I thought it would be years before my wife and I could afford to do a big trip. As it turns out, we are doing one this summer. We're planning a trip across Canada. Until now our trips were 2-3 days, as we both had jobs and other obligations.

As it turned our, both of us were terminated from out jobs recently (redundancy). I received a generous severance package and began looking for another job.

WAIT!!! Why are we looking to get back on the treadmill so fast? We both agreed to take things a little less seriously and enjoy our 'paid' time off. We opened a bottle of champagne and began to plan our cross country trip. We figured the jobs we will eventually have to get will be waiting for us after our 3 month adventure - whatever and wherever those jobs are! We have given notice on our apartment, will store our junk, and spending as little as possible on superfluous stuff until we depart in May '06.
It's exciting and scary - but we will have an adventure that will leave us with far more memories and experiences than the money we would have earned had we looked for jobs.

So, just when you wonder how you can do it, something comes up to allow you to - one way or another, sooner than you think.

[This message has been edited by tor1150r (edited 05 March 2006).]

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