We are three days in. Be well aware, we are just entering into the honeymoon phase of this life transition. Most everything is new and exciting. A few things are new and challenging. But absolutely nothing has been disappointing and discouraging. Thus far, this life has provided exactly what we were looking for: amazing floraContinue reading “Entering In”
Author Archives: Tom Cox
Liminality
“At first, you must be willing to enter a state of liminality. In other words, you must be willing to enter a state in which you stand on the threshold and are no longer grasping the worldviews and sense of yourself that you held in the past, nor yet completely ready to enter the KingdomContinue reading “Liminality”
A Space Oddity
This is Major Tom to Ground ControlI’m stepping through the doorAnd I’m floating in a most peculiar wayAnd the stars look very different today. Several times in this process, I have told people that my life feels a bit like the movie The Martian, in which Matt Damon gets left behind on Mars. Spoiler alert:Continue reading “A Space Oddity”
Hang on. Things may get bumpy.
Closing for sale of house: June 21 Flight to Chicago: June 22-26 Flight to Miami/Costa Rica: July 8 Excited. Exhausted. Happy. Frustrated. Content. Confused. These are the range of emotions one goes through several times each day when getting rid of all your earthly possessions except for what you can fit into three suitcases each.Continue reading “Hang on. Things may get bumpy.”
Costa Rica it is.
Costa Rica it is. We realized it was pretty near a foregone conclusion, as, whenever we considered another location (France, Spain, Ecuador, Mexico, Portugal, Panama), we were always comparing it to CR. Nothing wrong with any of those locations as retirement/expat locations. We would most likely be just as happy in all of them. OurContinue reading “Costa Rica it is.”
Pura Vida
October was Costa Rica research month. Population: 5,097,988 Costa Rica has one of the most diverse bio-systems on the planet (they have 12 of them!). They are super into eco-tourism and sustainability. This is like catnip to us. The country aims to be carbon neutral by 2021—the first country to do so. They already generateContinue reading “Pura Vida”
Dreaming and scheming
In considering destinations, three have floated atop the list: Costa Rica, France, and Spain. I know, all of these things are not like the others. Not to say that other locales won’t pop up on the list, but in our short round of investigations, these are simply the places that initially ping our hearts. ShortContinue reading “Dreaming and scheming”
What we take with us
No doubt, our plan is to unload all our earthly possessions and arrive abroad with a suitcase or two of clothing, a laptop, perhaps a few cherished books, photos, or keepsakes, and not much else. But of course, that is not all we have. Income To establish residency abroad without a job, you need toContinue reading “What we take with us”
What the hell are we doing?
Why would a Pittsburgh couple in their late fifties/early sixties think of giving away all possessions and consider moving to a foreign country? Why would they give up all this awesome American exceptionalism for strange languages, funny money, and stodgy foreign bureaucracy? Why leave behind family and friends and embark on a journey into suchContinue reading “What the hell are we doing?”
Cross the Abyss 