Have you ever wanted to sell all of your stuff, buy a RV and just get out of this rat race we call life?
Well that's exactly what my fiance and I decided to do earlier this week!
I know what your thinking, that's CRAZY, right?
Maybe it is!?! But we only get one shot at this life so we thought we might as well try to enjoy it.
I definitely don't want to look back on my life and regret not trying new, exciting things that are potentially much more fulfilling than working myself into retirement.
I've always wanted to travel the world, but as I got into my 30s I started to give up on that dream thinking I had missed my window to be young and dumb.
Apparently I didn't miss anything, I just showed up late ;)
We really want to travel the entire world eventually, but we have to start somewhere.
We decided to start by seeing what America has to offer.
Although we have both lived here our entire lives, like most we have barely explored anything the states have to offer.
One of the biggest list we have is to see ALL of the national parks in the country!
I think there are 54 parks in all, so we won't be able to hit them all the first time around but its an awesome goal.
We are so excited to try new foods, experience different cultures and being closer to nature.
We plan to donate a lot our time helping people and spreading happiness as much as possible.
We've decided we want to "be the change we want to see in the world"
There is nothing more exciting to me then having new experiences, meeting new people and trying new things.
I believe life is made up of memories and experiences, not by money or by materialistic things.
In that sense, this action of selling most of our material items makes us truly rich.
But just in case that doesn't feed us, I better step up my blog game on steemit! lol ;)
The best part of this is we want to share it ALL with our steemit friends!
There will be plenty of blog entries, photography and videos to keep every feeling like they are on this journey with us modern day hippies! So follow me and get ready for the adventure of a lifetime!
Peace, Love and all that hippie shit
Great post!
Thanks! :) glad u enjoyed it
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Agreed, thats why I plan on promoting steemit a lot while i travel. Its a win win situation for everyone!
Brilliant !!!
so excited for you guys!
i'm actually looking to do the same thing! lol may seem crazy, however tomorrow never comes so seize now, enjoy and embrace existence. we are meant to live and experience this life, not be a slave!
Thanks! I hope u get to travel too!
We tried to save up the money for a while and just couldnt seem to ever save enough in this terrible economy.. Then we realized if we just let go of our house then we would be free from all the debt (slavery) and we could actually start enjoying life being truly free ;) sometimes u just gotta jump in with both feet and let the universe take care of the rest. Good luck ;)
the universe always seems to have perfect timing even though we sometimes feel otherwise. who knows, maybe we'll cross paths as we're adventuring around lol!
Yes, yes it does!
And maybe we will ;) crazier things have happened!
As fellow traveler spending much of my money to visit Australia and blog about it. I get exactly what you mean. I am going to follow you out of true interest and tips/tricks. Learn from your mistakes or successes aswhile as improve my own postings!
Best of luck to you both and if you ever make it to the UK your welcome to come and have a bath and a hot meal at wor hoose. I for one will follow your progress
That is so kind, THANK YOU. We do hope to one day backpack through Europe, hopefully sooner rather than later as I'm not getting any younger lol. I followed you back because we definitely will take you up on that offer if we do make it across the pond ;) experiences are so much more exciting when you get to enjoy it with the locals!
I'm glad you are following your dream - so I will follow you :)
Thank you for the kind words. I see you are relatively new to steemit still, so welcome :) I hope you enjoy it.
I love it. I will do this some day soon. I wish you well on your travels!
You must be one of the nicest people in the world to comment so nicely on my material after I was so rude to you in a past post. I just want to say thank you for being such a GREAT person, if everyone was like you this world would be so much better. I followed you and look forward to reading some of your material. Take care and thanks again :)
Some say that this idea of yours is crazy, but then again it is your life. You must live with it according to the way you want it. Im so excited to hear your wonderful journey as you travel along.
I agree, every ones path is unique to ones self. and I hope the path less traveled is the one for me. ;)
I see that you travel as well and wow you have some amazing articles! I followed you so I can check them out better once all this craziness of packing and moving settles. Thanks for the encouragement and kind words, take care.
