a journey begins

I mentioned my intention to travel full-time in an RV to a client yesterday and she said, "wow, I think given the right circumstances I'd enjoy that, but I've never been much of a risk taker. You are so lucky to be able to do that."

I'm not really sure how much luck has to do with it.

Most of our "luck" is just persistance and desire. If we weren't able to sell our house and live on a nest egg for a little bit before returning to work, we could do this working as we go. It has taken a tremendous amount of planning, persistence, time and energy to make this happen--and we aren't even there quite yet, but the end is in sight.

I remember when a friend went on a 3 month long trip to Nepal and Thailand, traveling by herself. People told her she was so "lucky" to have a job that let her do that....ha. What that woman went through to make that happen! Everything from being willing to loose that job to separating from her husband and almost divorcing. Now, she's happily married to the same man with a child and working the same job--but she MADE that trip happen because it was important to her.

The other side of the coin are some posts from fellow RVers. I posted that I was selling my home and asked a question about our new RV and I got three comments that I should hold on to my house 'just in case' the RVing doesn't work out. Now, I suppose that is healthy advice as I know some people don't end up liking RVing, but come on! Living in a house in the suburbs, driving for an hour each way in traffic daily, working 8 hours in an office, paying off debts and living under debt...compared to moving around, living in nature, having the mental challenge of changing jobs and creating a new income, living debt-free...the whole concept of being afraid to try something new whole hog seems cowardly to me.