An Interesting Question
As Melissa prepares for a special trip with her daughter, a question was asked in a Facebook group we belong to that I found quite interesting: “Did you find you were happy with your life/job/home when you decided to travel or unhappy? In other words–were you making a major change because something was missing and you felt the travel lifestyle would be a better life for your family?” I actually remember this as being one of my...
The Year That Didn’t Suck
Around this time last year I wrote an article where I got personal and shared why I was looking forward, quite eagerly, to 2011. In that post I proclaimed 2011 to be the Year of Adventure. Did it live up to its name? Well, if you’ve been reading my posts before today you might have your own answer already formed. As a new year approaches, though, I tend to reflect over the current one. The last few years I’ve been more...
Living Better With Less
Before we left the States to begin our new life, one of my minor concerns was how I would handle living long-term in third-world countries. I’ve visited them before, even spent 3 months in Ecuador, but there’s a big difference between spending a couple of weeks or months somewhere and living there for possibly years. I wasn’t worried about Tigger as much because children seem to adapt well to their environment and...
Our 6-Month Mark!
I’ve had to double check the math a few times just to make sure it was accurate because it just doesn’t seem like we’ve been gone for 6 months already. Partly because this lifestyle feels so natural to us that the transition has been surprisingly easy. As you probably know we began our new lifestyle (can’t really call this a “trip”) with Cozumel, Mexico. We loved it there, and Tigger showed amazing...
The American Dream
When I was younger “the American dream” meant having a professional job that paid quite nicely, having a big family, living in a large house with a huge yard, a car for me and my wife each and then 1 for each child when they were old enough to drive, and a summer home in the mountains. I used to want a home at the beach as well, but living in California I saw too many stories of where those homes were almost or completely...
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