Getting Off The Hamster Wheel

[briann532]

Dont want to drag "ourswag" into disrepute by being deep and meaningful, but.....................

When new bride and I were deciding where to settle 13 years ago after living in Sh1tney for all her life, she really wanted to stay near all her family and friends.
Of course being lord and master of the house I did what I was told and bought a house locally.
Slowly but surely all her family moved on, as did a lot of friends.
Then over the years our group of friends changed and lo and behold here we are in the busy (and I mean busy!!! - takes an hour to drive 20k's these days) city with nobody close around.
Our kids go to the local school, I'm the soccer coach, wife teaches in the community, and kids are making friends thick and fast.
Entrenchment seems to be taking over.

I REALLY wish I could talk her into moving, but she is very hesitant to go backwards
I have been eyeing out Armidale for some time now. Yes I know it gets cold, but its a nice place, with good schools, uni and facilities.
Just got to convince her she needs 10 acres 4 mins out of town.....

I reckon its not hard to make new friends, and those that we still care about have moved and we still see them whenever we can. We usually meet somewhere or visit houses etc.
I'm a sparky of all sorts with loads of licenses and she's an assistant principal of a primary school so finding jobs shouldn't be a problem.

Just need to convince her and the tinlids its time to find some space.

Any help, persuasion, coercion, kidnapping or similar gladly appreciated.

Brian

[Tjupurula]

Dont want to drag "ourswag" into disrepute by being deep and meaningful, but.....................

When new bride and I were deciding where to settle 13 years ago after living in Sh1tney for all her life, she really wanted to stay near all her family and friends.
Of course being lord and master of the house I did what I was told and bought a house locally.
Slowly but surely all her family moved on, as did a lot of friends.
Then over the years our group of friends changed and lo and behold here we are in the busy (and I mean busy!!! - takes an hour to drive 20k's these days) city with nobody close around.
Our kids go to the local school, I'm the soccer coach, wife teaches in the community, and kids are making friends thick and fast.
Entrenchment seems to be taking over.

I REALLY wish I could talk her into moving, but she is very hesitant to go backwards
I have been eyeing out Armidale for some time now. Yes I know it gets cold, but its a nice place, with good schools, uni and facilities.
Just got to convince her she needs 10 acres 4 mins out of town.....

I reckon its not hard to make new friends, and those that we still care about have moved and we still see them whenever we can. We usually meet somewhere or visit houses etc.
I'm a sparky of all sorts with loads of licenses and she's an assistant principal of a primary school so finding jobs shouldn't be a problem.

Just need to convince her and the tinlids its time to find some space.

Any help, persuasion, coercion, kidnapping or similar gladly appreciated.

Brian

Hi Brian
You could always give her two choices, "either move to Armidale, or we move to the Tanami Desert where the communites need a good Electrician, and there are schools that ae always looking for Principals". Don' blae me if she threatens with divorce.
Regards
Tjupurula

[speewa158]

TJ that's a clever & cunning plan ........hope it works out 

[Bunyip]

Hi Paul,

We are about to embarkon part of this journey.

We have sold up our house in Sydney (Settlement 2nd July) and this coming Friday will be moving to Orange. LB has got a 9 to 5'er, I can afford to go to Uni to study to be a Maths Teacher. I may get some part time work once I have settled into Uni life, see how it goes.

The main thing for us is instead of being a 1.5hr 19Km drive to and from work for LB, it iwll now be a 10 min drive of about 10Km. Lots more time at home for her, and I will be there for our 13yo daughter.

We had a relatively easy decision as I had been made redundant in Jan and have had trouble finding work, LB was sick of her job after 6 years and the daughter didn't like her school. All of us have wanted to move to the country for years, the timing has just never been right, until now.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

Bunyip

[themissus]

Three weeks in and I'm loving it!

Three years ago after losing hubby's father to cancer at 63 we decided life is to short and we need to get off our bums and do something. Being mad keen fishos we set ourselves a goal to fish our way around the country. We certainly faced a few hurdles and speed bumps along the way and at times it would have been much easier to pack it in and keep plodding along like we were. A 5 week trip to Cape York last year gave us the kick in the bum we needed to follow through with the dream.
We finished up at work on the 31 of May (I retired on my 40th birthday ) moved out of our house that weekend and have been couch surfing around friends and family, saying our farewells before we hit the road full time in two weeks.
The plan is we have no plan or set time frame other than to head north because it's to damn cold to head south! We're hoping not to work for 12 months or so, then (when the cash reserves start to run low) we'll start working/fishing our way around. We've set up a facebook page to document our trip and can't wait to hit the road!
I've found it very liberating to take the reins and steer your life down the path you want rather than just going with the flow. It's been a bit of a rocky road getting to where we are now but it's all part of the journey and well worth it.
If you see us on the road please say hi!

Good luck with your decision, there will always be pros and cons. Sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith.
Cheers Kim. (We don't have kids so that does make things a bit easier)

[briann532]

Hi Brian
You could always give her two choices, "either move to Armidale, or we move to the Tanami Desert where the communites need a good Electrician, and there are schools that ae always looking for Principals". Don' blae me if she threatens with divorce.
Regards
Tjupurula

Mate, I'd be there in a heartbeat, but (and I will kill anyone who tells her - trust me I grew up in lion country, I don't miss!) I do love her and want her to stick around........

 

Brian