Tiny Home. Big Adventure
I am officially homeless! Well by choice. Everything Goldie and I need for the next year is packed tightly in her trunk, while all my furniture and countless boxes of shoes and clothes remain behind in my storage unit in Sacramento. It’s a weird situation trying to plan ahead with the different seasons and different locations, and how to plan my wardrobe accordingly. Right now it’s fall in Oregon, which will be very different from winter in New Mexico to spring in Georgia and summer in Chicago. I hope I planned well enough, or Amazon shopping will become my best friend.
Current Location: Damascus, Oregon, a small farm town about 35 minutes east of Portland. My neighbors are chickens and goats, with a dirt road to get to my front door. My home is tiny…literally a tiny home! It’s a peaceful and warm place, with amazing hosts who give me fresh eggs and great local recommendations. It’s been one of my dreams to live on a tiny home on a farm and I have to say, so far, I don’t hate it. The tall ceilings give space for lots of windows and natural lighting, the large front porch make the long work days more bearable, and the shower is perfect for my 5’10” head, but not much taller than that. There is a bit of challenge having to bed over when I get out of bed in the morning, or when making the bed. As if making the bed wasn’t already a pain, now I have to do it at a 90-degree angle.
The hardest part with this adventure, decision, life-changing plan, is that I have a full-time job I have to focus on during the week. It doesn’t matter where I am in the world, I have 7:30-4:30 job that requires the bulk of my attention during the work week. I am not able to galivant around during the weekdays. I have to save my adventure time for the weekends like everyone else. I am grateful I work for a company that allows to work from anywhere in the world, but I have responsibilities and a team I need to manage. Maybe one day…I’ll manifest it into existence…my dream of traveling and working, writing around the world will come true. Discovering new things and hearing the stories of those I meet.
My goal for this new life, for this blog and social media is tell my story along this journey. I’m just a girl trying to live her life the best way she knows how. I do not consider myself an expert travel guide, or will create ‘The Best Of…” lists because what I consider great, you might hate. My subjective opinion will take away from your experience and I don’t want that for us.
Join Goldie and I for this big adventure.