My husband and I have just moved back to Canada, after living in Spain for several years. When we made the decision to return to our native land, we also had to decide whether or not to ship back our "stuff."
We had shipped a 20-cubic-foot container to Spain, in which was packed our most precious belongings... including our car, and the first piece of furniture we bought together as a couple nearly 20 years earlier.
It wasn't just the ridiculous cost of shipping that influenced our decision to leave it all behind in Spain. It was something much more profound ;-)
We had watched a George Clooney movie, where his character traveled the Globe to perform corporate employee terminations. On the side, he was a motivational speaker who used a back-pack as his prop to illustrate his point of how much "stuff" we carry around in life.
While we were stuck on a plane for 6 hours at Gatwick in December, my husband and I had a LOT of time together to mull around our options, and we reflected on that movie!
We decided that we were no strangers to making BOLD decisions. Our lives together have been a series of adventures throughout Europe and North America.
There is something quite liberating about packing up your life in a back-pack, so to speak. We were limited to 29 kilos each of luggage for the journey back across the Atlantic.
We're living the next 90 days in Vancouver, BC. We like the proximity to California, and BC has the mildest weather in Canada.
There's also a reason we've given this trek a 3-month time frame. We've set some pretty huge goals for the next 90 days, and we look forward to sharing the journey with you.
Til next time,
Tanya
http://www.TanyaMacIntyre.com/
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