I’ve been thinking about my incredibly
strong urge to up and leave. Ever since
Matt reintroduced “The Dream” into our
lives a few weeks ago, I’ve been so excited that I feel like I have ants in my pants. Sometimes I get so full of the compulsion to
GO NOW that I want to find a skipping rope and do 100 or 200 fast skips to
discharge the excess energy. I can feel
it brimming out of me. I can’t remember
the last time anything fired me up so much.
But our lives here are so content, so
stable, so full of everything that we’re supposed to want, that I know we’re
going to face some serious lack of comprehension when we go public with our
plans. So, in no particular order, here
are my 10 top reasons for wanting to grab my family and run away to sea.
1.
Everything on board “has to
work for everyone”. I can’t think of a
better family mantra.
2.
We get to hang out as family,
all the time (sometimes I think that will be a good point for NOT going!)
3.
Matt and I are a good team, and
we work best when aiming for a common goal (what couple doesn’t?)
4.
I love the sound of the
cruising community. I have a strong need
to belong.
5.
I love the anti-consumerism
ethos; the idea of “stuff” as the enemy.
6.
I’m happy being in and around Nature.
7.
I get a buzz out of the idea of
living self-sufficiently and resourcefully, the need to use our creativity and
ingenuity.
8.
I hope it will slow life right
down.
9.
I get excited about challenges
and adventures – approached with caution and courage.
10. Since my health overhaul (Feb 2016) my life has both expanded and
sped up. It has blossomed into spectacular
technicolour. I feel the need to seize
every chance to fully inhabit my life, to make it matter, to make every bit of
it count.
I feel almost panicky that something might
happen to stop us going. I pray that we
encounter no health problems to stop us going, because anything else, surely is
surmountable.
