It’s strange how quickly life can change. Wednesday will be two months that we’ve been on the road and I think we’re finally starting to settle into it. I think.
It’s not without its challenges, but such is life. And even during the worst moments, I can’t imagine anywhere else I want to be. Seeing as how I’ve never experienced such a deep sense of belonging, it seems ironic that I’d find it in a continual string of places I technically don’t belong.
These places on the map are not my home. And yet I feel at home.
Have you ever had the impending feeling of excitement? Like a kid waiting for the car to pull into Disneyland. You’re bubbling inside, ready to jump and whoop but your seatbelt is keeping you to a slight jitter in your seat instead.
That was me through most of April. I felt it approaching but the time wasn’t quite right to start jumping up and down. So I allowed it to jitter just beneath my skin.
About two weeks ago, it finally started spilling out. Inspiration. And it’s been steaming from my ears ever since.
I’ve been writing and creating and photographing and building. And it just keeps coming. Ideas and things toward which I feel an undeniable pull.
I’ve felt this pull before: with massage school, with my dreads, with this RV, and many other more personal moments that have forever changed and shaped the path my life is taking. Choices that are challenging and amazing and completely beyond my realm of understanding. And yet they always seem to work.
See, the thing is, I think this may be it. I think we may have found a place for us to be. And it’s not a spot on the map. It is the map.
I think.
And the only way we’ll know for sure that we’re heading in the right direction is if we can make a living while we make this life. And that’s what all this inspiration has been about: making a living out here on the road.
I have so many things to share in the coming months, things I’m working on and things I haven’t yet begun. A new website (!), an e-course, coaching, mobile services, maybe even an Etsy shop. One of these you’ll be seeing within a few days. 
Yes, it’s a lot. And if you continue to not see me online much, you can know that I’m jumping up and down inside, whooping quietly to myself and enjoying every ride this amusement park has to offer.
My name is Tara. I am a mama and a lover, a full-time nomad, a passionate devourer of Life and an Organic Life Coach.
Tara, I hope you’re going to be selling prints of some of your photographs. I want the bike one, and the turkey on the Ford one! (was it a Ford?)
I’m so excited for you and can’t wait to see your creations.
@Lisa, it WAS a Ford!! And yes I will be, but not just prints.
Awesome stuff!
Exciting stuff!! Looking forward to hearing more! I love the bit about your place to be being the map itself.
love the bike pic, i collect bike pics because i love to ride my bike
how exciting. It sounds like it’s all coming together for you in a wonderful way, am pleased and excited and thrilled for you. Looking forward to hearing more about the new developments x
Very exciting! Your journey has been inspiring to me. We recently finished moving into a smaller apartment, which was a very difficult and overwhelming process. Now, I’m waiting to be laid off from my job. My new focus will be creative projects that actually excite me. I can’t wait for that moment when I, like you, can let the inspiration flow!
I love it. I can’t wait to see what you’re cooking up!
I’m so excited for you!! I can’t wait to see what you have in store…
Here we go again! I’m sure whatever you have cooked up this time, will be great and I can’t wait ti hear more.
I’m looking forward to seeing what you’ve got going on. Best of luck figuring this out!
Enjoy the ride. Please keep us in mind and continue to share when you can. Safe travels.
Good for you! And that photo is stunning.
yay. SO happy that you’re happy and so inspired. LOVE that photo too.
I hope hope hope hope hope you can successfully make your living doing what you love! With that everything changes and a whole new world opens up
Roblynn – Also loving the bike pic.
So happy for your inspiration!! Cant wait to hear more about the e-course!! Oh and we found our “rig” I hope to be able to meet you in person some day soon!!
I am so happy for you, your doing what most people only dream of, living life to the fullest, and enjoying every moment. I cant wait to see what your creations are!
That is a gorgeous photo. I just love what you are doing with your photography lately. I wish I could find some great inspiration, too.
So if you keep circling the map, then you can keep visiting all your friends, right? Wow. I am so opposite. I need a place to set roots. Maybe it’s because it takes me a while to warm up to people. What an enriched life you are going to have, having traveled so much!
Awesome! Looking forward to following you on this adventure!
Suzy
I LOOOOVE the idea of you opening an Etsy shop. I’ve had so much fun with mine and have been pleasantly surprised at just how simple it can be to run one and keep up with it once you’ve found your groove. If you have any questions about the ins and out of how to get seen on there, just ask! I’m not exactly a super successful seller, but the shop has grown just from being so damn persistent.
Wow, the bike pic is fabulous. You really need to turn this photography hobby into something proftable, because these are awesome!
I agree with what everyone on here has said! Your photographs are amazing, and you are an inspiration … following your heart. Thank you for sharing your adventures and wisdom!
That bike pic kicks some serious butt!