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21Sep 2017 by The Roamer 2 Comments

Our plan: The 21 day California to Michigan road trip

In case you didn't know this SoCal family is relocating to Michigan. To kick off our mini retirement The Roamers are heading off on a 21 day cross country road trip from California to Michigan. The count down says I only have 9 days and 11 hrs until this adventure starts. I get asked why move to Michigan? [caption id="attachment_1692" align="alignright" width="169"] Michigan. Family? Check! Snowy Fun? Check! Happiness? Check![/caption] In Short: Family and property. Mr. Roamer & Jr's dad are both from Michigan and most of their families are there too. Moving to Michigan means we can re-plug ourselves into the family. As for property, California is a very prohibitive market. While we could take on a massive loan to buy a home here. We are choosing not to.…

25Aug 2017 by The Roamer No Comments

Mini Retirement Update: July countdown

Mini Retirement series

Hey there, if you’re new I am going to be publishing a monthly series where I document our journey to this years One Goal. The goal: to take a Mini Retirement. Take 4 months off of work to travel internationally to Ecuador and El Salvador and permanently move to a new state, Michigan. The launch date of this adventure is October 1, 2017. This is our first time going through the process of planning a mini retirement. By the end of this series I hope to have a tried and true checklist to go by for all our future mini retirements. Wish us luck and follow along on the journey. As of today the count down clock say 6 weeks and 1 days. Holy shiiza! We are in single digits on the weeks. Oh…

14Jul 2017 by The Roamer No Comments

Mini Retirement Update: June and growing worries.

Mini Retirement series

Hey there, if you’re new I am going to be publishing a monthly series where I document our journey to this years One Goal. The goal: to take a Mini Retirement. Take 4 months off of work to travel internationally to Ecuador and El Salvador and permanently move to a new state, Michigan. The launch date of this adventure is October 1, 2017. This is our first time going through the process of planning a mini retirement. By the end of this series I hope to have a tried and true checklist to go by for all our future mini retirements. Wish us luck and follow along on the journey. As of today the count down clock say 11 weeks and 3 days. Only 3 months left!!! June to do list:…

26Jun 2017 by The Roamer 4 Comments

Mini retirement update: Slowly moving forward

Family, Mini Retirement series

Hey there, if you’re new I am going to be publishing a monthly series where I document our journey to this years One Goal. The goal: to take a Mini Retirement. Take 4 months off of work to travel internationally to Ecuador and El Salvador and permanently move to a new state, Michigan. The launch date of this adventure is October 1, 2017. This is our first time going through the process of planning a mini retirement. By the end of this series I hope to have a tried and true checklist to go by for all our future mini retirements. Wish us luck and follow along on the journey. As of today the count down clock say 14 weeks and 4 days. May to do list: There are some rolled over…

18May 2017 by The Roamer No Comments

Mini Retirement Monthly Update: Too much in my house

Mini Retirement series

Hey there, if you’re new I am going to be publishing a monthly series where I document our journey to this years One Goal. The goal: to take a Mini Retirement. Take 4 months off of work to travel internationally to Ecuador and El Salvador and permanently move to a new state, Michigan. The launch date of this adventure is October 1, 2017. This is our first time going through the process of planning a mini retirement. By the end of this series I hope to have a tried and true checklist to go by for all our future mini retirements. Wish us luck and follow along on the journey. As of today the count down clock say 19 weeks and 5 days. Can you feel the pressure? April to do…

12Apr 2017 by The Roamer No Comments

Mini Retirement Monthly Update: Passports? Yes, please!

Family, Mini Retirement series, Travel

Hey there, if you're new I am going to be publishing a monthly series where I document our journey to this years One Goal. The goal: to take a Mini Retirement where we take 4 months off of work to travel internationally and permanently move to a new state. The launch date of this adventure is October 1, 2017. This is our first time going through the process of planning a mini retirement. By the end of this series I hope to have a tried and true checklist to go by for all our future mini retirements. Wish us luck and follow along on the journey. This year all I really need to focus on is getting from here to that mini retirement. A major component of the mini retirement is…

03Mar 2017 by The Roamer No Comments

My one goal this year

Family, Mini Retirement series, Retirement, Travel

Yearly goals are a thing for me. They have been since I got pregnant with my son in college. I really do attribute my success in finishing school, after having a kid, to the focus that goal setting gives me. Back then I used to do it every semester, but now I set yearly goals. I have a tendency to over do it, but this year I am not. This year I have ONE goal. Usually I separate goals into categories: family, money, work, travel. Then I choose 3 or 4 or more for each category. ( If you don't believe me, check out my goals for 2015) This year just ONE. The goal: (more…)

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