Some of you might not know but two years ago I was overweight and overwhelmed even though I was a stay-at-home mom.
If you're a parent you would know what I'm talking about when the never ending to do list is always in front of you.
The
last year I've been driving a lot more so I've been listening to
personal development and it really hit me when one of the authors said
she was super overwhelmed always had things on her plate when the kids
went to bed she didn't stop and I completely related to that.
One of
the things she said to do was really look at your life and see what
success means to you. Not to somebody else, not to your neighbor, not to
your friends but actually to you? If you didn't take anyone's opinion
and you just looked at what you really wanted out of your life what
would it be.
It took a long time and I wasn't able to really answered
on the spot because I had no clue. The last several months I really
took money worries off my plate and wrote down a to do list every day to
see what really was happening every day in my life and that's when it
clicked.
I spent more time cooking, cleaning and yard work of a big house then I did doing the things that I really enjoyed.
So
that's when we decided as a family that we are going to downsize from a
2000 square-foot three bedroom two bath family room house with yard to a
3 bedroom two bath apartment.
I still feel overwhelmed like why do I
need all the space all I have is a six-year-old and a two-year-old. My
kids are so awesome they are very content with what they have.
Shortly
after we moved into the apartments my husband got a new job at an RV
dealership. This was definitely God because we kept thinking it would be
so cool to travel I mean we don't like to stay in one spot all the time
but no one we knew had ever lived in an RV before. And honestly a lot
people just don't understand it because it's not the normal thing to do.
Most feel like the American dream is to live in a big house and work
the 8 to 5 job.
But tell me how many people who work the 8 to 5 job
went to College make all this money can truly say that they love their
life every single day.
So we decided to become full-time RVers and live what we consider the American dream.
This
past weekend marks three weeks of living in an RV and yes there are ups
and downs just like owning a new home for the first time but it is
worth it.
So what would you consider success and what is your own American dream?