Our plans, decisions, and adventures
We reached a couple of home-themed milestones last week--both positive, but each with quite different emotional impact. First, our condo—the only property we still own—is now on the market. Though a significant checkpoint, it is a bit anticlimactic since the housing market here is very sluggish, and signing the listing papers might be the most action our... Continue Reading →
No longer is Life Phase Next just a dream. This week I clicked the button that committed us to our first target location—Quito, Ecuador, arriving on September 6, 2016. We had been hoping to use some British Airways Avios points that had been building up since our big trip to Africa a few years back, but thought... Continue Reading →
Following up on the plans I wrote about in my last post, And now the real work begins, we have taken the first carload to Good Will, and sold the first few items on kijijii. The most time-consuming project, though, was eliminating all of our printed recipes and cookbooks. I had discarded lesser-used cookbooks and past issues... Continue Reading →
January. 2016. The beginning of another year of major change. About two months ago, we made the big decision to eliminate most of our home-related possessions—including our home—to eliminate the cost and effort of maintaining two places while we meander about the world. We decided not to take any action until after our vacation and the holidays, but now here we are... Continue Reading →
What we know after a week in Placencia, Belize We had done our homework by searching the Internet and reading as much as we could about where to grocery shop in Placencia. We knew that we could pick up inexpensive produce at several markets, but to look for Greg's truck by the soccer field almost... Continue Reading →
I'm not very good at small talk, and getting to know new people is a challenge for me. I can manage, but I always feel a bit awkward. (Luckily, Ken is completely the opposite and can strike up an easy conversation with just about anybody.) I realize that becoming nomadic, or even semi-nomadic, will necessitate... Continue Reading →
I really wasn't looking for work yet. I was just getting used to the idea that we were going to start our Phase Next a little earlier than planned, and that now I had time to start working on preparations. But a month after being cut from the job that I was expecting to transition into... Continue Reading →
We have been struggling with the following, interrelated questions: Do we spend only six months of the year away from Canada, our home country, in order to keep our medical coverage active? If we come back to Canada for six months, which province do we come back to? We have siblings, parents and friends in... Continue Reading →
Life is a series of phases, and we've passed through many. We're a couple of baby boomers who prefer to live a life less normal. And right now, life is feeling far too normal. It's time to figure out what's next and then go there. See Our Story for more about us.
Life has a way of throwing pie in your face. Sometimes it stings, sometimes it introduces you to a yummy new taste to savor, and sometimes it does both. At the beginning of October 2015, we were just beginning the 10-month planning stage of what was to be our triumphant leap out of the full-time workforce and into Phase... Continue Reading →
Just left: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Now: Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia, Canada
Up next: Vancouver area British Columbia, Canada
Life: Phase Next 