It's been 18 months since we sold nearly everything in an effort to lead a more simple life, to free up our financial resources, and to allow us to provide service wherever we feel called. During those 18 months, we have been to Costa Rica twice, Panama, Nicaragua, multiple Hawaiian islands on two different trips, and spent two summers on a gorgeous Maine island, where we rent a small studio apartment with a deck that provides wonderful sunset views over the mainland. We feel incredibly blessed … [Read more...]
Downsizing
Decompressing after Minimizing
Decompressing after Minimizing Learning to Relax After Jettisoning A House & Most of My Belongings. I awoke this morning at 4:30AM, as the sun started to peek into our just moved into, adorably efficient studio apartment, which is considerably smaller than the beautiful 4 bedroom home we rented to shelter us through the winter. The belongings I brought to this transitional residence include the laptop on which I am typing this article, two drawers and 1/3 of a closest worth of clothes, a … [Read more...]
We Sold Everything (Almost)
Downsizing to detach, a journey that we energetically and spiritually started to seriously entertain about a year ago when we were 'empty nesters' before we anticipated being so..... Here is Paul's first, of many anticipated, article(s), in which he shares the emotional, cultural, spiritual, and heart centered joys and struggles of making such a life changing decision (article first published on medium.com and thriveglobal.com): We did it. We sold everything except for some family … [Read more...]
