Wouldn’t it be so much easier to wait until we retire to go
on the road? Or at least wait until our kids are older? The answer is simple: I don’t want to
wait until I’m retired to start living my life and my husband feels the same.
For the last few years we have been working hard to support
ourselves. I have my own photography business and my husband has a great job at
a company that he really enjoys working for. In this economy we are far more
lucky than most, so why give it all up?
I was watching the pilot of Glee the other day (I was a
musical theater geek and cheerleader in HS, so yes, I like Glee). At the end of
the episode Mr. Schuester has to choose to follow his dream as a teacher or
give it up for financial security as an accountant in order to support his wife
and baby on the way. Mr. Schu told the guidance counselor, Emma, “I need to
provide for my family”. Emma, responded with, “But provide what exactly, the
understanding that money is the most important thing? Or the idea that the only
life worth living is one that you are really passionate about?”
My husband and I don’t want
to be trapped by our jobs. We want to be free to live passionate lives, to meet
new people, to have adventures and this is our first big adventure as a family.
