).

We did a lot of Sunday dinners, free childcare, and even rent assistance as needed.

Spending time at my parents cottage, thrift shopping, gardening with my son, and listening to the BP podcasts while making dinner or washing dishes.

I take every opportunity to connect with new people, I tell everyone what I do, and I go to every meetup and dinner and beer dabbler and whatever that I can fit in.  

Last month I think a landlord got killed by tenant in Washington (State).But when it comes to shooting in Class D inner cities. 

Most restaurant dinners exceed 2000 calories easy, with a great desert perhaps 3000, which is more than you should eat in an entire day at my age.

But I can tell you my wife and I have not eaten out when at our home base more than 10 times in the last year and NEVER dinner only lunch when we are at our subdivision working.   

Not even enough to take my self to a nice dinner. 

When you go to the grocery store do you say "hey, I'm gonna buy groceries here every week so how about you give me 25% off" or when you go to Applebee's do you tell them since your buying 4 dinners you need 10% off?

@Wendy Pitre can’t get a good dinner in SF for 20m :)