“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover”
Mark Twain
Why leaving? That’s THE question…
2018 was definitely very complicated, both of us are definitely being bored of our daily life but is our decision based only on those facts? Certainly not
They are initiating events but behind this, there is also the chance to fulfil a common dream.
This adventure is for Cédric a life-long dream coming true. I can’t say the same from my side since this taste for adventure and oceans only emerged 20 years ago, but today we are both on the same page and this is what really matters. By the way it’s not a dream any longer, it’s now a project. And working on project mode is our way of life!
Is that a way of running away from daily problems? We don’t think so, especially since we are not going for 1 year in a holiday resort. That’s an adventure during which we are necessarily going to encounter barriers, it won’t be easy every day. We will have to get our bearing, learn to live together 24/7, keep our independence, take up challenges…
However, that’s certainly a way of running away from the routine. We have always been on the move. Cédric keeps counting our home moves and I guess that’s now 12 in 20 years… This is us
That’s also a real liberty. No reporting to anyone (except to the Captain but we know how to manage him), a drawn route but without any mandatory steps so completely flexible to suit our desires, people we meet with…
And, what could I tell about our daughters? That’s an opportunity we are seizing for stepping them outside their comfort zone, for showing them another way of living. For proving to them that life is not something that one only undergoes but that it’s made of choices, challenges, adventures. Of course, there are obstacles, concerns that we can’t choose but that’s even more motivating to tell ourselves that what is chosen is chosen with full knowledge.
As parents, that’s the chance of taking care of them before they are too old. Spending time together, without the usual amount of daily life stress. Challenges managed together will be even more valuable if we manage them the 4 of us, each at the height of his skills.
We are fully aware that sometimes we will have to improvise. We can try forecasting, anticipating, organizing everything, there will always be unforeseen events. But isn’t it also the case in our daily life?
Today we are unable to predict what’s going to happen but if we don’t try, we will never know… It’s fortunate: we are a fundamentally curious family
So inspiring, I admire you and cannot wait to start travel virtually with you guys!!! 🙂