Tag: Year away
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One suitcase, my biggest fear for the year
We are nearing the end of our 9th week away from home, living from one suitcase each. I thought it was going to be way more challenging. It was easily my biggest fear, worse than getting sick, (happened to me at age 24 in Thailand), worse than not-so-nice hotels, (too many to count in the…
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Best In The West By A Damsite
As I drove into town, I laughed out loud at the town slogan for Bassano, Alberta. The phrase ‘damn sight’, used as an adverb has the colloquial meaning of ‘a lot; a great deal’. For example, “I’m a damn sight more clever than he is”. This turn of phrase is a blast from my past,…
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‘Home’ is where you want it to be
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. -Melody Beattie This week I went home. Well that is…
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The countdown has begun
There is something significant about having a big paper calendar marked up with important dates. Rather than a digital version, I mean. The printed version is so much more permanent, looking back at you whenever you walk into the room. The digital record is easily minimized or closed altogether. It needs constant courting, some action…
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Think like a beginner to find the best deals
I’ve been planning, scheming, making lists, budgets and researching everything for months. I’m even having dreams, (some may call them nightmares), about details yet to be taken care of. One of the most difficult parts of the lead up process, to our big year away, is not having specific deadlines. There are so few restrictions…
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Oops…found a major budget mistake!
“If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.” -Dan Rather Before we started to seriously plan our 2017/18 travel year, I created a detailed budget as a proof of concept. I wanted to make sure the numbers added up and that…