Dwellingtiny

Insights into why I love the great Bus System in Costa Rica. Clean, affordable and safe!

The vast majority of the world consists of sedentary souls. And then there's a small fraction. Who keep exploring? Keep growing. Settling just happens. Well, a journey begins with one step. Both are correct but only one for you.

I want to travel, but don't want to lose touch with my family! A common concern and one I reflect on in this episode.

Knowing where your time is going is paramount to achieving success going forward. In this episode we provide insight on tools to accomplish a plan forward

A brief recap of 2023 where I traveled abroad to live in Costa Rica and at age 79.

A few details on my arrival and setting up to live life in Costa Rica

How I decided to live abroad and a few of the accomplishments to facilitate that transition.

A few quick tips for finding and maintaining your life focus.

Identifying types of travel, site selection to satisfy your requirements with a focus on travel abroad.

A question, I'm asked often. Whether it's directly or not, I aren't you too old to be traveling? They're really asking that of them themselves. Recently, I had the occasion to visit my brother, who I interviewed, and I think in a way answers that question. By his example.

Do you have a clear sense of purpose? Are you aware that having one can greatly improve your life! In this episode, I relate how and why I believe a sense of purpose is so important, even in Blue zones!

When traveling abroad is a car, a requirement? For that matter is a car a requirement at home? What my experiences have been and choices I've made in this regard.

Why I switched carriers and a tip or two to consider.

Set a plan prior to retirement for success.

Reflections on living in Costa Rica on Social Security.

Losing a debit card while traveling. And, how I dealt with it.

How I learned to reach out and get to know like minded people in a different country.

One man's take on trepidation and public transportation.

A brief description of geo-Arbitrage in my life and how I use it for a quality of life and how you might as well.

From kindergarten forward, we want to know what's going to happen. What should we do, what is expected of us? This continues on every major life activity change. When we plan a trip, we plan the activities and what to pack. The further the trip, typically the more we plan to pack into each day. Unless of course the trip is purely for rest. When traveling to live it's a bit different. What weather...

On Dec 31st, I boarded a flight taking me to a country I've never been to nor knew little about to live for the next two months. I had no financial commitment on where I'd love, only the voice of a man who said he'd meet me. I had seen a couple of photos of the place a couple of years back. Knew roughly where it was located but didn't have the address, yet I committed to live there a couple of mon...

When you feel it's so quiet and by comparison it is! Yet, when recorded the far off sounds seem so plentiful. Sound, noise or the lack of it adds so much to the quality of the experience!

The choices we make have consequences, some good some not so good. The key is to live with the consequences and make the choices that grow and enrich your life.

When you read or hear community you probably think of the geographic area. While the one commonality of types of community is people. One might think of Communities as interest groups , work groups more so than proximity Over many years I've lived in numerous communities yet...

When I set out on this journey to enjoy the day by dwelling-tiny, I had no idea what a Park model was much less why it would be of interest to me. Initially, I set out as my folks did by renting condos. I had flexibility as to where but soon realized my income was fixed and my outgo wasn't fixed, with this approach. Next, I switched to a fifth wheel, tried a warmer area, then grew to a Class A mot...