A Personal Note: We’re On the Move!
Mike and Andrea are leaving Calgary for Vancouver Island
I’m told that it’s useful when I post a personal note from time to time, so here is the latest.
I didn’t manage to get a photograph of the sunburn I got in the Bahamas last month, in pursuit of money and meaning. (It was the result of sitting on the balcony of a gorgeous condo, basking in the sun while simultaneously tapping away happily on my laptop.) For those of you who know me know this is my signature style of being – enjoying the moment so much I forget the time – and I hope you have a good laugh at my expense. Hey, I have the laptop tan line across my knees to prove it!
More recently, my husband Mike and I have sold our house in Calgary and purchased in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island. Across the street from the ocean, only 5 minutes drive from an amazing local chocolate house, a summer farmer’s market and with kiwifruit, fig and other fruit in the acreage yard, we can’t wait to get there in two weeks.
It is the fault of Linda Oprica, a coach in Comox Valley area, that we are moving to this beach location. She invited me two years ago to speak to the local Chamber about Money and Meaning for biz owners. Then not 6 months later a separate invite came to speak to the chapter of NAWBO in the area. Both speaking gigs lead to gifts of that amazing local chocolate at the end – a very good sign indeed! Eating with Linda and David at the Kingfisher Spa (now our neighbor) gave me my requisite ‘Mike and I must come back!’ moment, which we subsequently did. That trip led to some great beach-walking and talks about the area. We walked Gartley Point, commenting to each other ‘what a nice neighborhood – wouldn’t it be nice to live here?’ And so now we will be. (It was the mammoth wild rosemary bushes growing on the side of the road – 2 minutes from the house – that clinched him I think.)
Moral of the story? Never underestimate the power of wanting what you want, clearly, and in the fact that you are creating what matters to you, even when you think you’re not.
I say “Bring on the new environment, fresh beginnings and inspiration all around.” How about you? Do comment below if you wish.
