Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Dead Blog?
I've read a few times that if you don't keep up a schedule of posting that you will lose interest in your blog and lose readership. It makes sense. The internet is a fickle place, with boundless amounts of information for every possible interest...
Well here it is almost a month since my last post! In looking back at the blog over the past few months it seems that I was posting pretty regularly just before we listed our house for sale. In those days I was full of optimism and really felt that we would have moved past this point in our lives by now (July). Well we haven't, the house is still for sale, we have dropped the asking price by more than 17k and can't go much lower before selling it will eat into a significant chunk of our savings.
Everything else is on track though. We have been saving money and paring down our possessions.
We actually should be really content and happy with the life we have. We have both received promotions at work in the last year, we have a nice house, and lots of other things going for us. The problem is now that this dream of living simply on a sailboat has gotten into our heads, it just makes so much sense and we can't get it out again.
But I digress.
The blog isn't dead, it is just that there hasn't been much "Changing Course" to talk about. In keeping with the sailing analogies: It seems the wind has been knocked out of my sails.
On the bright side, we are taking a three day live aboard sailing class this coming weekend on Lake Champlain. I think a re-cap of the class will make for a good blog post.
Till then...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Fear & Permission
Chris Guillebeau is a well known blogger who writes about unconventional strategies for life, work, and travel.
This video resonated with me after the doldrums that we have been experiencing here lately. The whole point of this change in our lives is to live without fear and not have to ask permission to do what we want. I especially enjoyed Chris's points about how you cannot bargain with fear, or a crocodile, even if you play it "safe".
Life is unpredictable...
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Doldrums
The "Doldrums" are an area around the equator in the intertropical convergence zone that are known to sailors for their light and variable wind patterns, often resulting in the boat having to motor through, or wait for a favorable wind shift.
While we are some 42 deg. North of the equator, that is what it has felt like around here lately. We haven't made any forward progress on the sale of the house, and while we have looked at some boats we haven't found any particular one of interest.
So here we sit, seemingly adrift and waiting for a favorable shift in the wind...
What do you do to keep your spirits up when you get stuck in the Doldrums?
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