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Blog Post: How we learned how to sail and saved to buy a sailboat

How We Learned How to Sail and Prepared to Buy a Sailboat

May 26, 2019

In 2014, Garrett and I came up with a dream of traveling the world by sailboat. But we didn’t know how to sail, and we didn’t have any money. In this post I talk about how we learned how to sail and how we saved money to be able to buy our Rafiki 35’ sailboat outright in the fall of 2016.

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We just quit our jobs to travel and sail the world - read about the discussion that led to this decision!

How We Made the Decision to Quit Our Jobs to Travel and Sail the World

May 22, 2019

A few days ago, I announced that Garrett and I quit our jobs to be able to travel and sail full-time. Today, I want to talk about how we came up with that plan. Everything was born from one conversation where we each spoke about the five different things that really mattered to us. Read this post to find out more about what we value and how we made room for it in our lives!

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We just quit our jobs to travel and sail the world - read more about it here!

B I G N E W S !!! Garrett and I Just Quit Our Jobs to Travel and Sail the World

May 19, 2019

Garrett and I have a big announcement! We both quit our jobs this week to follow our dream to travel and sail around the world full-time. This is something we’ve been hoping to do for years and we’re so excited that the day to share this with you has finally come! Read this blog post to find out more about our summer travel plans in Europe and our long-term cruising plans that will kick off in the fall. Cheers!

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April Book Review: Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness and The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

April Book Review: Time's Convert and The Wife Between Us

April 30, 2019

My April Book Review: Time’s Convert by Deborah Harkness and The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen.

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Book Reviews: Daisy Jones & The Six, Where the Crawdads Sing, The Book of Life

March Book Review: Daisy Jones & The Six, The Book of Life, and Where the Crawdads Sing

March 31, 2019

I read three books in March: Daisy Jones and The Six, The Book of Life, and Where the Crawdads Sing. Here are my thoughts on each.

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thisldu sailing and travel blog

Hello! We're Audrey and Garrett. In the spring of 2019, we both quit our jobs to pursue our dream of traveling and sailing the world. We spent three blissful summer months in Europe and are now cruising Central America on our 35’ sailboat, Thisldu.

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We adulted very hard last week. Garrett’s work schedule ramped up. We got a bed, a car, and an armchair. Two days later, we got a foster dog. Garrett finally broke when he looked over my shoulder as I was ordering a fanny pack—or belt bag
We adulted very hard last week. Garrett’s work schedule ramped up. We got a bed, a car, and an armchair. Two days later, we got a foster dog. Garrett finally broke when he looked over my shoulder as I was ordering a fanny pack—or belt bag, whatever the cool kids are calling them these days—online. “You can’t,” he said. “Why not? I like to be hands-free when I walk!” I responded. “We’re too old. That makes us too old,” he dropped his head and walked away. The fanny pack belt bag is still sitting in the shopping cart. None of this has to do with the church or street shown here except for the fact that I could have had a much easier time taking this photo if I didn’t have to balance holding my keys and water bottle and phone in one hand. So. I think I’m going to cross the line into old person territory today and buy myself that fanny pack. Happy Monday, everyone. Dream big this week. // . . . . #charleston #charlestonsc #charlestonlife #charlestonliving #charlestonphotographer #prettycitycharleston #theprettycities #lowcountry #writing #writer #thatsdarling #architecturelovers #adulting #fannypack #architecturephotography #southcarolina #church #mytinyatlas #wander #travelgram #seekmoments #mondaymotivation #mondaymood #dreambig #cityscape #streetphotography #streetscape #charlestondaily #reddoor #historicalbuilding