Here we are: less than one year away from our “moving to Europe for a year” adventure. It’s time to really focus up and make this thing happen!
Here are some of the things I’m doing to prepare for our adventure:
(1) Defining what I hope to gain from this experience.
Sounds like an easy one, right? Almost not worth asking really. But Jose asked me this a couple of months ago and it got me thinking… a lot.
(2) Preparing myself and loved ones for a long separation.
Not easy, but much easier to endure knowing that I’m going to have lots of visitors in Europe!
(3) Decluttering my life.
I am going minimalist… and I’m going to have the mother of all garage sales before we move!
(4) Getting on track financially.
Ugh. This isn’t fun. Working on getting credit cards and car note paid off. Savings? Not yet.
(5) Pursuing dual citizenship option.
Since my great-grandparents are from Italy, I might be able to get dual citizenship… if my grandma was born after her father became a US citizen. Still working on tracking down his naturalization documentation. Fingers crossed!
(6) Learning Italian.
I’m going to have to take this beyond the Italian Word of the Day widget on my iGoogle homepage. And quickly!
(7) Expanding the original plan.
Who said we have to stay in one place the whole time. Rome is going to be awesome, but if we are truly location-independent, we have the freedom to roam.
(8) Transforming Work.
Right now, I have a regular old job. Soon, I need to be able to work from anywhere in the world. Yikes / hooray!
