“You only live once!”

I can­not tell you how many times I have heard that expres­sion. It’s fun­ny that for many of us, even know­ing how short our time here is on earth, hav­ing a rou­tine which revolves around the end goal of one day retir­ing with a pen­sion is of utmost impor­tance. Now, I am not attempt­ing to judge those who have made this choice. For me, how­ev­er, I need some­thing different.

My need to live near the water and trav­el feels just as press­ing as the need to breathe. While trav­el­ing, I can eas­i­ly con­tin­ue to enjoy my two pas­sions- art and pho­tog­ra­phy. My anx­i­ety increas­es as time pass­es with­out me tak­ing steps to get clos­er to my goals, almost as if I am being prod­ded to “Move faster, move faster, move faster!” I can no longer shut my ears to the siren’s call. The time is NOW!

We decid­ed to start here. After much research, we pur­chased a sail­boat and are learn­ing what we need in order to make this dream a real­i­ty. This blog is our jour­nal of the process, from start to fin­ish (wher­ev­er that may be). Fol­low us as we con­tin­ue on our jour­ney to becom­ing our authen­tic selves.