I was 34 when I bought my house - all the best wishes to you: if you can save some money, I see no reason why you couldn't reach your dreams =)

Also, I have had (and still have in a slighter degree) that kind of problems with socializing. But over the years I have learned to better deal with it. And the more I have learned to openly talk about my internal weaknesses, the easier it feels to be with people - it seems that it has helped me to find people with whom I feel comfortable. Also, many of my friends are here partly because they sense that it is easy to be around my place - here nobody needs to prove anything, I'm not judging nor attacking people's personalities, yet I'm doing things my way and always telling my opinion honestly.

So, yeah, who knows - maybe during the years you can also find a small bunch of good people who would like to sometimes visit your place when you find one =) Or then you can just sometimes escape the solitude and go out seeing people. All in all - I think it is very wise of you to see the possible problems with loneliness - it is a real issue which needs to be addressed in a way or another.

And thank you very much for the future invitation =) My world is rather slow-paced, so please do remember me even if it takes five or ten years to find your place.

(oh, to be precise, in the video that body of water is not actually a river, but a lake which just narrows to a lagoon-like bay. I keep my boat near the strait which connects the bay to the bigger lake.)