The Realization that the Dream Isn’t For Us

What do you do when you wake up one day and find yourself content but not 100% happy with your life? We were at that point in the fall of 2005. From the outside looking in, life was great. We had achieved the American Dream at 30 years old. But something wasn't quite right. Once you achieve this so called dream are you destined to spend the rest of your life working 9 to 5, five days a week, just waiting for Friday to roll around? That sure didn't seem like any dream we had hoped to achieve.

For us the decision was easy. We would sell almost everything we owned, buy a van, outfit it into our home and travel for a couple of years. Instead of just existing, we would start LIVING our lives. We would see North America. We would put our fingers on the pulse of what was going on in our world. We would take our time, avoid the major highways, big cities and find out if there is a dream out there closer to what we really hope to achieve with our lives.

Sure it was scary, especially quitting two well paying jobs. But if we want to start living it seemed like a good way to start.

Let the adventure begin!