I’ve been playing with some options for how we will document this journey for our family. First, we have to settle on a name for our journey, and then set up all the mechanisms with which we will share our travels with our family and friends. Sharing with our family Read more…
It is December, a few days before Christmas. I have a pile of presents in my spare closet, waiting to be wrapped. My heart wavers between a sense of relief of being “done” with shopping and a sense of dread that, once again, what I’ve done is “not enough.” My Read more…
So, things are beginning to come into focus. We took our first real step this week, upgrading our truck to something capable of towing the rig we’re considering. When our oldest daughter saw this, she remarked, “Holy cow, this is real. This is happening!” It sure is, Mad; it sure Read more…
We are still doing our research on options and are using the wonderful comparison spreadsheet that Chad with Changing Lanes developed. It is such an awesome tool! Below are some of the options that are rising to the top of the pile for consideration.
This has never been our strong suit, and now we find ourselves having to exercise the flaccid muscle of our patience. Forget the agony of waiting four years; it turns out simply waiting a month-and-a-half is more excruciating. That’s when we expect an update from our financial advisor, TJ. I’m Read more…
So, It Begins… Four years is an eternity. Four years is a blink. We’ve set our sights on four years from today, unless our financial advisor tells us something different. It seems like an impossible dream, and yet at the same time, we watch countless YouTube videos of others who Read more…
This is our first step. Does saying a thing out loud make it so? I think, in some ways, it does. It’s a declaration of intent, speaking a dream into existence that then allows you and the Universe to start figuring out this new puzzle. It’s a scary thing to Read more…