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Hatikvah

We finish work in October and are purchasing a motorhome. All my family lived in the same village as I do at one time, now they have all moved including my children, it is understandable there is virtually no work here everyone has ro commute. We are seriously considering renting out our property, it would give us extra income to travel around and who knows what you may find, you might find a property somewhere on your travels you can get to know the area etc. I have read the go motorhoming europe book, like it says they travelled all over and never really found anywhere where they would like to settle. We have often thought about buying a property abroad, but couldnt afford to keep one here also, so would have to be sure we would like it, but you never know, so travelling gives the opportunity af finding out what and where suits you. As was said earlier, you may find yourselves missing family and friends, I have grandchildren (im quite a youngish grandma), and I sometimes breathe a sigh of relief when they go home, but Im sure I would miss them long term. If you have a property, then I think it is a good idea to rent out, try the motorhome fulltime out, best of both worlds., but whatever you decide best of luck. I have got the travel bug, package holidays do nothing for me and I am going to follow my heart.

Sonesta · Last edited by Sonesta on Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:40 pm; edited 1 time in total

Hi Sophies mum,

What an absolutely fascinating thread and you certainly have been told some wonderful inspirational stories along with some cautionary words of advice but at the end of the day only you and your partner can make the final decision as to whether to follow your dream or not.

For what it is worth - if I were you with only one small child to consider I would definitely sell up and take the opportunity to do something that I know I would absolutely love doing and although you will have to tread carefully I am sure you are both sensible enough to put some kind of back up plan into action and hey ho life is a risk at the best of times isn't it - so why put off doing something for fear of what could go wrong? If we all thought that way then none of us would ever do anything would we and wouldn't life be dull, uninteresting and boring then? To be frank, had we thought that way regarding our business we would not be where we are today that's for sure but we have taken the odd gamble here and there and thankfully so far, fingers crossed it has (with a lot of hard work) paid off and we have enjoyed a reasonable amount of success. As a result we have no regrets about any of the decsions we have made or the inevitable risks involved. Obviously, things can and do go wrong for people but I believe in thinking positively and if you really want something then you owe it to yourself to give it your best shot!

My wonderful brother passed away suddenly two and a half years ago at the age of only 48 years and it was such a terrible shock for the whole family, he was full of life and such a devoted and caring family man and his zany zest for life was captivating. He left behind 3 beautiful children and a wife he truly adored and his death has certainly made me sit up and take stock of what is important in life! I know for a fact my brother had so many exciting dreams of travel and adventure that he wished to fulfill in the future and with a busy taxi business to run he longed for the time he could give more time to his family and have a little more lesiure time. Sadly, he can no longer do this can he and I know if he was allowed to come back and finish off his life that was cut so tragically short and once again be back with his lovely family, he would jump at the opportunity to live his life with them all to the absolute full and to do all those wonderful things he had always dreamt of doing with them.

Yes, of course you need to be sensible to a point but sometimes when you acutally think about how short your time on this earth really is, it makes you think why put off until tomorrow all those things you could actually do today? Go for it Sophies mum and I am sure both you and your partner can give Sophie so much more than anything money could ever buy and that is happiness, love and contentment!

Good luck and whatever you choose to do make the most of every single moment and as soon as I can convince my husband that we should do something along the same lines I will be out there on the road with you and I certainly will not be looking back! After all .................. we're a long time pushing up them there daisies!!!!

Sue

CaGreg

Hi there,

Have only read the first page of posts on this thread as I am short of time (and when you are short of time you go on MHF of course!) but one thing that life has taught me is that life can go wrong anyway, even if you have it all nicely secured and everything is nailed down. If there is something you really really want to do then be brave and be prepared to shrug off some of the security and go for it.

We are hoping to go fulltiming in the next five years and will need to sell our house to do it, but if I stay here and worry about my future security I feel that I might as well lie down and give up now.

Regret what you have done, but don't regret what you have not done. (Is that the right way that my youngest daughter says it?)

Something COULD go wrong, but things go wrong anyway, at home or away.

Best wishes

Ca

krull

We did something similar.

At the age of 31, we gave up very good secure jobs and sold our house. Put the money in the bank and spent 18 months touring the canals on a narrowboat.

When we decided it was time to stop, I found a temporary job. That became permanent, and then 18 months later we bought another house (that was 10 years ago).

We both have never have regretted any of it for a moment.

My advice would be to do it. Soon the kids will need security/schools. After that old age paranoia and retisence can take over, even if there are no health issues.

You also never know what openings and opportunities will present themselves along the way.

One thing that is usefull is a having generic career such as a nurse or teacher. The same job that can be done anywhere in the country.I was luck in this respect, I am a surveyor in local gov't so it's the same job wherever.