Hourless Life
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Thought Journal 002 - 2/17/21
We are 19 days away from starting the next phase of our adventure. We'll be a full-time overlanding family on or about March 6, 2021. Though we've been traveling full-time for the past 7 years already, this living in the Jeep full-time thing is next level for us.
While in South Texas, we've been soaking in all of the family time that we can. It has been wonderful to see family, good to see our doctors, and necessary to take care of all of the things we needed to get done to get on the road in a Jeep full-time. There are a lot of things that need to happen to make yourself fully location independent. We've had to square away our mail, bank accounts, get rid of most of our worldly possessions, set up our business accounts, meet with notaries, make sure our documents are in order and so much more.
Since my last Thought Journal entry, we've purchased the Gladiator, sold our RV, opened bank accounts, created a legal business entity, started working on a YouTube channel, and have been in discussions with several companies that want to get behind our global adventures. All of this was necessary to keep the wheels turning, fuel in the tank, and food on the table, but it is really not our focus. These things just speak to how we are going to be able to do what we'll do not why we are doing it.
What really matters is why we are doing what we'll be doing. We can't wait to immerse ourselves in the various cultures around the world, meet incredible people, see things we'd never otherwise see. Most importantly to do this all together as a family while we raise our son (currently 4 years old) on the road. We want him to have a global perspective of his own. To not allow the world to tell him what he should think of the world, but rather his experience inform his opinion.
As of now, our general schedule is still moving forward. March through July of this year we'll be primarily in Arizona, California, and Colorado. We'll be building out the Gladiator and putting it through some trial runs out west to make sure everything is working the way we need it to.
If all goes well, sometime around August of this year we'll head into interior Mexico again (this time with the new build) and spend 6 months there preparing for the Central and South America leg of our global journey. Then on or about February of 2022 we'll head into Central America and start making our way south.
When we first arrived in South Texas we thought we were only going to be here until the end of February, but several follow up doctors visits had us extend that until March 6th. The nice thing is that we are truly hourless. So we're flexible to make adjustments on the fly. Then there is still the COVID thing that is lingering over all of us globally. How this will impact our travels remains to be seen. We're hopeful that by February of 2022 and our planned entry into Central America, there will be more of an understanding of how to navigate our adventures.
Still, this cannot stop us from moving forward. If it did, we'd never realize our dreams.
~ Eric
We are 19 days away from starting the next phase of our adventure. We'll be a full-time overlanding family on or about March 6, 2021. Though we've been traveling full-time for the past 7 years already, this living in the Jeep full-time thing is next level for us.
While in South Texas, we've been soaking in all of the family time that we can. It has been wonderful to see family, good to see our doctors, and necessary to take care of all of the things we needed to get done to get on the road in a Jeep full-time. There are a lot of things that need to happen to make yourself fully location independent. We've had to square away our mail, bank accounts, get rid of most of our worldly possessions, set up our business accounts, meet with notaries, make sure our documents are in order and so much more.
Since my last Thought Journal entry, we've purchased the Gladiator, sold our RV, opened bank accounts, created a legal business entity, started working on a YouTube channel, and have been in discussions with several companies that want to get behind our global adventures. All of this was necessary to keep the wheels turning, fuel in the tank, and food on the table, but it is really not our focus. These things just speak to how we are going to be able to do what we'll do not why we are doing it.
What really matters is why we are doing what we'll be doing. We can't wait to immerse ourselves in the various cultures around the world, meet incredible people, see things we'd never otherwise see. Most importantly to do this all together as a family while we raise our son (currently 4 years old) on the road. We want him to have a global perspective of his own. To not allow the world to tell him what he should think of the world, but rather his experience inform his opinion.
As of now, our general schedule is still moving forward. March through July of this year we'll be primarily in Arizona, California, and Colorado. We'll be building out the Gladiator and putting it through some trial runs out west to make sure everything is working the way we need it to.
If all goes well, sometime around August of this year we'll head into interior Mexico again (this time with the new build) and spend 6 months there preparing for the Central and South America leg of our global journey. Then on or about February of 2022 we'll head into Central America and start making our way south.
When we first arrived in South Texas we thought we were only going to be here until the end of February, but several follow up doctors visits had us extend that until March 6th. The nice thing is that we are truly hourless. So we're flexible to make adjustments on the fly. Then there is still the COVID thing that is lingering over all of us globally. How this will impact our travels remains to be seen. We're hopeful that by February of 2022 and our planned entry into Central America, there will be more of an understanding of how to navigate our adventures.
Still, this cannot stop us from moving forward. If it did, we'd never realize our dreams.
~ Eric
