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Six Gap Year Ideas For Families

We’re a full-time traveling family! Looking back on these past few years, it still seems a bit surreal. It seems like yesterday, we were scheming…

July 9, 2019 9:14 am·

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Around the World Trip ·

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What’s the most important part of your relations

What’s the most important part of your relationship with your partner? For me, it’s communication. In the past I always thought of myself as flexible. I prided myself on being accommodating in relationships. “Whatever you want, dear.” Does that sound familiar? But over the years, I’ve learned that this kind of behavior can be damaging, not just for yourself, but for your relationship. I wasn’t fully expressing my needs, in my effort to put my partner at ease. And when things got stressful, I would take on the load to make it less stressful for my partner. But you know what? All this did is breed resentment, both in me and my partner. I’m still unlearning these behaviors, and I’m sure there are many days when I still slip into this role. But I’m also trying to communicate more, to say what I really need without the guilt of burdening someone else. What about you? What are you working on when it comes to relationships (romantic, friendship, and familial)?
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I’m always fascinated by architecture when we tr

I’m always fascinated by architecture when we travel. This is the Oculus, also known as the World Trade Center station in New York City. Because we were staying in Jersey City during our time in the New York area, we often went through this terminal when we would visit Manhattan. Walking through the terminal would always take my breath away, and I didn’t mind acting like a tourist and taking pictures EVERY SINGLE TIME I went through there. It’s just so amazing to look at! What architectural beauties have you encountered in your past travels. What were your favorite buildings to visit? #oculusnyc #worldtradecenter #famousbuildings #architecturelover #parentswhowander #familieswhotravel #loveyourtimetogether #takeyourkidseverywhere #travelwithfamily #travelblogger #unsettledown #wetravelwt #travelmom #nomadfamily #traveltheworld #traveldeeper #momswhotravel #tmom #aroundtheworld #travelblog #ourtribetravels #travelingtheworld #wewillwander #vinjebushworldtour #everywherefamilies #brownfamiliestraveling #takefamilytime #worldschoolingcentral #ctefollow

How’s life going so far? Does it ever feel like

How’s life going so far? Does it ever feel like you’re going, going, going all the time?
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This pic was from our hike at Camp Sekani Park in Spokane. It’s normally a park for mountain biking, but we enjoyed running up and down the hills on foot. It was a good way to release some of our energy after being indoors all day.
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Whether you’re working full time, part time, or stay at home, raising children is hard! The days can go by in a blur if we don’t take time to savor it.
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For a long time, we used to do daily meditations as a family. That really helped us take some minutes to stop and be in the moment with each other. These days, we’ve gotten too busy to do our meditations, but I may start that up again just to help us stay grounded.
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Do you meditate with your kids? What kinds of tools do you use to help them quiet their minds?
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It’s been interesting spending the summer in my

It’s been interesting spending the summer in my childhood home (and city). All of these memories that I carry with me are slowly being replaced by new memories with my own kids.
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I had apprehensions of returning to Spokane, WA. I left the city when I was 18 for a bigger and more cosmopolitan city. To my young mind, Spokane was too small, too close-minded, and not diverse enough for me.
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Now, twenty years later, I would say that the city hasn’t really changed much. It still feels like a small town, and it still has its problems with lack of diversity.
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But there are things I’m discovering about Spokane these days that my 18-year-old brain chose to overlook.
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This city is full of so much natural beauty. We have been on hikes all over the city, and just love how pretty the river, the trees, and the hills are. These pictures are from a recent visit to Riverfront Park, which National Geographic recently names one of America’s most beautiful urban parks.
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And we’ve also been making an effort to learn more about the city’s history - the role that the river played to the Native American tribes who lived on this land long before the first settlers ever set foot here. It’s a tragic history, repeated in so many other cities around the US.
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Your teens and twenties are all about thinking you know everything about the world. I’ve found my thirties to be a time of discovering there’s so much that I don’t know!
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Have you gone back and visited your childhood home as an adult? What was that experience like for you?
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Wouldn’t you know it, we were in New York for ov

Wouldn’t you know it, we were in New York for over a month and didn’t go to Central Park even ONCE!
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Instead, we hung out at different parks around the city, including The High Line. For those who don’t know, it’s an abandoned elevated railway turned public park. The tracks have been paved over and trees, grass, and shrubbery have been installed, along with places for people to sit.
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I remember visiting The High Line back in 2009 after it first opened, and there was hardly anyone there. Nine years later in 2018, the park was packed with people!
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This time, because of the pandemic, the park was open with timed entry, meaning you had to schedule a time to visit, and they were limiting the number of visitors. Foot traffic was also limited to only one direction, so you can only enter from one end of the park.
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Though those protocols meant we couldn’t just visit the park spontaneously, it also meant that we essentially had the park to ourselves again!
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If you ever find yourself in New York, when travel goes back to normal, take a visit to The High Line. It’s a part of the city’s history that’s been lovingly repurposed into something better!
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Are there places in your city that have been repurposed into public spaces? What do you like best about them?
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New York City is so beautiful in the fall! We were

New York City is so beautiful in the fall! We were so lucky to be able to visit back in October. 🥰
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Now that the winter months are here, I am missing all the beautiful colors of the fall. After almost two years of perpetual summer (traveling has its perks) being some place where you can see the seasons change has been fun for the kids. Though admittedly, it’s not so fun for this warm-weather loving girl! 🤪
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But one of the things we try to do to make the cold weather more enjoyable is to go on walks in the park. When we were in New York, we tried to visit as many parks as we could. This one was Oasis Park, right along the Battery Park City Esplanade on the Hudson River in Manhattan. I loved seeing the sun hitting those New York skyscrapers!
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What’s something you like to do to get through the cold winter days?
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These best buds have been all over the world toget

These best buds have been all over the world together. I love seeing how their relationship has grown stronger in the past few years!
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Raising your kids to love and enjoy being with their siblings can be tough. Of course there’s a natural tendency to want to compete, or even gain an edge over the other sibling.
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I see my daughter playing the older sibling card and bossing my son around. And I see my son playing the baby of the family card and getting away with things just by throwing a cute face my way.
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But at the same time, these kids are fiercely loyal to each other. They watch out for one another, and always kiss each other goodnight at the end of the day. My heart melts when I see them together, playing and enjoying each other’s company.
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For our family, travel has really allowed our kids to bond! And even though we can’t really travel right now, doing small hikes like this one at Deep Creek Canyon in Spokane can have the same bonding effect.
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How do you encourage your kids to be friends with each other? What helps your kids to bond?
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Oh how much things can change in the span of a yea

Oh how much things can change in the span of a year!
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Last year today, we arrived in Amed, on the Indonesian island of Bali, after having spent a month in Yogyakarta, on the island of Java. We were just about to start a month-long meet-up with 30+ other worldschooling families.
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To say the month was intense was an understatement. It was non-stop interactions with families, conversing, playing, learning, sharing, and making bonds that are still strong to this day. I was exhausted at the end of it, but looking back now, I realize how many wonderful memories we made during that month.
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Though we’re all scattered across the globe now, I am forever grateful to have had the privilege of meeting so many wonderful families.
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Today, a meet-up like that would be difficult to do without taking extra precautions. But I hope one day in the future we can do something like that again.
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My traveling feet are getting itchy, but I know now is still not the right time to do any big travel for our family. We’re going to keep playing it low key and waiting until this pandemic is over.
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What were you doing a year ago? What has changed in your life since then?
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