its official my friends, we are goin and alot sooner than expected but as is this whole thing, an adventure the next 30 days will be. we were offered the positions at the JNS Academy schools (me and Avalon and nicole at Readingtown which are located in the same building) with the stipulation that we would be ready to pack up and ship out by the end of May. So after I changed my boxers and mulled it over with nicole, we gave them a great american YEEEEHAAWWW!!…..no, not at all. I shreaked like a little girl and said yes sir! (theres going to be an obvious difference in tone when i write these so get to lovin it now)Nicole is actually going to start her contract however at the end of June as she needs to come back to the states for a few days to be in her best friends wedding. So she’ll chill for a month with me when we arrive in may so we can go through the acclomation process together. Also we’ll also be fitted with a sweet double occupancy pad that I am sure is paved with gold and pad thai w/ peanut sauce. But in all seriousness, we’re extremely excited and even though we’ve got a ton to do in preparation for the move we know its meant to be this way and every step will be as exciting as the next.
oh right, almost forgot about olive (not unusual)…i kid. So we have hopefully negotiated a plan to allow for her to come over with us which was mainly due in part to the photo I had to show the school to prove that she wasn’t a huge mess of a dog that would ransack the apartment.
The Food
my goal was to depict her as the titan she is next to the cereal box which i think worked out but we’ll know for sure in a few days if she’s got eh go ahead to head out with us so we’ll keep you informed.
What We Ate and Loved
Thats all for now folks but its all real and its all happenin so I hope you keep readng because it just gets better from here!!
-adam 😉
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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 honest conversations about what they want from their lives.
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.
By finding stability within the adventure rather than treating them as opposites. Routines, rituals, and family rhythms travel with you. Kids need consistency in relationships more than consistency in geography.
That people are fundamentally similar across cultures. That comfort zone is a smaller circle than it feels from inside. That the things worth having in life require effort and discomfort. 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 outside noise gets loud. Most families living unconventionally describe an initial period of explaining themselves that gradually gives way to just living the life.
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