Having a hard time with full timing

Rice wrote:

Bill.Satellite wrote:

It sounds like you have not left FL meaning you are pretty much running around in circles just to be moving. Either settle down a bit or GO! There are some absolutely amazing, stunning, awe inspiring, breath taking, historic and unique locations around this great Country of ours and you have an excellent opportunity to find them and brag about having seen them. Some will change your life, some will enlighten, some will educate, some will simply be items you cross off your bucket list and some you will scratch your head and wonder why you wasted your time (like the time I visited Roswell, NM). They will all still be an experience and they will all be an experience you will remember forever.

I agree with Bill that you may not be moving around enough. I know, this is contrary to what everyone else is saying, but I wonder if it would help if you made a cleaner break from your previous lifestyle.

Not to bash Florida, but if I were thinking, "Where would I go if I could spend the time to see everything I wanted to without being rushed?" I would not think of Florida. And it's certainly not the first place I'd go to if I were suddenly free to travel wherever I want. And I can see myself thinking, "For this, I could have stayed home."

What new and exciting things are you seeing and doing there? To me, that's the best part of fulltiming--the luxury to not have to cram everything into a 2-week vacation, and to go see things that I never would have planned a special trip for. It doesn't sound like you're taking advantage of that. (Or maybe you don't want to--if so, I completely understand and you can ignore what I'm saying.)

While a lot of people caution against new fulltimers being in "vacation mode," maybe that's actually what you need. You haven't lost your home and friends, you've gained a vacation that most people would kill for.

You could at least give it a shot. One thing for sure--what you're doing right now isn't working for you, and at least you'd get an adventure out of it.

What plans do you have set until May? Is that when you have to be in Texas? If you're just biding time between now and then, maybe take advantage of it. We once had to kill a month in central New Mexico and it turned out great because we saw all this stuff we'd never have made a special trip for. At whatever pace we chose each day.

(Note to Bill.Satellite -- we did not go to Roswell.)

I have no problem if you decide fulltiming isn't for you, but if you're stuck in it for the time being, it would be a shame if you missed the opportunity to do some real traveling and sightseeing and seeing first-hand how things operate in different parts of the country. It's pretty interesting.

I think part of my problem is that I'm still thinking vacation & not living. DH said to me that we don't have to see & do something everyday. If we had a stick home there would be days that we'd be reading, do emails, just relaxing. So why do we have to rush & do something every day. He's right.

We're trying to come up with a way to see our friends & family (we have a daughter in NY & son in Tx) while still seeing the country. We were thinking of eventually staying where our children are (TX winter, NY summer) & traveling in between. But maybe we'll move that up. When we travel, we'll stay longer in places. That way we won't feel like outsiders.