So my wife and I have decided to move out of the country for a little while... much to the shock and horror of our parents. We've wanted to move to a foreign country for a very long while but for one reason or another have had to wait; chasing careers, building businesses, having two beautiful daughters, etc. all took priority and understandably so.
We find ourselves in an advantageous situation right now, my online businesses are growing beyond my wildest expectations; I can do business from anywhere that I have an Internet connection. The girls (1.5 and 3 years old right now) are at that age where they "really don't know what they don't know" but are up for just about anything and, of course, are also at the age where learning a second language is easiest. Julie is feeling pretty burned out at her job and ready for a change and I have wanderlust, again... badly.
Our friends, 100% of whom have shown total support for our decision, think that it's a fantastic idea for the very same reasons.
Are you going to be a Private Investigator in Costa Rica?
No. Not the plan. I am going to stick to building my online businesses and creating a few new ones (you REALLY can make money online, I promise) that are completely different than what I have going on right now. Julie and I have both talked about them and we lose sleep over how good these new business plans really are.
Of course, CompassPoint Investigations will remain in place here in Pensacola, FL as well.
I completely understand that life in Central America is not going to be nearly as easy as we have it here in the states, but quite frankly that's the point. Call us gluttons for punishment but we have both agreed that things are a bit too easy, but at the same time overly-complicated. We both have an idealized vision about how we'd like to live: a little simpler, a little quieter, more focused on the growth and development of our beautiful daughters and farther from the sheer stupidity coming out of the US political machine right now - particularly the Democrats and our sitting POTUS. What a mess they are making.
Well I really need to write a lot more about this because I am sure you have many questions, Dear Reader. Be comforted, however, in the knowledge that I will be writing about this in much more detail as we move toward our goal of making the jump on October 20th or 21st.
Lots more to come... we have a whole house of contents to sell and tidal waves of drama to deal with, which I am sure will make great fodder for new blog posts... and probably a Voodoo Hex or two.
BTW... Anyone interested in a really great 4 year old chocolate aptly named Cannon? He cannot go with us, so my first goal is to find him an awesome home.
Pura Vida!
84 DAYS and counting!!!!
Posted by: Julie | Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 02:42 PM