Thanks ReadingStar!

Being back home in Busan now is awesome. I missed Nicole way too much and just mentally, it feels right to be planted in one spot again. Having said that I do have to say that my two and a half month stint at Reading Star in Gwangju with some old friends and new, was great. I enjoyed the team, the students and of course the old stompin grounds that Nicole and I cut our teeth on in Soko 2 years ago.

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thanks Jessica!

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It was purely by chance that Nicole and I were in Korea when ReadingStar had the sudden need for a quick replacement and certainly not a sequence of events that I could have possibly foreseen in any scenario coming back. But it was what happened, and having a day back in Busan to reflect, it was a cool opportunity and a time Nicole and I will look back on and smile. Lessons were learned, experienced had, and memories etched in our minds that we will add to our bag of treasures as we turn the page again.

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Thanks to all you Reading Star folk and students for makin it fun.

adam teacher out.

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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