Earlier in 2016, dear husband (DH) and I decided to create a 5 year plan. We broke it into 5 big buckets: Family, Health, Career, Finance and Recreation.
We came up with lots of cool ideas:
DH: Do more fishing! Do more diving!
ME: Exercise more! Cut the mortgage in half!
Ok, DH husband came up with lots of cool ideas, I came up with more conservative concepts. :-/ It's alright, I have come to terms with my nerdiness.
As a full time working Mum of a three year old, I am conscious of the limited time I have with my precious boy. (PB) I am also conscious that the pre-school formative years are critical in the development of a small person and I have a strong desire to play a significant part. As a family, we made the decision that one of us would stay at home with our PB until he goes to school and that means that DH is stay at home Dad, a job that he totally owns.
One day, we were venturing down country on a road trip, when I suggested to DH how cool it would be to take a career break and pack up our lives into a campervan and travel around NZ with our boy. The idea was so fun to dream about - it kept us entertained for much of the journey.
When it came to the 5 year plan, it seemed like a no brainer that we should do something amazing as a family before PB started school. He's going to be in school in less than 2 years time, and then he'll be a school boy for around 14 years. I still have about 25 years of work stretching out ahead of me and so 6 months is an insignificant period when you think of it in those terms!
Weeeell... Insignificant until you are about to knock on the door of the boss to ask for 6 months leave without pay, that is!
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