Lee and Trace wrote:

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It occurred to me as I was catching up on the forum that I should probably take a moment and say I am happier than I have ever been in my entire life.  It's not like my life sucked or anything.  Good marriage, three great kids, fulfilling career... but I have never ever been this stress free and happy.  Is this lifestyle hard to accomplish...absolutely.  Is the process of becoming full timers stressful and scary...oh yeah.  Do you need to plan and re-plan and talk and talk some more...sure.  But...and it's a big but... when you push through...when you get out there...when things settle down and you start living your life...wow it's great.  

Just thought it was worth saying :)

 

Trace

-- Edited by Lee and Trace on Friday 5th of June 2015 06:45:25 AM

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 I'll have whatever she's having... 

Glad to hear you have hit your happy place. I'm convinced we can all find it and it won't look like anyone else's. Lots of talking, planning, re planning and adjusting and prayers we all get there😄

Trace - it's a great feeling isn't it? We were just talking about this, it just seems like life is more fulfilled. Love the reduction in stress and more time to enjoy life.

Thanks for that comment, Trace. Accepting there will be some difficulties and we just need to be prepared to roll with the punches has been a big help to me. I'm starting to get more comfortable with the transition.

Wow Trace, you've come a long way in such a short time for such a major life change. It's wonderful to see you sharing such an upbeat attitude. Keeping your glass always half FULL never ever half empty has I'm sure helped you ten fold during challenging times as will occur here and there.

Keep that happy dance going you two :) :) :)

We can see you smiling!!!

Once you dump all the baggage, the journey is so much easier:o))

It really is "All About The Journey!!"

Just keep smiling:o)))))

Lucky Mike wrote:

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Where's the like button !!!!!!!!

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 X2!

Trace,

Thanks for posting that. The timing was perfect since we are now starting to take steps toward making it real. I was starting to question if we were really going to do this. Your blog posts and comments on here really inspire me and keep my excitement going. Looking forward to when we get a chance to meet on the road.

Thanks again.

Jo

Loved everything you said, Trace! 

Trace,

You are SO fortunate! We are still working (until year end 2017). DW is happy to mostly time but has put her foot down on fulltimeing (for now).

We have never been 'on the road' for more than 10 days. This year we are out for a 3 1/2 week stretch - those times out seem to be getting longer and longer :)

In fact, We are planning our 2018 AlCan Escape (a 6-ish month trip from AL to AK & back) DW is excited and I am hoping by about month 4 she will mention to me that "this lifestyle is not to bad after all maybe I should reconsider..."

Speaking of running the AlCan - I don't mean to hijack this thread, but any advice would be appreciated and do any of you know of group caravans up the AlCan? We know about Fantasy RV Tours and the others, I am thinking more of a informal group of RVers coming together for "safety in numbers" for the trip through AB, YK and into AK.

X4!  We're also wrapping up our first year this month.  Gotta say, it just seemed to come naturally for us and we are loving every minute of it!  No big surprises.  Just having a ball!  Only downside, missing the kids/family/friends of course.  But it also allows for us to see some that are scattered across the US than before when we were stationary.