Well it seems like it’s inevitable now, I will be fired from my job and excluded from society in the very short term. With this revelation I figured I should start making plans for the next stage of my life.
I have a family with young children (all under 10) and am the breadwinner of the household so being fired will have a very negative effect on our financial security. My career and experience is fairly specific to one industry so my hopes of replacing my income with something similar is very very slim.
As a Canadian there isn’t anywhere to move to that would be any less insane, so would it be worth it to liquidate everything, buy an RV or Truck & trailer and hit the vagabond lifestyle, homeschooling the children and living off my accumulated retirement funds and cash from the liquidation?
The ideal plan would be to cross the border and head south for 6 months, then return and stay at various family’s for the other 6. I would pick up random jobs when back in Canada to try and find the 6 months down south.
I’m really not wanting this to be our life as things are really comfortable, but it’s the only thing I can think of where we can live without accepting the “vaccine” into our lives. I do not consent and I will not compromise because if I do this, they have me forever. I want to be a strong influence on my children and show them that you always have a choice, and sometimes the right choice is the hardest but we are in control of what goes into our bodies not the government.
Let me know what you guys think, am I insane and taking this way to far or is this feasible?
The RV will breakdown at some point and need repairs, your kids will be in their teens before you know it, the family that you are counting on for 6 months of the year may tire of your stay, or their circumstances may change, the border may not be open. You might pull it off for a few years, but it's not sustainable ... and then your money's gone.
I live in BC. When the border closed last winter, the competition for RV space was rough. People from all over Canada were here, trying to find a mild climate to get through the winter instead of their usual places down south. Sounded expensive too, from the stories we heard.
If you are willing to be that drastic, consider a small town that has housing you can afford to buy outright. Even if it's a tiny place in a small town, it's a better long-term investment than an RV. With no mortgage, you won't need a big income.
I appreciate the grounded feedback and this is currently an idea I’m throwing against the wall. I’ve been an avid anti-debt individual for some unknown reason and I have to believe it’s because I’ve always been a victim of imposters syndrome. My goal has always been to pay off the mortgage and all debts in an expedited manner just incase anything happened there wouldn’t be the burden of payments hanging over my head.
Currently I could restructure myself to live off a bottom level employment to service the debt, but it would leave literally nothing else in free cash flow. That’s not a life to me. I believe an RV/vagabond lifestyle would both be much more economic and give a level of controlled adversity to my children to help Them become fully rounded individuals. I say this only because I see the extreme privilege they are afforded with my high income.
We wouldn’t be staying with one family member for 6 months as we have several members that have multiple 1/4 sections of land that are inhabitable by RV, affording us variety.
This whole situation is uber fucked and I really do appreciate your feedback because this isn’t a shoot from the Hip decision, but I’ll be working through it with my wife to figure our way. I’m just glad that we are going to enter this next stage of life on our own terms, and not because some floppy haired fuck in Ottawa deems it necessary to.