When you make a conscious decision to move from a country that profits off of war and destruction to a country that doesn’t even have a standing military, it is a shift in consciousness. You go from fighting to flourishing - from dying to healing, from surviving to thriving. It doesn’t really matter that there aren’t addresses and Amazon deliveries are all but nonexistent. People aren’t trying to show off their cars, because they might get too many requests for rides!
Reimaging your life is a challenge on multiple fronts. One of the challenges is trying to envision something that nobody has done before. Most of the women in the my family are grandmothers by the time that they hit 50. I just turned 51 and my youngest just turned 18. She plans on going to community college and then University. She has told me she wants to wait until she’s 30 to have a kid, and I wholeheartedly agree with that timeline. If that changes, I will plan on coming back to the United States so that I can be THAT grandma like I had growing up. So, in the meantime, my life consists of strategizing, planning, purchasing supplies for my organic farm life that I am planning in Costa Rica and an inordinate amount of discussions with AI regarding requirements for Costa Rica construction, development, and residency requirements. The wealth that I envision for my future self is the type of wealth that consists of a life of ease, abundance, organic food, and exceptional health.
Some might judge my decision to leave my home country to move to another country away from my children as selfish - and I would agree. However, as a woman, I have put myself last for far too long. Now that my children are adults, I will be putting myself first, and that includes living the life that I have dreamed of for decades.
Since I have been strategizing this move since 2021, I am doing my best to move with precision and efficiency. I recently got a job that I can do remotely. I start Monday! Once I get the knack of the job and can demonstrate that I can do it effectively from Costa Rica, I will be packing up to make my final move there.
So, buckle up - my substack is about to get a lot more interesting in the next three to six months as I reinvent my life in Costa Rica! Thank you for your continued readership and support.