So, I have been thinking about starting this blog for many years, now finally here I am with a blank page in front of me. The words want to spill out in a haphazard stream of consciousness….
Two years ago, my husband (I’ll call him Bob) and I had the audacity to “semi-retire” in our 50s! AND, we moved to paradise. Or, at least our version of paradise, we live on a small island in the Florida Keys. It is gorgeous here! the weather, the wildlife, the wild life (:-) aka Key West), the beaches. Something about floating or BEING in the warm ocean waters just brings me peace. I’m sure anyone reading this has their own perfect place, where they breathe deep, feel strong, release stress and are FREE.
I don’t want to leave! I want to stay! that is how we started down this path. Whenever it came time to end a vacation, to leave the ocean, to return to our hectic lives in the frozen north, we would “Dream & Scheme” – what if we didn’t have to leave? What would that be like?
NEVER forget – Dreaming is FREE.
We needed a plan. It actually took us almost one full year to sell our house, get rid of many odds & ends and other possessions (news flash – that felt GREAT! with each carload we brought to good will, there was a real physical release of stress and anxiety. It surprised me, because it was very hard to begin.) More about that later.
Yes, we have come a long way in the past three years, and there is so much I want to share about the journey. How we made a plan, how we stuck to it, how you get the inner strength to believe in yourself and pull the trigger to change your life. I hope that our experience can help just one other person achieve a higher level of peace, love, happiness and personal fulfillment.
That is my dream and dreaming is free.
Golden Years 