I thought life outside of the daily “9 to 5” would be slower paced. I was wrong. Here we are, several years past our corporate jobs and life still feels full. There is no longer a daily grind — which is wonderful; but as the days pass and various important projects don’t get progressed, I’m left wondering why (since we don’t have the excuse of all-consuming careers anymore)?
What we have instead is inventory from over a dozen abandoned storage units that we’ve purchased at auction, a growing eBay shop, and over 100 videos on our YouTube channel chronicling what we’ve been up to since we made the decision to change our path back in March of 2021. Our blog, with our thoughts, recipes and pictures is still here and gets updates when the mood strikes.
But what felt like “must have” dreams several years ago, just don’t seem all that important anymore. Instead, we’re just being. We’re not accomplishing big projects; instead we’re keeping up with dishes, laundry, gardening, preserving, all while continuing to make videos for our small, wonderful subscriber base, many of whom are gardening friends of Phil’s. Perhaps someday, that base will become large enough to generate a small income, but we’ve stopped hoping for that, and are resigned to stretching out our savings to keep us afloat until our retirement funds are able to be used.
From our blog…
- Ten essential tools for cleaning out a storage unit
Here are the tools we need to do storage unit clear-outs. - New use for an old bedsheetSandy blitzed her bedsheet stash to make a bunch of dust mop covers. See for yourself how easy these are to make.
- Adventures in DrivingA new adventure began today. Phil had a first, short driving practice session.
