You can build a starter shanty, easy-peasy. Just lean a couple of wooden pallets together, binding them with some wire. Boom! You’ve got an A-frame shanty house.
If you want more luxury, you could salvage some scrap plywood. You might scrounge up a plastic tarp to keep the rain out. Ideally, some corrugated metal could serve as the roof. Now, you’re building a more comfortable, spacious abode.
But who wants to live in a shanty? No plumbing, no electricity, dirt for a floor. That’s not ideal.
Perhaps you can picture yourself in a more comfortable home. In your mind’s eye, you see a place filled with amenities, furnishings, finished floors, air conditioning, and a durable roof.
If you can imagine a bigger, more comfortable residence, maybe—just maybe—you could find a way to build it.
Today, you may be living in an A-frame shanty, but that doesn’t preclude you for envisioning a mansion.