As today is our last day in Korea, I find it fitting to do a “year’s reflection” I don’t even know how to begin to explain how this year has changed me, the things I will miss, the experiences we have shared…(most of them you have read through the blog :))
I am very excited at the unknown and where Adam and I are heading, but very emotional as to what we are leaving behind. The Korean people are a kind unknown to everyone else.Their kindness and truly pure soul is something that I have never seen anywhere else. The food and hospitality here, our friends, we will miss them all.
When I think about how this country has changed me, it may have to be something you see for yourself. Although I will always be an organized nutjob, I feel that I am more patient and tolerant to those who are different than I. I think I am more open to other ways of life and dreams of people.
I also feel that this country has truly brought Adam and I to a whole new level of relationship…of course we are getting married, but beyond that, we are truly a team. We know each others strengths and partner together to get everything done. We really are each other’s other half. I feel that being removed from American comforts, we have discovered what is important within ourselves.
I am sure Adam will write one of these blogs too, but I wanted to thank all of you for sharing this last year with us and hope you will continue to follow our blog as we begin our lives together as husband and wife and travel through 13 countries in the next 5 months.
We will keep up with our blog as often as we can, for you, but also for us so we do not forget all of the experiences, people and places we will see beginning tomorrow in Thailand!
-Nicole
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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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