Crochet

With a bit of free time on my hands, Ive been crocheting….
It has taken me hours watching youtube videos to figure out how to make specific stitches…and many trips to the dollar store for yarn. Here in Japan, I am not sure where to shop for art materials yet.
This bag pattern I got from Attic24 which has to be my new favorite crochet site…I love her colors and patterns.

This bikini (to match the summer bag) is from Drops. It is a bit more complicated and I made one side bigger than the other as well as I didn’t think about making one side reversed from the other. I still have the bottoms to make and obviously to test out the strength of this top, but once its finished Ill let you know. Ive edited the pattern not because I thought this would look better, but because I really don’t know what I am doing and fake it until it becomes something 🙂

Yay! I finished the top. I can’t believe it is a real sunbathing bathing suit. I now have to make the bottoms…Yikes!

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How do you build a life around adventure and travel?

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 increasingly honest conversations about what they actually want from their lives. The leap feels bigger from outside than from inside.

What does an adventurous family lifestyle actually look like?

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. The version that fits your family is the right one.

How do you balance adventure with stability for kids?

By finding stability within the adventure rather than treating them as opposites. Routines, rituals, and family rhythms travel with you. Familiar foods, bedtime routines, and predictable family dynamics provide stability even when the location changes. Kids need consistency in relationships more than consistency in geography.

What has travel taught your family?

That people are fundamentally similar across cultures in what they want for their families. That comfort zone is a smaller circle than it feels from inside. That the things worth having in life require effort and discomfort to get. And that time together doing hard interesting things is the most reliable source of family closeness.

How do you handle the pressure to live conventionally when you have chosen differently?

By getting clear on why you made the choices you made and returning to that clarity when the outside noise gets loud. Most families living unconventionally describe an initial period of explaining themselves that gradually gives way to just living the life. The explaining becomes less necessary as the results become visible.


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