The countdown started 7 years ago & became a way of life, we were single-mindedly working toward our goal of taking up the gypsy life. All our major decisions have taken us down this path, a path that occasionally we have wondered if it were the ‘right’ one or not, but mostly we have pressed on with conviction. But even now we find ourselves metaphorically pinching ourselves wondering, having almost reached our goal, whether it’s real.
It is.
MrsTea is now retired, all the pieces are in place, we have achieved what we set out to achieve………. all we have to do now is to adapt & learn how to enjoy the freedom we have created for ourselves. The unknown is what is there to be discovered, exciting & a little daunting at the same time. We are both already familiar with the ever changing ‘on the road lifestyle’ which offers freedom & interest, but it is these very unknowns which can also beckon seeds of self doubt. Not the how will we survive type doubts, more will we get fed up with it all after a year or two & if so what will we do then. All we can do is do our best to ‘be in the moment’, to live for each day. The ‘juicy stuff’ is what most folk think of when considering travel, & it’s out there to be enjoyed, but I also think that travel can be a form of meditation, a means to appreciate the minutiae. Slowing down enough to facilitate this will take practice, & doing so is a goal.
At this point in time I find myself wondering if I will find enough to write about regularly in this blog, a question I am as yet unable to answer either for myself or for you the reader. I am confident however that if we can travel through country slowly enough to see it differently to most, that this in itself will reveal interest missed by most.
We are now getting to the pointy end of our preparations – gathering the last of what we need ready to commence the packing & re-packing process, necessary but it would be so nice to just wave a magic wand & make it happen. 10 days until we leave.