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Question everything and embrace the possibilities

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“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw Why don’t we question more things in our lives?  Most of us tend to take on the beliefs and ideas of how to live our lives from our family and the environment we grow up in.  However, without questioning it seems [...]

Putting yourself out there

This month marks one year since we made the decision to leave our jobs and chart a new course on life.  We started this blog to document our planning process in hopes it could help future couples thinking about a similar adventure.  As the year progressed we had many discussions on how much to put [...]

Stepping out of a career

Making the decision to leave your job and career is daunting.  It requires you to face a some significant issues head on: money, pride, security, opinions of others, uncertainty, and fear.  I admit that making the decision to step off your career path and head in a new direction is not for everyone and certainly [...]

Making the Decision to Travel

It all started with some friends and a margarita.  Or three. 

And the discussion turned to travel and how we couldn’t really plan on big trips until we were retired.

Or could we?

As late 30-somethings we have been focused on career and building security for over 15 years.  We have had the luxury of some great travel, but never more than 10 days. 

  • What would it be like to travel for a year while we are in prime health? 
  • Could we interrupt our careers to do this?
  • What happens to our regular life while we are gone?

The third margarita made us bold, and we decided while walking home that we would do it – celebrate our 40th birthdays during this year of travel.  We would go everywhere, do everything!

The next morning, I wondered if our enthusiasm would hold up to the cold light of day.  And you know what?  It did.  So join us as we take the next 2 years to save and plan for our dream trip around the world.