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Oftentimes when folks hear that we’ve been traveling full-time for so many years – we get the response of You’re living my dream!’. To which we of course reply Then why aren’t you doing it too?’. Over the years, we’ve compiled our responses to the common excuses that folks give us to that question, some […]

There are said to be three base driving forces in humans – food, reproduction and fear. Advertise with any of these three, and you speak to something so primal in humans, that they have viral power. Keeping safe is motivated by fear – it’s what kept our ancestors living long enough to pass their genes […]

One of the advantages of a stationary life, is a local knowledge of things and services around you.  You know where your favorite dentist, doctor, hair dresser, grocery stores, restaurants, vets, bank branches, mechanics and more are.  You know what produce is in season in August, and where the best pizza is. There’s a certain […]

When folks start thinking about transitioning their lives to become fully mobile, everything involved with that transition can be quite overwhelming. And that overwhelm can easily become an excuse that keeps you from moving forward towards your goal. There’s so many things that have to come together, such as: securing a mobile friendly income source […]

No matter how you look at it, healthcare, and specifically health insurance, is a headache. Despite this being one of the most substantial excuses that hold people back from a nomadic life, I’ve been holding off on posting about this topic for a couple of reasons. For one, it took me nearly two years to […]

Mail. Bills. Taxes. Banking. Voting. How does one handle all of these logistical things when you don’t have a physical fixed home address? It’s amazing how many mundane details in life are dependent upon having an address. When contemplating becoming intentionally homeless and embarking on a life of travel, trying to muddle through all of […]

I’m a cat person, and always have been. When Chris and I set out for our first seven month trial run of traveling together in 2007, we decided that my cat Alma was not meant to be a traveling cat. Alma never enjoyed car trips (or Hurricane evacuations!), and it just didn’t seem right to […]