@Joshua Tennefrancia Got it, so you are already living the optimal Tuesday then.

@Joshua Tennefrancia That is great motivation for all of us 💪🏻

Seven winters in Sayulita, an hour north of PV. When this went down, there was no fear. Been through COVID here. This is a pattern cartels run regularly: create fear, destabilize, wait for it to pass. Nothing new. It will happen again. Just stay out of the way. My first thought was not "should I leave?" It was: I only have 2,000 pesos on me. That one thought started the whole process. If this escalates, cash is king. ATMs will be overwhelmed. Prices will spike. Panic sets in fast for people who are not prepared. It sent me through a quick mental checklist: - If ATMs go down, do I have enough cash to last a few days? - If I cannot get to a grocery store, do I have basic food at home to get through three or four days? - If something happens to me physically, does my health insurance still cover me given the circumstances? - Am I register with my Embassy abroad - Who do I communicate with from back home? That is where the real value is. Not in reacting to the chaos, but in having thought it through before the chaos starts. Predefined triggers. Simple decisions made in advance. A basic survival buffer so that when things are unclear, there is still some clarity available. It does not matter if it is a cartel situation, an earthquake, a weather event, or something geopolitical. The framework is the same. The goal is not to be paranoid. It is to be prepared enough that fear does not make the decision for you.

@Joshua Tennefrancia Sweet, love Austin. In my early Portable Life I travelled in an RV around Canada/USA and have spend many months parked the Pecan Grove over on Barton Springs :) Also, had to google Pot-Limit Omaha - sounds cool! Do you do it for fun or earn income from it?

People often discredit my life by design because I am single and do not have kids. The assumption is that families cannot do this. Yet I live in a small town on the west coast of Mexico with dozens of families who have kids under 15. From what I see, they are thriving - at least, I would want to be one of those kids :) School ends around 12:30 pm. Afternoons mean beach, freedom, and a walkable town where everything is 10 minutes away. Parents bring their kids into their lives. Life feels integrated, not dictated. I also see how fast families build community. Kids make friends at school. Parents connect through them. The school WhatsApp group solves problems quickly. I think we overestimate the downside and underestimate the upside. I would question the idea that kids are the reason a move is impossible and wonder what would happen if parents let their kids Lead them for once?

@Andrea Reichard So true, makes you wonder if one should base a 5/10year decision on a variable like taxes! To me, paying taxes is the cost of living where I want to live.

@Andrea Reichard haha! And it’s great that now income earnings don’t need to be tied to your physical location. Provides so much more freedom.