When my husband and I decided to quit our jobs and take our son on a trip around the globe, part of the decision was making a conscious choice to jump off the spinning merry-go-round of life. With every school commitment, sport season and extracurricular meeting, I found it more and more challenging to keep our lives simple. My son, at eight years old, had more activities and opportunities than we could fit into a single week. My husband traveled every week and I was working part time, volunteering part time and trying to keep our lives simple and focused on what was important. None of the myriad of choices presented to us were bad ones, they were just all-consuming.
Admittedly, saying goodbye to our lives was a giant leap of faith, but one that we knew was right for us. We knew we might never grab this chance again to show our son the world and spend nine months together each and every day. It was worth the risk, and it’s paying off in spades.
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