we be home for the holidays….

So….for us, the holiday season last year consisted of a Thanksgiving dinner on a quiet moonlit beach near the coast of Indonesia…..I know…awful.

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We powered through it though and made the best of it but as we embark on this years holiday season amongst family and friends (all in the midst of the wedding sha-bang) we feel just plain tickled with the love around us.


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Nicole and I are fortunate enough to have so many people tickling us (in an appropriate non-incestial way) that we had the luxury of 2 thanksgivings all rolled into one fabu day.

We started somewhere just beneath the ass crack of dawn at 6am and trekked it up to Jacksonville to spend some quality time with Nicole’s fam. Matt and Kryssi orchestrated another outstanding feast with the help of Judy and the kids. It was nice to be at a big thanksgiving dinner again.
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Mid afternoon we took the whip back southward to make full whatever room was left in our bellies with momma’s cookin and a few glasses of vino. As expected, mom prepared a masterpiece that would feed 18 times more people than were actually there but I consider it somewhat of a sin to cry about leftovers in the fridge….so I politely ate, and ate, and drank, and ate, and passed gas, and passed out. The end.

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Thanks2 Good to be back around all the festivities this time of year. Reminds Nicole and I how lucky we are to have the bodacious circle of family that we do and how the holidays just ain’t right without em.

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Thanks for readin,

Adam

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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