As our friends and family are beginning their festivities back home, we are packing our bags for a weekend trip to Jeju Island.
Jeju is an island to Korea’s south. It is about a 40 minute plane ride from Gwangju. Jeju has a huge volcano in the center called Halla Mountain. Supposedly the island was created by volcanic eruptions 2 million years ago. Although most of Korea is based on a patriarcial family structure, Jeju is the opposite. The matriarch of the family is the head breadwinner. Many of them free dive off the coast to collect abalone and conch all year long, without scuba gear, as their job.
There are many tourist sites to see including a statue park, the longest lava tube in the world, tangerine picking and other sites…so we will see what our weekend brings.
Have a safe celebration! Happy New Year
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Intentionally and incrementally. Most families who live this way did not leap from conventional to adventurous overnight. They built remote work capacity, paid down debt, tested longer trips, and had honest conversations about what they want from their lives.
Different for every family. For some it is long-term travel. For others it is weekend adventures close to home. What connects them is intentionality about how time is spent and a preference for experiences over accumulation.
By finding stability within the adventure rather than treating them as opposites. Routines, rituals, and family rhythms travel with you. Kids need consistency in relationships more than consistency in geography.
That people are fundamentally similar across cultures. That comfort zone is a smaller circle than it feels from inside. That the things worth having in life require effort and discomfort. And that time together doing hard interesting things is the most reliable source of family closeness.
By getting clear on why you made the choices you made and returning to that clarity when outside noise gets loud. Most families living unconventionally describe an initial period of explaining themselves that gradually gives way to just living the life.
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I've always wanted to go to Jeju island. My husband went some years ago (before we were married, darn it!!) and the photographs are amazing!I was a bit surprised to see the new blog layout, but I like it a lot!!Happy New Year! 🙂
I hope you like the layout, I worked on it forever! We just got back from Jeju, it was fantastic, we will get blogging on it soon…resting up and getting back to work always takes so much effort. Have a great new year!