This year the media seems like they have globed on to the idea of Living in the Moment. For many years, the media’s theme for lifestyle was Balance. I don’t know about you but trying to balance our lives just seemed to be a moving target. After all Life is … Continue reading
Category Archives: Lifestyles:
The Crown Jewel of Rails to Trails
If you have never heard of Rails to Trails, you are not alone. We first stumbled upon the association in rural St. Mary’s, Georgia where the town had made a public commitment to connecting with the Rails to Trails network. Rails to Trails Conservancy is an inspired movement. The Rails … Continue reading
Interview with RETIRE EARLY LIFESTYLE EXPERTS
We are excited to have the opportunity to introduce you to our readers. We are delighted to have Billy & Akaisha Kaderli with us via Skype today. We are doing the interview from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Billy and Akaisha are joining us as they enjoy a new chapter in … Continue reading
Happy Location Independence Day
In Honor of Independence Day, take your Independence to the next level and create a lifestyle that is location independent. We wanted to share our 4th of July in Santa Fe with you. It’s an Americana pancake breakfast at the historic plaza. We hope you enjoy this little interlude. … Continue reading
Guest Blog-10 Ways to Discover Work that Feels like Play
Have you ever been at a crossroads where you just don’t know which way to take your life? We all have. It’s important that we get to hear all sorts of positive voices on our journey. There is definitely not one direction, one path or one way to do anything. … Continue reading
The Joy of Living in a Walkable, Bikeable Town
There has been a movement to be Car-Free. It’s an appealing concept, but it would be a major challenge for most of us. What can be an easier alternative is to live in a community where you can primarily walk or bike. Often we choose where we live based on … Continue reading
Range War
Front Row Seat to a Modern Day Range War It is not the first time, and hopefully it will not be the last time. Travel puts you in unusual positions at times and you can end up with a front row seat to world events. This happened to us recently … Continue reading
Olivia and her Secret Sauce
Olivia is adorable. We met her when we lived in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We worked at the same school, Colegio Americano. Friday afternoons, a gang of us teachers would head over to the bowling alley to enjoy the super refrigerated air-conditioning, some acrobatically bad bowling and frigidly cold drinks. … Continue reading
The Realities of Living Long term on a Cruise Ship
We’ve all heard about taking a cruise for a vacation but there are people that spend months cruising every year as part of their lifestyle and find it affordable. There are also people that live aboard year round because it is affordable and an attractive way of life. We wanted … Continue reading
Teaching Abroad, could it be your ticket to a permanent life of Travel?
I have to admit, I had a huge advantage in life, spending much of my youth growing up in foreign countries. I had no hand in making this happen. I just have to be grateful that my parents took the leap. I did seize the opportunity for personal growth that … Continue reading
Boondocking Basics
Back in the early 1990s we owned a Solar Electric Installation company in Baja, Mexico. All our jobs were on remote land with no power. To do our work we would have to camp onsite for days and sometimes weeks at a time with no support other than what we … Continue reading
Want more Freedom? Go Paperless.
Three years ago John and I made a commitment to go paperless. We knew it was the Green thing to do. We also looked at the Junk Mail we received, the filing of Important Papers, the Storage of old Records, the Shredding of papers to protect our personal and business … Continue reading
ADVENTURER PROFILE- Fulfilling a Passion for Treehouses
Who among us didn’t think Tree Houses were cool when we were kids. Well Treehouses are still cool and for some passionate individuals, Tree Houses are a way of life. We had the pleasure of meeting our Adventurer and now converted Itchy Nomad, Damon Bishop, while touring the famous … Continue reading
Quit your Commute and Telecommute
Working from Home, also known as Telecommuting or Teleworking is the dream of thousands, if not millions. Telecommuting technically refers to traditional workers who collect a paycheck but shift their work venue from the office to their homes. It may come as a surprise but there are a lot of … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
It is appropriate at the beginning of a brand new year to consider the possibilities. A New Year is a gift that we never tire of. Did you ever get the big box of Crayons when you were a kid, the one with 64 colors? It was inspiring. A New Year … Continue reading