8 Myths About Our Gap Year We’d Like to Correct
A family with 3 boys, traveling the South America, one backpack per person, no job. Was it relaxing? Terrifying? Life-changing? Read on to find out more.
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Midlife Might Just Be the Perfect Time for a Gap Year
Did you miss your chance to take a gap year while you were young? It’s not to late! A midlife gap year has many advantages.
“Life Begins at 40.” A Gap Year Abroad at Midlife.
I reflect what it’s like turning forty on our year long family gap year in South America, and what Pink Floyd has to say about it.
6 Surprising Discoveries After 6 Months of Long-Term Travel
Six months into our family gap year, I reflect on the things that have surprised me the most about long-term travel and how our family has adapted (or not).
Learning How to Manage Life in Rural Brazil
With months to go in our first “gap year” country, Brazil, we must learn afresh how to be competent adults. It has not always been a smooth process.
Weeks From Our Year of Travel, Anxiety and Mixed Feelings
As we approach our departure, each family member’s unbridled enthusiasm for our year of travel becomes clouded with sadness for what we leave behind.
One Last To-Do: Resign From My Job of 15 Years
Taking a gap year required quitting my job. After fifteen years building a unique career, the experience promised to be surreal. This is how it went…
Our Lame Duck Life: Leaving It All In Three Months
Our familiar life will end in 3 months when we kick off our year of travel. I reflect on staying present and engaged in this “lame duck” phase of our life.
Long-Term Travel Planning in the Time of COVID
Advance planning for our family year of world travel is not for the faint of heart in the time of COVID. We cover our planning six months out and offer tips.
How a Gap Year Changed My Life, And We Haven’t Even Left Yet
How does life change when you near the end of a chapter? This article explores some surprising consequences of knowing it will soon be over.
