Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Out of the Rat Race


Tomorrow Somewhere New from Dark Rye on Vimeo

I wanted to find a great way to let people know our future plans. Maybe a nice inspirational writeup or a video, however finding the time to do such a thing is hard to come by. Then today this video popped up on my Facebook feed. This is it! This captures what we have deep rooted in the core of our beings; the freedom, simplicity, and adventure that my Wife and I value so much. We are on the same road as the family in this very well executed video... except swap out the Airstream for a Trawler Yacht, and the "no date night" thing for date night every night. We have sold most of our belongings, at least the things that anchor us to a place. Our home is also sold. We are waiting for our boat to sell, and the right boat to come our way. We are slowly but surely finding our way out of the rat race. We don't know if it will work, or how long term it will be, but we are going to try to make a go at it. I once said to someone, the worst thing that can happen is if the plan fails, I come back and do what everyone else does. Then he said something that stuck with me ever since... "the only thing worse than failing, is not trying".

2 comments:

  1. good for you Shel - keep this up to date on where you are and what you're up to. Who knows - a gig may come up that can work with your non-rat race life!

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  2. You are preaching to the choir, my friend. This is so awesome for you!! My lovely wife & I have begun this very same journey, with the house on the market as I type. The only area where our plans diverge is the fact that we will be making our boat our home, but the spirit is the same.
    I wish you the very best in your adventures and endless happiness. I will look forward to learning more, as your plans move forward.

    Take care, Paul.

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