Our go date is August 23rd, 2010! I’m nervous and excited, apprehensive and confident. Wow. We’ve been trying to go through a list of things-to-do, and I realized today how quickly everything can just come together.
Technomadia’s post on Overwhelm really hit home for me. I realized that we kept talking about all these possibilities, and our list of “things to do/get/buy before we leave” just kept growing. I was feeling drained by my job, and stuck by a mounting do to list. We knew that we needed to pick up steam, but I just couldn’t muster up the energy.
Lesson of the story: Now is always a good time to make a change.
The push started when my love story and I had a serious discussion about when we wanted to leave Austin. We both decided that it would be late September, at the latest. We committed to the jump and I put in my notice at my current job late July.
That was scary. It was the big reality check for me. I’m the type of guy who is big on stability, and the future was anything but stable. I just reminded myself that right now, in this moment, I have all I need and everything’s okay.
Ended up that I secured employment this past Sunday! Felt really relieved and grateful on how things worked out. I’m really inspired by this new opportunity, and we’ll still be close to Austin and in Texas for a while longer. 
Some of the things we’re working on:
- Setting up a business to start making/selling goods.
- Finding and buying catastrophic health insurance. Just in case one of us needs major medical care, we won’t go bankrupt over it.
- Setting up mail forwarding service.
- Changing cell phone carriers – T-mobile, your coverage area just isn’t cutting it.
I was really productive today. I felt energized, inspired, and motivated. It’s awesome. There are several exciting things on the horizon, and I trust more and more that having this amazing flexibility with a house-on-wheels will lead us to things we could never dream of.
By the way, if the idea of traveling full-time interests you in the least little bit, check out Technomadia’s wonderful resource: Answers to common excuses to travel full-time. It’s invaluable!
Congrats guys on setting a date! Its a hard thing to do, I know cause we’re still trying
I love you both! I am so happy for you and I am a little jealous too.
We hope everything went as planned! Excited to hear an update!
{{big hugs}}