Anyone have regrets about having gone full-time?
Anyone have regrets about having gone full-time? We would like to hear about any that have decided that it was NOT the right lifestyle for them and why. Thanks in advance!
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Not a full-timer yet, but sure glad I made the decision to retire at 53. I work part-time (when I want and how I want)free lance from home and travel throughout the year. I hate S&Bs with a passion. We will have our house on the market soon and once it's gone it's gone. We have a couple of rentals but at this point they don't provide income. We will have the money from the sale of our house plus a total of three pensions in six more years. One is already in effect and pays all the bills. We're frugal people and I never see us owning an expensive rv of any type.
That said, I wouldn't trade all the four and five month trips we have had so far. All it does is create that fantastic "wanderlust". We want more. Now we are planning a six month tour of the coastal U.S. and the Canadian border. The more we do it, the more time we spend away from home.
Now when I think of home repairs and constant updating, I think about how that money could go to something more important like more world travel. We are now thinking about a Class B to tour Central and South America before we're sixty. Not that life ends at sixty, but then we want to rv in Australia, Africa and Europe.
We have met so many cool people in our travels in Mexico. Funny thing is, they are all over 70 and there are lots of them. It's that desire to discover more. It's something in our humanness.
You can't live without money, but no one knows the certainty of the future. We have worked hard, and still do sometimes, we did a little planning, maybe not as much as others but our needs are few.
My biggest need is to sit outside and see the sunrise and the sunset. Enjoy my happy hours, a good meal , daily walks and exercise. A little bird watching and some hiking. Visiting friends and family.
I have friends who say they can't travel because they have to take care of their house. Ball and chain. The only chain I want is the break away from my TV to my TT.
That said, I wouldn't trade all the four and five month trips we have had so far. All it does is create that fantastic "wanderlust". We want more. Now we are planning a six month tour of the coastal U.S. and the Canadian border. The more we do it, the more time we spend away from home.
Now when I think of home repairs and constant updating, I think about how that money could go to something more important like more world travel. We are now thinking about a Class B to tour Central and South America before we're sixty. Not that life ends at sixty, but then we want to rv in Australia, Africa and Europe.
We have met so many cool people in our travels in Mexico. Funny thing is, they are all over 70 and there are lots of them. It's that desire to discover more. It's something in our humanness.
You can't live without money, but no one knows the certainty of the future. We have worked hard, and still do sometimes, we did a little planning, maybe not as much as others but our needs are few.
My biggest need is to sit outside and see the sunrise and the sunset. Enjoy my happy hours, a good meal , daily walks and exercise. A little bird watching and some hiking. Visiting friends and family.
I have friends who say they can't travel because they have to take care of their house. Ball and chain. The only chain I want is the break away from my TV to my TT.
