The Pursuit of Life

Excellent question.  If you’ve decided to take some time off from work to do something different for a bit, how do you begin to decide what to do?  For us it was a long time of what ifs and how abouts and that sounds interestings.  One hears from time to time about those people who just quit their jobs, sell their belongings, and travel the world.  Actually one often reads about them in a magazine or newspaper or blog.  I certainly have – in fact I usually print those stories out and put them on my desk amidst the stacks and stacks and stacks of papers, intending to read up on these fascinating people if only I could find the time.

And then about a year ago, I said to Ryan – no, really, why not?!  And that started a semi-serious conversation about whether we could actually take some time off.

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