Navigating Solo
Navigating Solo
Retirement was a spontaneous decision made while sitting at my desk in my office end of day on a Friday. I’d been a nurse, certified in dual specialties, (labor and delivery and trauma care), for 29 years. I had experienced, been in situations and seen what most never could imagine no matter how many books …
In 2019, about 18 months into full time, non-stop home and pet sitting post retirement, I realized this wasn’t a job, so hard to break old habits, and that I could really go and do whatever I wanted. I booked an 11 day Mediterranean cruise and then tacked on a week in Civatavecchia, Italy before …
This past June 2023, was my 5th year home and pet sitting anniversary. I became nomadic by choice in April that very year when I made the very spontaneous decision to retire, yes, I was beyond burned out. I was fried, toasted, disillusioned and over it. I just wanted it all to STOP. I wandered …
“Do you fancy a walk?” said the chipper voice on the land line. “Sure” I said without hesitation not realizing what I had just agreed to. A walk in the UK is an adventure of a different kind! I had been staying in this rustic cottage, part stone, part brick on a rural homestead in …
In 2020 I was in Bali for two months before heading to Australia where I had 4 months of home and petsits booked between two families that never happened due to the pandemic. Like most of us, hearts were heavy. Three years later, I received a message. One of those fabulous families invited me back …