Hey, Thomas here. You may have noticed we have been quiet since last year. So what gives? Well.. a couple of things. First, I kicked off 2022 by starting a new job! It’s a great opportunity with a smaller company doing the kind of things I love to do. It Read more…
Right now our journey has almost entirely consisted of plans that we’ve spoken out loud with no real action taken. It’s a weird limbo to be in because it feels like we’re not actually doing anything. We’ve sold off a few things, but our mindset has mostly been thinking about Read more…
In part 1 of choosing a travel trailer, I went over how we rented one to try it out. While that experience wasn’t great overall because of the specific rental, we learned a few important things. First, we learned that despite the rental’s problems, we enjoyed the experience of being Read more…
Our current plan is to find a travel trailer that we can live in full-time when we’re ready to hit the road. But there are so many options to choose from and we basically know nothing about any of them. So I plan on writing a series of posts about Read more…
When we launched this blog it marked the beginning of our journey. But really that journey started months ago when we first started talking about the idea of making a change to our lifestyle. I registered the justbealeaf.com domain almost a year before it went live. I spent several of Read more…
A couple of weeks ago I went over the fears and hesitations I have about embarking on this journey. To keep things balanced I want to discuss the positive things I’m looking forward to as well. Since we started thinking about the travel lifestyle I had mostly thought of the Read more…
We wouldn’t feel right documenting this journey without the hard parts, including our fears and hesitations as we decide exactly what we want to do. So much of the content on social media related to full-time travel focuses on the fun, glamorous aspects, but leaves out the struggles. Everyone sees Read more…