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I just took a nap, and something magically productive happened. Max taking a nap while painting the new pergola for the treehouse on Gillespie — June 15th, 2016 One of my firm goals with sailing full time with Ad Astra is to nap more often. I see no good reason why we do not simply nap when we are tired. Anyone who knows me well knows that when I get tired I can be quite irritable, and that is not a great trait for being on a boat full time.

Burning down the small treehouse scraps as I type One-way tickets have been purchased. Still have a lot of open questions: When will the INS schedule the appointment to finalize Kaiwen’s citizenship? How many open projects will there be on the house when we go? How will her follow-up dental appointment go? How do I send a pallet of stuff to the virgin islands (do I really need that stuff!

Let’s actually dig-in and figure out what it takes to Sail Away and see the world. First, here is a link to a Google Sheet that I put together to model your own escapism plans. (Note: this would also work to model taking off in an RV, backpacking/cycling/motorcycling/trekking or even couch surfing with slight modifications.) Sailing Away Financial Model: SailingAway. Overview What does it take to financially sail away?, DUPLICATE THIS SPREADSHEET and Modify for yourself Copyright( C…docs.

Dock Lines are Strong The afternoon meeting is going on way too long. The meeting was bullshit before it started, and now it is only more ripe bullshit. Your laptop is open, checking on facebook to get through the meeting; a friend of yours is posting amazing travel photos from something tropical. You are having a hard time concentrating on the director-of-nothing’s extortions. You are looking at sails full of wind.