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A Lesson in Lifestyle Re-Design: From the Suburbs to a Sailboat

Editor’s note: This is a FANTASTIC guest post from Doug Mayle. He and his wife recently quit their jobs and relocated their lives to a sailboat so that they could pursue their dream of a global sailing adventure. Currently, they can be found in the Caribbean.

Living the dream

When I look out my window, only a few feet away, I see beautiful turquoise water glowing in the illumination of a tropical sun. I have to pinch myself to be certain that I am not dreaming. The pinch makes me realize that I am quite awake and that this dream-like existence is now my reality.

My window is actually a porthole, because we live on a sailboat in the Caribbean, present location: Culebra, Puerto Rico.

SV Prudence

How did they do it?

Three years ago, my wife and I lived a life more typical of the norm in the United States. We were a dual income couple, no kids, with a three-bedroom house in the suburbs. Our journey from there to here is a fine example of goal setting and lifestyle re-design.

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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Where Would they Go?

Well, you might have heard, there is a little election tension up in the United States between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. For the first time in a long time in US HISTORY we have two candidates that do not fit the typical politician stereotype (i.e. white and male).

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama

image source: son of broccoli

While I was working this morning I was wondering, there is eventually going to be a loser in this political conflict and I wonder where they will go to recover?

I know that Barack spent time in Indonesia during his childhood and that Hillary (and Bill) are fond of Martha’s Vineyard, but will they head to either of these destinations?

Maybe, the loser will decide to join the Peace Corps and really give something back, or maybe they will grab a backpack and spouse and head out on an around the world trip…? Will they retreat and recover quietly at home or a Ritz Carlton?

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In it For The Long Haul: How to Plan Your First Extended Trip

(Editor’s note: This is the first [brief] post in a series of articles that I am going to be writing on how to take your first extended trip. Also, an update, out of the gates Jarkko Laine is way ahead of me in the Make Money Online Challenge but I will have a full post of my ideas before the end of the week.)

Ponder the World 
image source: ruvjet 

Do you long to take a trip that is longer than one or two weeks?

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