I still love fulltiming. Paul, too. No doubt about it.
It's a wonderful life. Couldn't be better.
Just not sure I want to write about it.
Well, actually, I am writing about it. One of the things I've started doing here in Mission is get into the discipline of writing every day. I'm reminding myself that I love to write. And, most days, I'm pretty good at it, if I do say so myself. So, whatever the case, I will keep writing.
I'm just not sure I want to keep writing about it here.
I've poured my heart and soul into chronicling our preparations for and early days of fulltiming. I hope it's been helpful. As I'm quick to confess, we're no experts. In fact, we're still newbies. I hope it's not too bold of me to wish that some of the words I've shared have helped make transitioning to and living this life a little bit easier.
Writing this blog has definitely been therapeutic. Now and then I'll find myself perusing early entries and they help me see we've come much farther in the last 20 months than the miles we've driven. Sometimes I still can't believe we actually did it. But, oh how very glad I am that we did. We are in a much better place. (And, I ain't referring to Mission, Texas!)
This blog has introduced us to many wonderful people. And, it's been worth every minute at the keyboard to reap those rewards. Connecting with members of this wonderful nomadic community is always a highlight. Always.
And, that alone could be a reason to keep this blog going. But, we have Bullwinkle's Travels, a perfectly good, though currently barely tended to, blog where I do want to keep summing up our travels. It's the kind of place where we can stay connected to other RV bloggers.
A couple of hundred posts ago I wrote about my obsession with all things fulltiming. After nearly eight months on the road it looks like I'm still pretty darn obsessed. I still check a long list of blogs every day and I'm a regular visitor at the major RVing forums. Last night I paid my last visit to a chat room I've participated in for more than a year. It's just not that much fun anymore.
Fulltiming is a blast. Having an online obsession about it is getting old. In fact, it might actually be getting in the way of the "LIFE" part of this lifestyle.
Maybe it's writer's block, but I don't think so. Maybe I'm burned out after writing about the same thing for closing in on two years. Maybe there's just not that much to report when we sit in one place for awhile. Maybe I'm just in a bad mood. More likely, I just need to take a little break. And, maybe it is time to pull the plug on this blog. After all, we made our RV escape. And, as the title implies, it is indeed GREAT! Now it might be time to concentrate on living!
So, will I keep writing here? I'm not sure. I'll wrestle with the question a bit. If you have an opinion, I'd sure love to hear it.
Meanwhile, I'm going to take a long-overdue break and get outside and enjoy this gorgeous sunny south Texas afternoon.
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I hope you don't quit the blog and chat too but I know you have to do what you have to do!
I so enjoyed reading your blog.. every post. I even went back to the beginning and read each step of the way with you. Hope you keep it up from time to time and let us know how you are doing. Thanks for sharing!
Karen and Steve
(Blog) http://kareninthewoods-kareninthewoods.blogspot.com/
"Last night I paid my last visit to a chat room I've participated in for more than a year. It's just not that much fun anymore."
Oh, I hope not, Nat!
We would miss you so much.
Happy Trails, Penny, TX
your escape is done!!..this journey is no longer a secret..we both enjoy your blog.and I enjoy perusing the old entries as we just have just begun to plan our "great escape"...this one and bullwinkle's travels have filled many a sad day here in Coquitlam as we trudge off to work everyday...thanks for the laughs..we will continue to read no matter where you "hone your writing skills"..enjoy the sunshine and the roads less travelled..keep writing when you feel like it..we will still be here!!
ps.what the heck has happened in that chat room..there seems to be a mass exit???
I am sorry to hear that you are thinking of quiting your blog...I really enjoy reading it. Although we have never met I feel I know you and having started on our full time lifestyle at about the same time as you, I have definitely been able to relate to some of your feelings and experiences along the way. Hope we meet someday down the road.
Natasha,
You are getting to the place that I reached a couple of months back. Keeping your travel journal current as a single venue for your thoughts would certainly be adequate for us peeps out here in the hinterlands.
Several months back I began to feel like I was writing the same old thing day after day in creative ways to make it sound different...not very satisfying for me certainly!!
I have decided...much to my dear wife's delight...to write only when I feel I have something to contribute and probably daily when we are on the move. When parked in one location, I will post when I have interesting things to say and/or photographs that I would like to share.
I know we have lost a few readers that have developed a "need" for daily input, but most of our followers have been very supportive.
As far as chat rooms are concerned...Yuck!!! Most is chatter without useful content...and then the flamer shows up to toss gas on the fire. Oh well!! :-)
We will enjoy hearing about your travel adventures but there is no need to carry on with two blogs...in my humble opinion. LOL! Me, humble...don't think so!
Do what feels right to you!!
Da Godfadda and his bride
Natasha,
You are getting to the place that I reached a couple of months back. Keeping your travel journal current as a single venue for your thoughts would certainly be adequate for us peeps out here in the hinterlands.
Several months back I began to feel like I was writing the same old thing day after day in creative ways to make it sound different...not very satisfying for me certainly!!
I have decided...much to my dear wife's delight...to write only when I feel I have something to contribute and probably daily when we are on the move. When parked in one location, I will post when I have interesting things to say and/or photographs that I would like to share.
I know we have lost a few readers that have developed a "need" for daily input, but most of our followers have been very supportive.
As far as chat rooms are concerned...Yuck!!! Most is chatter without useful content...and then the flamer shows up to toss gas on the fire. Oh well!! :-)
We will enjoy hearing about your travel adventures but there is no need to carry on with two blogs...in my humble opinion. LOL! Me, humble...don't think so!
Do what feels right to you!!
Da Godfadda and his bride
I've just started blogging about my prep to get on the road in 2012. I can't imagine trying to keep up with 2 blogs. I have enjoyed reading and learning from your blog, I will keep following wherever you decide to log your adventures. Blogging is for you, not us. Maybe it's because you have completed your transition to the full-timing lifestyle. I'm learning that the change in lifestyle is stressful. Any change is hard, and it helps to have a place to work it all out. Thanks for sharing it with me. Remember, the blog will stay, so newbies can see it, even if you stop making entries. Just leave a link to your travel log in your final post. Seems like an appropriate ending. See you down the road.
The fact that you have a second blog to chronicle your future travels would allow you to gently let go of this one. As you said, The Great RV Escape was to inform others about your particular journey in the transition from employed stick built homeowners to retired fulltimers. That process is over and it's time to move on guilt-free. Just let us know where you are and what you're up to in Bullwinkle's Travels and I'm sure that will suffice for most of us. And as Katie noted, this blog will remain online for future newbies to peruse and learn from.
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