Asking Tough Questions

You may be asking yourself, what would prompt two people in the prime of their careers to buy a boat and sail away over the horizon? 

Frankly, two years ago, we would have asked the same question. 

What changed?

This crazy thing called life decided that 2019 and 2020 would be the time to force a period of introspection. A job change. A career change. A death in the family. The COVID pandemic. It’s essential to stop and consider where you are and where you want to go from time to time, and we had neglected that exercise for far too long.

Looking out over these events, we started asking ourselves questions. 

Why were we in the careers that we were? What was the driving force in our lives? Were/are the things we had accumulated and accomplished actually important to us? 

Things had primarily gone according to “plan.” Or at least the plan popularized by well-meaning folks as the “American Dream.” We owned a house. We had nice jobs. We had decent cars. 

Is that really what we wanted out of life? 

Honestly, we don’t know. We generally like our lives, our co-workers, and our companies. Maybe those things are actually important to us. Maybe the restlessness in our minds and souls is just some form of cabin fever or a severe case of the “the grass is always greener” syndrome.

The one thing that we do know is that we will always regret not taking the time, right now, to figure out what we really want. How do we plan on doing that?

Well, as the saying goes, “travel is the best form of education.” 

We have personally experienced that axiom. As we have traveled - within and out of the United States - our passion for new experiences has grown exponentially. Accordingly, we decided that travel would be a central piece in exploring what we really wanted out of life. 

The next question logically became, how are we going to travel? 

We considered joining the #vanlife movement and traveling around the United States. We considered saving up more money such that we could spend an extended amount of time living abroad. In the end, our love of the ocean and beaches and the romance of chasing the horizon pointed us to traveling like its 1600 - by sail. 

So, after more than 10 years in Corporate America, we are going to step out of the hamster wheel for a little bit, live in each and every moment, and really explore what we want out of life.

We hope that you come along for the journey! 

P.S. - How often have you stopped to consider how long 10 years really is? A decade. 12.5% of the average lifespan in the United States. It’s a lot.