Ever thought of quitting the job and leaving it all behind? Well that was us! We took a year to plan an exit strategy! We started by setting up businesses we could do anywhere in the world, and gave ourselves a hard timeline by buying a One way ticket to England on a transatlantic cruise! This is the story of us, the fun, painful yet amazing and the real journey and the creation of The Wandering Lawtons.
Fall of 2022 we knew we wanted something different with life. We had talked about taking a cruise for years and were finally going to do it! When we booked the cruise with Royal Caribbean they offered a second cruise for nearly half the price because kids sail free! Of course the catch is that it is a one way transatlantic from New York to South Hampton UK, we considered it and decided to take a chance and see what happens, who knows maybe we would take the cruise and get to stay an extra 2 weeks in the UK to explore some before returning to the grind!
In our family we have a saying “Jokes come true!” We were soon talking and joking about what could happen and all the places we would want to see if we extended our trip, but of course we had no idea how to make it happen. We would need to make money from anywhere and we would need to reduce our expenses especially since William would have to break free from the golden handcuffs of a career! William researched businesses and some failed and some are doing great! Asenath did her research and found a solution for the biggest expense housing! Then went on to get another win by finding a cheap way to bring our own car to the UK!
Fast forward to this March -We listed the house to sell, took only what could fit in our Minivan and car, traveled the USA, seeing family & friends and sites along the way, selling and leaving everything that was not coming with us to Europe in a storage shed. In the final week before setting sail, we dropped the car off at the port to meet us in the UK, spent the week with some amazing friends and said the final goodbye to the J.O.B. and finally our overseas journey began!
We will be sharing our wanderings and stories on how we are making this transition from living for the paycheck and waiting for the weekend to come, to wandering Nomads planning and shaping our lives on a budget.
This video will take you from leaving the transatlantic cruise to the first stay over in Tonbridge, England. Also a sneak peak into the next video (our first house sit with two pets) and then stay connected, clicking that bell icon to be notified as we have the next year booked with sits. When everyday is an adventure, due to homeschooling, pets, walks and/or sightseeing, wandering with us will be memorable!
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