Comments on: Out with the old and in with the new http://1dad1kid.com/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new/ Giving My Child the World. Inspiring Others. Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:27:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.10 By: Talon http://1dad1kid.com/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new/#comment-7755 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:27:58 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=2397#comment-7755 In reply to Mary.

I hope we get to meet up, too, Mary! That would be so freakin’ cool! And thank you! I really appreciate such a fantastic compliment.

]]> By: Talon http://1dad1kid.com/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new/#comment-7754 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:27:20 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=2397#comment-7754 In reply to Dyanne@TravelnLass.

You just never know. I think the key is being open to whatever comes. If another big dream comes, then you’re ready to go for it. Just like you’ve done. And I think that’s absolutely wonderful!

]]> By: Mary http://1dad1kid.com/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new/#comment-7735 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 05:12:01 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=2397#comment-7735 Great Talon, I really hope to meet up with you guys this year! You inspire me with each of your posts and this one was no different!

]]> By: Dyanne@TravelnLass http://1dad1kid.com/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new/#comment-7626 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:09:46 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=2397#comment-7626 About identifying that elusive “Big Dream”, Talon.

It seems my entire life has been one long (and delicious) string of “Big Dream / No Dream”s.

As a likewise single parent (but of 2 young daughters) my first “Big Dream” was to go back to school and finish a degree. Done. Took 6 years to do it and ended up with not 1, but two degrees. Then I likewise found myself again without a “Big Dream”.

Ah but it wasn’t long (after working – happily – in my field for but a few years, suddenly yet another “Big Dream” materialized before me: Start my own adventure travel company specializing in Belize and Costa Rica (which, at the time the former, few had even HEARD of). Check. Dream accomplished – indeed, fully supported me for the next 20 years.

But after 2 decades of romping through jungles and hopping amid sunny islands, even that can get a bit tiresome. So while I continued to enjoy visiting ever new lands (thanks to the perks of being “in the biz”), I again lamented that I had no “Big Dream”. Indeed, at this late stage of the game (my dd were now fully grown) I feared that there was simply no “Big Dream” big enough to surpass achieving a perpetual life of travel that many folks can only dream of.

WRONG! Now, in my “retirement” (albeit stalking orangutans in Sumatra and milking yaks in Mongolia can hardly be compared to knitting booties for my grandchildren and playing Bingo at the local Senior Center), I suddenly had yet another “Big Dream”: Move to some g-forsaken rice paddy and start a wholly new career teaching EFL in Vietnam. Uh… done – indeed, presently doing. And most certainly the adventures, the new challenges, the learning experiences not over – not by a long shot.

In short, I guess what I’m saying is – it’s natural to have plateaus of contentment even in the most wondrous life. But I have no doubt that it won’t be long before you, Talon will one day soon wake up and… some new crazy (even crazier?) new scheme will propel you forward towards yet another “Big Dream” for you and the Tig.

And meanwhile, enjoy the sweet contentment of “savoring the moment”, and likewise wishing all the best for both of you in twenty-thirteen!

]]> By: Talon http://1dad1kid.com/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new/#comment-7612 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:50:35 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=2397#comment-7612 In reply to Laura.

That’s a beautiful quote. Thank you very much! And for the kind couch offer. ๐Ÿ™‚

]]> By: Laura http://1dad1kid.com/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new/#comment-7611 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:44:03 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=2397#comment-7611 Talon, I realize you might be an atheist so please excuse the word “God” in this quote but it’s the first thing I thought of when I read your post.

โ€œThis place where you are right now,
God circled on a map for you.โ€
โ€• ุญุงูุธ

Happy New Year to you and your son. Please know if you ever wish to visit your home town you would have a strangers couch to surf if you needed it.

]]> By: Talon http://1dad1kid.com/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new/#comment-7609 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:26:05 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=2397#comment-7609 In reply to Toni.

I believe you will! Go for it, girl! ๐Ÿ™‚

]]> By: Talon http://1dad1kid.com/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new/#comment-7608 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:25:18 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=2397#comment-7608 In reply to Brendan van Son.

Yes it is! Same to you and be safe on that bike. ๐Ÿ™‚

]]> By: Talon http://1dad1kid.com/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new/#comment-7607 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:23:28 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=2397#comment-7607 In reply to Joy.

That’s very cool.

]]> By: Talon http://1dad1kid.com/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new/#comment-7606 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:22:52 +0000 http://1dad1kid.com/?p=2397#comment-7606 In reply to Kirsty.

So glad you found it as well and that it’s been inspiring for you!

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