Two Lists of "To-Dos"

With our Great Escape just a bit less than two years away, one of the questions we wrestle with is "What do we need to do?"

When things get overwhelming, we've both been known to rely on the trusty "to-do list" to manage our way. So, it's no surprise that this lofty plan of ours has at least one of us reaching for the tools to make a list.

In no particular order, our rapidly growing (and still very incomplete) mental list of to-dos looks something like this:

• Decide which RV to buy
• Buy it
• Figure out where to store it
• Get the house ready to sell
• Sell it
• Decide what stuff we need
• Store or get rid of the rest
• Teach our very spoiled indoor cats how to exercise outdoors on a leash
• Go on a few "mini escapes"
• Figure out when and how to quit our jobs
• Figure out when, where and if we want to work again
• Decide the places that are "must stops" on the road

Already that's a lot of stuff to do. Thankfully, we have time to figure how what needs to be done, and how and when we'll do it.

So, for right now, we're focusing on a much more singular to-do:

• Learn

Whether we're clicking through web sites and travel blogs, flipping through one of a stack full of books we've bought (already!), or talking with a full-timer or a RV salesperson, we're soaking it all up like a couple of sponges. We're attacking this dream with the energy and attention of an all-important project at work or school. (In fact, sometimes it feels like work can just wait!) And, while we worry that we might be a tad obsessed about all this, we are loving it. We're learning everything we can about how to hit the road.

And, right now, that's really all we have to do!