Plan the life that you want.

Along with “Why?”, the most asked question we have gotten is “How”? As in, “How can we disappear for six months, to not work? What about your house, your cat, your life?

The short answer is to plan. The long answer is to plan some more.

This was hanging in our hotel room in Vermont two years ago. We took this as a sign to start planning in earnest.

We have always been planners. Both of us. This “idea” has been in the works for years. We had some ambitious adventures in mind. With enough detailed planning we set ourselves up to experience quite a bit in the coming months.

• Yes. We plan to take about six months away from our respective jobs.

• No. We are not planning to disappear and travel continuously for those six months. We’ll be home between our trips (exploring new hobbies, visiting family, resting our bodies and minds).

• Yes. We have awesome friends and cat sitters who are taking care of our home and our cat when we are away.

We are not pressing “pause” on our life, just pausing some typical routines. We’re not running away. We’ve just created an opportunity to run toward adventures that we’ve always dreamed of.