An update since I havent been posting at all lately. There is a reason. It could be that I have decided to give up all of my worldly possessions to live a simple and minimalist lifestyle. The above photo (my current living arrangement) seems to support this and it would be in accordance with the trendline I (my family) are following. Or it could be that I haven’t been posting because I am in the middle of a very tedious and complicated move. If ever you are thinking about making a move to a more minimalist lifestyle I recommend getting started before you move!
About 8 months ago my wife and I made the decision to return how to our home town to raise our son. An easy decision (and no doubt rewarding one) but not without a lot of work and emotion. I have been living apart from Jade and the boy for 3 months now (they made the move @ the beginning of March) and just this week I completed moving most of our stuff. I have three weeks remaining at my current job (which means term projects to grade, exams to write and then grade and report cards!!!) and we are trying to purchase a home while living in separate cities (*not easy).
All in all it will definitely be worthwile. As a part of the plan we made the decision to reduce the scale of our existence such that everything we need is within walking/cycling distance. This I suppose was necessity after we cut ourselves free of car dependence about 10 months ago. I seriously have been much, much happier with the no car quality of life. You should consider it , save money, save time, and most of all save your sanity and reduce your stress.
All for now, gotta go sign more papers to get a mortgage approval. More on how I intend to pay for this house in a future post.