tigercx1 wrote:

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I am 53 and would like to go full timing on the road now but wife is not buying into it. We can't retire yet so would have to work and wife is leery of giving up our jobs that we don't particularly like but provide stability versus the unknown on the road.

Question to full timers that are still working, specifically those that couldn't take their job on the road (internet based jobs) how did you and significant other agree to just do it?

Thanks,

     Mark

 

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 Does FT "dreaming" count?  We aren't on the road yet, nor will we likely be any time soon. But we are planning it and, all things being equal, we will go FT asap (for us). I will tell you this, we were more or less in your shoes a couple of years back and just plodding along in the same safe jobs, fortunately I enjoy my job, Cindi lost hers with the recession. A hard knock for us. Then Cindi's mother died and for her, it was a lightbulb turning on in her head. I was totally on board when she mentioned the idea of going FT seeing as our families was spread out all over the place, from CA to TX to Canada. I almost pulled the trigger about 15 years ago before I ever met Cindi, that's how life works.... it just happens. Plans change, dreams change.  So I didn't give it much thought from then until the day Cindi made the "suggestion". I have worked the numbers expense wise, inital outlays etc and Cindi, while skeptical at first, is comfortable with my estimates of our anticipated expenses.  Before we go, we will do a final hash out to ensure we both are taking each others needs and wants into consideration and I built into those forecasts, a fudge factor, if you will, to accomodate things as yet unknown.  Next up for us is figuring the details of our income, both present and potential.  If we wait till we can retire on our pensions etc., we will be in decent shape. To go sooner will require some additional thought on stringing together the resources to make it to the "promised land" of our pensions. It is doable, we just have to find the way there. Healing the real estate market will go a long way to making that happen.

Knowledge is power. Power to choose. Your comments... wife is leery of giving up our jobs that we don't particularly like but provide stability versus the unknown on the road. ... suggest she doesn't know enough to feel confident at least not in a "say it out loud" way. If the source of her wariness is financial (and it sounds like it might be), you'll need to find out more or less solid info on income(realistic estimates) and expenses as they pertain to your situation, ability and chosen lifestyle.  The male of the species is typically the more risk tolerant and the females more cautious, so don't let that be a divide between your desire and you wife's reluctantance.  Show her your numbers, let her participate in the discovery so she will understand that its not so scary once you have a good game plan. Patience is the keyword, be patient with her caution, and if it is meant to be, it will happen. If not, that is okay too. This lifestyle, as said by many on here with wisdom, is not for everybody.  

FWIW, Brian