From Van Life to Sailboat Dreams — Living on the Edge Takes Practice

Adventure is a skill you can hone

Photo by Alice Hartrick | Unsplash

Just four short months ago, if you would’ve told me I’d be sitting in coastal North Carolina, prepping to quit my job, and be the proud owner of a 31-foot sailboat — I would’ve probably thought you were nuts. And I would’ve had a lot of questions.

Why would I leave Denver — a city that I love?

How would I pay my bills?

I don’t know a damn thing about sailboats.

I realize that last one isn’t a question — it’s just a cold, hard fact.

Life sometimes has other plans

I think it was John Lennon who said, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”

Back in April, I was busy planning out some landscaping projects, collecting books to read in the local parks over the summer, and fantasizing about car camping in the Rocky Mountains. I had fully assimilated to life as a “Coloradan.” And, I loved my life as it was.

The last thing on my mind was the possibility of packing up and moving somewhere new — especially not North Carolina.

North Carolina was not on my radar — it hadn’t been for many years. Back in 2014, I…