| Lily
Just to add an extra dimension to this, we have been seriously researching selling our house and moving onto the water (except for the biking part of course). Our plan, which has been evolving for about 5 months now, is to move into what some would call a water-borne 'pencil case'; to us a narrowboat.
As tiime goes by, your priorities in life change or they get re-organised for you - couple this with the way your career is going or where you want to take it, kids self-sufficient (well, as much as they will ever be anyway) and loads of other things, some of which you have control over and others you do not and it could all add up to a overwhelming need for a new lifestyle.
So OK, there are some con's as well as the pro's that attract us to this way of living, but our research so far leads us to think that we would be doing the right thing.
I suppose I am lucky insofar as I am self-employed and my job simply requires me to be well connected by phone and email - I just need a computer for most of the time. If really necessary I can travel by bike or public transport to wherever I need to go to see a client.
Anyway, enough - if you have a dream/desire to do something new and/or change your way of living and you can reach a consensus with those around you that really matter you should go for it, otherwise you will probably regret it as time goes by - sometimes the chances of the same or similar opportunities never come your way again!
Cheers, Chris.  |