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On this day in 2010 I was a solo mama with two kids under 2. I wrote my dream:

My ten year plan... spend two or three years travelling the world with my two (teenage) kids. Jeez, that'll be mean :)

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Fast forward to August 2020, I'm married, blessed with a third child and we were six months into our #digitalnomad life. 🙌

Today we are 4.5 years into slow travelling and #worldschooling with four kids. ✈️

I wish I had made it my five year plan instead of ten. 😅

If you have a dream, believe in it. No matter how ridiculous it seems at the time. Dreams are meant to be lived. Don't ever let go of your dreams. ✨

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Juraj 1y ago

This is absolutely amazing. Congrats. Truly informing.

We overestimate what we can do in one year and underestimate what we can do in ten years.

melissa 1y ago

Thank you. 🙏

And absolutely true! I could never have predicted the incredible life I am blessed to live. I'm so glad I had the courage to follow my dreams. ✨💜

DesertNomad 1y ago

Well done.

Lucky partner ;)

melissa 1y ago

I think I'm pretty lucky he's happy to come wherever too 🥰✨😍

Thomas 1y ago

Wow! Great story, Melissa. Keep on living your dreams. ✊🏻

melissa 1y ago

Thanks Thomas 🙏

And of course! It is what we're here to do ✨💜💯

elliot 1y ago

Super inspiring!

melissa 1y ago

Thanks 🙏 I'm so glad you found this inspiring. 💜💜💜

Thomas 1y ago

PS: What do you mean with World Schooling? I know home schooling. 🫣

melissa 1y ago

We are unschoolers (self-led eduction) and travel the world. Kids learn with the world as their educational system, picking up a bit of language and culture as we travel. 😍 There are a lot of families living like this! 💯🙌

Thomas 1y ago

Ah ok. Then I know what is meant 👍🏻

0xfa 1y ago

Very inspiring, thanks for this note! 🙌

First, I was thinking in homeschooling for my daughter. Then I knew about unschooling and thought "that's awesome, I like this idea more than homeschooling". And now I come to know about "worldschooling", it's mindblowing, I got so much to learn!

kboom ✝️⚡️🟠 🟣 1y ago

Nice. Happy for you that you are living your dream. Hong long do you stay aproximately in each countries you visit?

We have 3 kids and are doing homeschool. We started it 2 years ago. We have to check unschooling.

We recently flew to Mexico for 4 months to give birth to our 3rd kid and we loved the experience.

melissa 1y ago

Wow that's great you went to Mexico for 4 months! What an awesome experience 😍

I prefer 3 months in one place minimum. Since number 4 arrived (early 2022) we have been more like 8-12 months per location & also we have to consider visas and doing visa runs. Our toddler isn't a great night sleeper (& doesn't seem to need much sleep in the day either 😅).

We are approaching a little bit of fast travel, and hopefully will settle somewhere for another 6 or so months early next year! 🤩

kboom ✝️⚡️🟠 🟣 1y ago

Yes that was a great experience. So many things happened for us there and on top of that we got permanent residency thanks to our kid. We plan to move there for at least 1 year and see how it goes.

When it's possible, 8-12 months seems to be a good strategy. This give time to settle a little bit and to enjoy the place.

Hopefully you will find a place to stay for a little bit 😄

melissa 1y ago

Yes! We always land in a good spot by some mysterious way. It's part of the enjoyment of travel for us 💯🙌

kboom ✝️⚡️🟠 🟣 1y ago

Indeed 🙏