I dreamed it, now I'm doing it

do you ever wish you could just pack it all in?  I mean the house, job, bills, hassle, having to cut the grass, etc.  And just live a simpler life?  I know I do.  I'm sick of just dreaming and wishing so I've decided to make it happen.  

I'm a 48 year old single female.  My son has left home to start his own adventure and I'm left in a town I don't really know anyone (more about that another time) with 2 dogs and a naughty cat.  Work is sporadic at best, although I do actually start a new job on Tuesday, it's only till September though.

I've made the decision to put my house on the market and sell up.  Now what do I do from this point forward.  That's the beauty of this, the world is quite literally my oyster.  I've ideas but I'm flexible on them and will go with what feels right.  If I end up making a huge mistake, well it's easy to undo and start again.

I'm hoping that with the sale of my house I'll ge able to buy a small flat somewhere to use as a base.  My true goal is to buy a van, convert it into a mobile home and go off and see the world.  Aggghhhh. I'm bloody terrified but excited at the same time.

Currently I'm getting myself all twisted up with the thought of having to downsize everything.  I've amassed some amount of stuff in my lifetime.  Some of it can go to the flat I'm hoping to buy (once I've found it that is) and some I'll need for the van, but that won't amount to anywhere near what I have.  I'm overwhelmed with what I need to get rid off.  I'm listing stuff for sale, creating piles for charity and piles for the bin, but trying to decide what goes and what stays is hard without knowing what space I'll have at the end of this.  I'm working on worse case scenario of not having a lot of space so get rid of most of it.

Anyway, you get the general idea, sell up house, buy a flat, buy a van, convert van. Hit the road and explore, that's the goal. I need to write that down and keep it handy to remind me of the simple roadmap to achieving my goal.

Today I needed to get away from my own thoughts, so I went for a paddle.  Didn't turn out to be the best plan, day ended in a swim for me when 2 sneaky waves got me but I'm in one piece and so is my boat so no harm done.

I'm going to use this blog to record my journey, I'll include pictures occasionally.  I'm not expecting anyone to read this blog but if you do happen to come across it, then please be kind x

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