Thanks. It seems like the right thing to do. My first destination, planned for about 3 months, is currently a lot like the type of martini James Bond loves - shaken, not stirred - Puerto Rico. I have travel insurance, though.
@doschicos - no storage units! But a family member has a spare bedroom for my bed, dresser, etc. And some basement/garage space for my winter clothing and so on. But I plan the entire move in one pickup truck trip. Getting rid of furniture and stuff is easy - FB marketplace, people come and take it away for me and leave a little cash too. Hardest is the kid stuff but they don’t want it so I have pared that down to a single box of photos art, etc. Put my very favorite Christmas ornaments in one tin. And the rest goes.
@taverngirl Absolutely. I learned, in the past 18 months, to stop planning everything and just let things happen. In SE Asia, I’d figure out the next few days at a time then see how i felt. Stayed much longer in some places, left some quicker, found ones other people told me about. I was the uber planner and it’s been interesting to let that go.
@lookingforward - absolutely different to be living and working rather than trying to see everything in a week or two vacation. Most days I woke up and worked for a few hours in my condo/hotel/whatever then went out to explore my surroundings, whatever they were. Go swim or hike or check out temples, try local transit.
This time I may try to stay in places a little longer, do the things I didn’t do last time - go to co-working spaces, meetups and such.
It is keeping me sane, making plans. I was a wreck the day my son moved this week - for some reason I chose that day to go through the kids’ artwork and old school stuff…my eyes are still a little swollen. But it gets better every day.