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The Time Has Come
I’ve long known that, in order to make a dream come true, you have to take small, continuous steps toward the goal. But it’s not until you have to take the OneGiantStep that is undoable that makes it really real. Things just got really real around here. I think we knew within a few days [...]
Continue reading...Setting The Criteria
22. August 2012
Hindsight, they say, is 20/20 and so it is for us. We figured out back in April that it wasn’t the magic number that would hold us back but we still didn’t seem to be moving forward at a great pace. What was it that was holding us back? If we didn’t need to save [...]
Continue reading...Summer Reading
9. August 2012
Summer has a hold on me and will just not let go. I’m all about lounging in the sun, drinking beer, riding my bike, and hanging with friends. Who has time to blog?! These people, that’s who. These are the folks I know that are just getting on the go. They are on the road, [...]
Continue reading...Summer Festival Fun: Calgary Folkfest
1. August 2012
Ahhhh, the dog days of summer. The heat is on, punctuated only by summer thunderstorms. Weekends are filled with activity and if not then they’re spent drinking beer on the patio. Playing hooky is a favorite past-time. The Calgary Folkfest was on this past weekend allowing us to put checks in all the above boxes. Another [...]
Continue reading...Flying High
25. July 2012
I’ve said that I don’t have a bucket list, but I can honestly say that I never, in a million years, thought I would find myself in a glider high above the earth. It wasn’t even on my not-a-bucket-list! In the past I have been very fearful of flying. In fact, I relied on small prescription [...]
Continue reading...Struck From My Not-A-Bucket List: Hiking In Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
18. July 2012
I’ve never really had a bucket list. You know, one of those lists of things that you absolutely must do before you die? I guess I don’t want to be hemmed in to only those experiences and would rather experience whatever tickles my fancy at the time. There are a couple of things, though, that I [...]
Continue reading...Would $100 Change Your Life?
11. July 2012
It’s a small sum, right? Seriously, we spent that on dinner and drinks last night. And yet it is what will propel me through the next Giant Step. It’s not the sum, but the investment. The investment in me; that I can be more, do more, reach more. Not the amount, but the responsibility. My [...]
Continue reading...One Foot Here, One Foot…
4. July 2012
Know what this is? Or this? It’s undone stuff. Unhung pictures. Still packed boxes. We’ve been here in Calgary over a year now and just haven’t bothered to completely unpack or settle in. I realized this last week when friends moved into a new house and then declared just a few short days later that [...]
Continue reading...Practicing Ramen Slurping
27. June 2012
I open the door spilling warm, steamy air out into the street. It’s an unseasonably cold, wet and miserable day in springtime Calgary; I step inside and let the warmth embrace me. “Irashaimase”, comes the gentle call from chefs and waitstaff alike. Welcome. Taking a seat at the bar where I can see the chefs [...]
Continue reading...Saving For Travel
20. June 2012
You know that I don’t think it’s ‘luck’ that allows a person to travel. I think you have to have your eye on the prize, be willing to make sacrifices, and save, save, save! Travel doesn’t have to be expensive; and saving for travel doesn’t have to be painful. The cost of a trip varies [...]
Continue reading...You’re So Lucky!
7. June 2012
I met Ken at a local blogging event this week. We exchanged pleasantries and then got into the meat of what it is that we blog about. I learned that he is the editor/content manager of a corporate blog; he learned that I’m a travel blogger and that we’re heading to Wyoming and Portland next [...]
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Travellers. Giant-Steppers. Serial Expats.
Hi! We're Gillian and Jason. In January 2013 we left our 'home and native land' for untold adventures in far away lands. Our plan is loose at best; our only goals are freedom and happiness. Follow along as we make, and tell, our stories.
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10. October 2012
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