In May 2018, after nearly two years of nonstop traveling abroad our little family touched down in Savannah, Georgia. We checked into a quaint little townhouse on Crawford Square in the Historic District and spent a few weeks exploring the neighborhood, enjoying lazy afternoons in Forsyth Park, and catching up with family.
Our intention was to stay in Savannah until January, then head off again for another year or so to return to Thailand and Italy, and perhaps visit the South Pacific and Bali.
But as the weeks passed we found that we weren’t relishing the prospect of another flight, another country, another month of living out of backpacks.
As that feeling persisted, Juliann and I agreed that it was time for a longer stay in our home country, and though we might not yet put down roots, we would both enjoy living a not-so-nomadic existence for a while.
After moving from place to place for so long, I find myself excited by the idea of training at one gym for more than a month or two. Of having family and friends close by. Of having some dedicated space for Braeden’s art and building materials. Of our son having friends his own age to goof around with every day.
Our new plan is to redesign our lifestyle in a way that lets us take off for 2-4 months a year. That way we can have a “base” and still spend lengthy amounts of time in new locations that fascinate us and familiar ones that we love.
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We’ve taken advantage of this time in the States to enroll Braeden in numerous day camps over the summer so he can experience a variety of different activities, like soccer, tennis, STEM, golf, gymnastics, and sailing. One of the camps took place at St. Andrew’s, a local school, and over the course of that week we fell in love with the place and their teaching philosophy.
When I was in school my time was utterly wasted, and our choice to homeschool our son was partly based on a strong desire to challenge him as much as possible and grow his love of learning. The staff at St. Andrew’s seems to get that. So as much as we’ve loved homeschooling him, we’re going to give St. Andrew’s a try. If it doesn’t yield satisfactory results we’ll chalk it up as a failed experiment and return to homeschooling.
The nomadic lifestyle we’ve been experimenting with for the past two years has been absolutely incredible. We have amazing memories of over a dozen countries, we’ve made friends in many of the places we’ve visited, and the time we’ve been able to spend together as a family has been a gift like no other.
We will continue to post our adventures and thoughts on personal development, entrepreneurship, and miscellany to TryFailGrow, and we’ll share the ups and downs of this latest lifestyle transition. We’re currently targeting mid-2019 for our next month-or-two overseas trip. Where to go?
Who knows?
I’m writing a book! To join the party and follow along as I write, swear, and sweat my way through the next several months, check out the Facebook group for the book!
