SecondCor521
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Hi all,
I am pretty sure that I would like to do what Warren and Betsy are doing, at least the sell all my stuff, travel, and have a location independent consulting/writing income parts.
I kind of have two blocking items, and was wondering about suggestions / ideas that might work to address them:
1. Kids custody. Right now my kids are with me basically every other weekend for four days, and they're in a typical local public school system. I can't figure out how to mesh that with, for example, the 5 week Atlantic steamer cruise idea or living in Thailand for a few months idea. I've thought of asking for a different custody schedule, but I've also found out that my two younger ones don't really feel like they can go without seeing me for months at a time. And I can't in good conscience ignore my kids' needs on that point. One thing I am sort of doing with them is taking them traveling with me, but that gets expensive fast because we are doing the standard touristy kind of travel, not the perpetual traveler kind of travel.
2. Kids stuff. I'm a budding minimalist, and with the exception of about two or three very sentimental items, could pretty much sell everything I own and live out of a backpack. My kids, not so much. They've got clothes, toys, beds, homework, art, pictures, bicycles, etc. Currently all that stuff is in their bedrooms and my garage in my suburban house. I can't see a way for their stuff to mesh with me not owning a house.
Right now I'm sort of biding my time, saving my money, but the waiting feels like I'm not really living much. I do go on solo climbing trips periodically, which I really like, but those are only once or twice per year.
Currently I think I am moderately scared to be different and jump off that cliff, lacking in the creativity needed to figure out solutions to these things, and fundamentally stymied by my decision to consider my kids' needs as well as mine.
Advice or suggestions on how to do the Talbot thing without waiting another 9 years for my kids to grow up?
2Cor521
I am pretty sure that I would like to do what Warren and Betsy are doing, at least the sell all my stuff, travel, and have a location independent consulting/writing income parts.
I kind of have two blocking items, and was wondering about suggestions / ideas that might work to address them:
1. Kids custody. Right now my kids are with me basically every other weekend for four days, and they're in a typical local public school system. I can't figure out how to mesh that with, for example, the 5 week Atlantic steamer cruise idea or living in Thailand for a few months idea. I've thought of asking for a different custody schedule, but I've also found out that my two younger ones don't really feel like they can go without seeing me for months at a time. And I can't in good conscience ignore my kids' needs on that point. One thing I am sort of doing with them is taking them traveling with me, but that gets expensive fast because we are doing the standard touristy kind of travel, not the perpetual traveler kind of travel.
2. Kids stuff. I'm a budding minimalist, and with the exception of about two or three very sentimental items, could pretty much sell everything I own and live out of a backpack. My kids, not so much. They've got clothes, toys, beds, homework, art, pictures, bicycles, etc. Currently all that stuff is in their bedrooms and my garage in my suburban house. I can't see a way for their stuff to mesh with me not owning a house.
Right now I'm sort of biding my time, saving my money, but the waiting feels like I'm not really living much. I do go on solo climbing trips periodically, which I really like, but those are only once or twice per year.
Currently I think I am moderately scared to be different and jump off that cliff, lacking in the creativity needed to figure out solutions to these things, and fundamentally stymied by my decision to consider my kids' needs as well as mine.
Advice or suggestions on how to do the Talbot thing without waiting another 9 years for my kids to grow up?
2Cor521