To New Beginnings

Today marks the beginning of my quest for a nomadic life. Having been thoroughly mesmerized for the past year or so by YouTube videos on RV life and how to actually do it, I have decided that this is the life for me. For any goal to succeed it must start with a plan. I can honestly say I have never been a goal setter or plan maker. I have always just taken life as it comes, only acting on what I need to as situations present themselves.

I have also always been a procrastinator. Fear of failure seems to be my nemesis. But what I have finally realized is that I am not getting any younger. I don't want my life to end with everyone saying, what a shame she never got to live her dream of traveling the country in an RV.

I have been doing research and learning a lot thanks to Robin with Creativity RV and her book, Be A Nomad Change Your Life.  And perhaps the thing that Robin said which opened my eyes to fulfilling my dream instead of just wishing for it was when her sister asked her "If you knew you only had 2 years to live..." WOW! That did the same thing for me.

My husband and I talked of RVing around the country one day when we retired. Would we have actually made it happen? I like to think we would have. He decided he didn't want to retire at age 65 and since he was fifteen months older, I said "okay wait for me and we will retire together and start traveling." But one week shy of his 65th birthday The Lord decided to call him Home. That was 21 months ago. I still grieve but having been to grief share classes, I have learned that to move on doesn't mean I am leaving him behind but that my new normal is life on my own and I must continue to live. So now that I know it is possible for me to carry out our dream as a solo traveler, I am going to make it happen so when I go home to meet him in our Father's house, I can tell him all about it.

Armed with knowledge, I feel like my new journey begins tonight. From this point on all that I do will advance me to my goal of heading out into this great country that I live in and seeing in all her glory God's magnificent creation.

The purpose of this Blog is for me to record my progress and plot my course. One of my favorite quotes is from Mark Twain. I think this one makes a great mantra for me.