A new chapter is just beginning. It is with mixed emotions that we have just sold QuickStar in Australia. We have been blessed spending the past seven seasons sailing across the wild blue yonder. Although we could have continued to do this for the rest of our lives, we have been called back to terra firma thanks to our growing stable of amazing grandchildren.
When we started out our goal was two years. I figure we got pretty lucky squeezing another five years of sailing.
Who knows what exactly we'll do now. We live 5 months of the year at Silver Star Mountain in Vernon, B.C. Canada. For the other 7 months of the year - we'll have to see where the wind blows us and the fancy strikes us. We do have a little "castle" (fondly named by our granddaughter) - in reality a little trailer that we have on 25 acres of our son's 80 acre hobby ranch. Makes it easy to see two of the grandkids whenever we drop anchor here.
We run a very busy reservation business for Silver Star properties which you can check out at www.silverstarstays.com. I continue to sell and promote my book www.financialfitnessbooks.com and am still overwhelmed that it became a #1 Amazon best-seller. Just so we don't slack off too much we also continue to manage our real estate portfolio and are also launching a new online retail store to sell Back on Track products. That website will be www.wonderwear.com. The beauty of all of this is that we can do it anytime, anywhere - so we are as free as the wind to travel at the drop of a hat.
My name could be "no fixed address", so to this end we will continue to travel at whim and create new dreams and memories. We've done a last minute 2 week Alaskan cruise this summer and will be heading to Ontario for six weeks this coming weekend.
Thanks to all of you who have faithfully followed us across the ocean. May you also discover your dream and do whatever it takes to make it happen. There will be obstacles and set backs and naysayers each step of the way. Keep walking. You may well be your biggest enemy.....move aside.
Whatever you do - set a date - you won't be ready - but cast off your lines anyway. Wishing you all the best as you live your dream. If you need some motivation - email me at svquickstar@shaw.ca. My personal saying is "money is a renewable resource - time isn't". Live life today!
Saying farewell for the time being......Diana Young & Peter Bruckmann
