Could you leave behind everything you had to build a life you only ever dreamed about?
Julie Nowell and her family put their fears aside to live the rural life they always wanted. How they did it and still managed to stay connected with family and friends may inspire you to do the same.
Three years ago, we had a chance to rebuild our life - from the big bits all the way down to the small.
Our priorities were simple: we wanted time. We wanted to build a life around our lifestyle, instead of a lifestyle around our life, and this meant we needed to make a BIG change.
Our old life was in the city, close to everything we thought we needed and our new home had limited “on the ground” work opportunities, very few brick and mortar shops, and was four hours away from our closest relative.
This was where the fear came in. Could we actually survive completely independent of the support system we had built around us? Could we rebuild life entirely on our own? And how would we stay connected to the people and things we were so connected to?
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