July 14th marked a milestone for Nicole and I as we celebrated our 1 year anniversary since eloping in Koh Samui , Thailand. Its hard to wrap our heads around the first year when we even try to think about it all given the wealth of amazing memories that were made throughout. Even more difficult was trying to decide what way to best commemorate the day. As always though, the path less traveled was where we ended up……and this time, theis path was paved with beer specials, hot wings and girls wearing far less clothing than their tuition paying parents would care to see. Yup, Hooters.
And in the spirit of adventure, we traveled there on the scoot in a fairly solid downpour of rain to add the ever present risk and excitement that we have grown to feed off of in our time together.
Soaking wet, laughing and full of satisfaction on our arrival in one piece, we toasted, we ate and shared more dreams of the years to come and can’t wait to try and top this years occasion next 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 increasingly honest conversations about what they actually want from their lives. The leap feels bigger from outside than from inside.
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.
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.
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.
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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