'We don’t really have plan. I think that in and of itself is pretty freeing'
Photo: George Marks/Getty Images Nobody wants to be chained to their desk anymore, and yet here we all are. More than half of people would prefer a job with flextime, according to one study. Thirty-seven percent would change their job to have one that allowed them to work remotely at least part-time.
We realized how limiting our life would be if we stayed on the same path. My husband was traveling and missing day-to-day family time, and even our weekends were so structured. I found myself focusing on things that really didn’t matter, like wearing Lululemon to take my kid to the park. You feel these ties holding you down to a life you think you planned for yourself. We found them getting more and more constricting. And we both really wanted to travel.
When we’re stationary, I work about 25 hours a week doing freelance editing, and knock it down when we’re out sailing. My husband got his captain’s license and trained as a marine electrician before we began sailing full-time, so he’s been setting up his business. We’re very lucky that the work we do allows us enough flexibility to do this, even when it’s hard.
Still, this lifestyle has been a lot more expensive than I thought it would be. In a lot of these places, your grocery bills are huge. But the surprise has really been all of these unforeseen big-ticket items. A huge slew of boat repairs in Puerto Rico last winter cost thousands and thousands more than we expected, around $20,000 total. Stuff just breaks, and it breaks sooner than anticipated. And parts and labor are hard to come by here.
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