Oh thank you. I also followed you. I hope you will really enjoy your journey while making articles or blog entries here on steemit.
That sounds like a lot of fun! I am sure you will enjoy your time. We sold most of our stuff and moved to Panama. :) I hope that you'll get to accomplish a lot of the items on your list. Enjoy!! I look forward to more posts about it!
That sounds wonderful! What made you choose Panama?
I see you are an expat, I respect that. I took a peak at ur profile and saw that we are on the same page about stuff so followed you. Its always nice to find like minded people!
Thanks for the encouragement :) Take care
Oh nice! Thanks for the reply. I plan to do a post soon about why we chose Panama! There were quite a few reasons - new culture for the kids, learn Spanish, family oriented culture, job reasons, and lots more. My husband researched for a year before deciding on Panama and at first, I was very against it. But now I really like it here. We have been here 6 months and already have settled in pretty well.
wow, how exciting! how are you doing on learning a new language? is it easier since you are surrounded by it, or do lots of people speak english there? sorry bout all the questions, maybe i should just wait for ur post ;)
Ask away. I'm always happy to answer questions about our crazy life. The good thing about Panama is A LOT of people speak at least some English and there are quite a few that speak lots of it. I already speak Spanish (it was my major in college and I taught it for 6 years at a 1st year level). My husband and kids do not speak Spanish, so they are slowly learning. If we had Spanish speaking friends for them to play with, it would be better and faster, but we live in a neighborhood where kids don't live at the moment. My husband is picking it up slowly through talking to contractors as we work on fixing up our house. :)
I 'dropped out' at 22, spent 25 years traveling the world ( 3 years in a camper van around europe).
I now live in SE Asia (I'm from the UK.)
My only regret?
Not doing it a few year earlier! lol
Good luck matey!
Thats so awesome! I hope my travels last that long! What was ur favorite place to travel?
Im going to follow u because im sure i will have a lot of questions about being on the road ;)
there are no favorite places - every one is, for a different reason, for different times in your life -if you see what mean?
Ask away, if I can point you in the right direction, I will..
Awesome. We sold and moved to Belize. As soon as we're set here, we wil. Start traveling again with this as home base.
Thats so cool! What made you choose Belize? I hope one day make a move to an island or coastal region, but that is in the distant future.
anyhow, I checked out your profile quick and followed you, I'm definitely going to go back and read some of your material.
Awesome. Thank you! I hope you enjoy what you read.
I chose Belize because I came here in college and fell in love with it. There are lots of diverse cultures, and an astounding diversity of ecosystems. There are mountains and Savannah and mangroves and pine forests and jungle and islands and reef. It's amazing. I say God made Belize last. After this, I can't imagine what else there could be. I think that's how you know you're home.
Wow, u sure paint a beautiful picture of Belize, it sounds absolutely amazing! Im definitely gonna have to try to make it there one day. Until then i guess ill just have to live vicariously thru you ;) lol..
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YES! I love it! I'm so happy for you. I;m always inspired by people who commit to living life to the fullest. It's more challenging than one may think. I look forward to following your journey. :)
Thanks bud, glad you found your way over to my page. :) I always enjoy communicating with like minded people and we hope to even meet up with some along our way.
I know we will definitely face some challenges along the way, but I have devoloped a great skill set over the years and I am looking forward to some life challenges instead of work challenges.
We have almost sold everything in the house already and we plan on heading out to AZ by the middle of dec. buying an RV in feb. and taking off from there. Im so excited I can barely contain myself! Thanks for the support and I'm sure we will be in touch, take care!
I've considered a similar thing, and will likely end up doing it in the future.
I'm really happy for you. And I recognize the courage it takes to make a leap like that despite all the doubts and fears that likely haunt you.
Once you commit to doing it, though, things seem to conspire to support you. As well, whatever challenges you face you'll overcome with fierce determination because you're finally putting your effort into the life you really want.
Cheers