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Years

One long post a year since 2015. The whole story, in order.

11 years

2026 - 11 Years as a Digital Nomad Lawyer

2026 - 11 Years as a Digital Nomad Lawyer

Eleven years in. We sold the company, got on a plane, and spent a year finding out what's left when you keep subtracting: tigers in the rain, jets over Okinawa, a funeral and a kid waiting at a Bangkok gate thirty-eight hours later.

2025 - Ten Years. Still Making It Up. Still Not Going Back.

2025 - Ten Years. Still Making It Up. Still Not Going Back.

Ten years of full-time travel. 120+ countries. No plan, no endpoint, no regrets. The annual account of what we did, what changed, and why we're still going.

2024 - The Last Cheap Year. We Didn't Waste It.

2024 - The Last Cheap Year. We Didn't Waste It.

The year we moved faster than usual — because cheap, accessible travel as we know it may not last. Year nine, in full.

2023 - Eight Years In, We Finally Went Back to Hong Kong and Didn't Fight

2023 - Eight Years In, We Finally Went Back to Hong Kong and Didn't Fight

Year eight. Nearly 3,000 nights on someone else's sheets. We went back to Hong Kong for the first time since the protests. We didn't fight once.

2022 - Derek Healed. We Picked Up the Pace. The Doors Kept Opening.

2022 - Derek Healed. We Picked Up the Pace. The Doors Kept Opening.

Year seven. Derek got surgery and we finally slowed down. Then we picked back up. The doors that had been closed for two years started opening again.

2021 - We Survived on Covid Tests, Business Class, and Luck

2021 - We Survived on Covid Tests, Business Class, and Luck

Year six. Covid was supposed to ground us. Instead we learned to navigate it — with tests, masks, business class bubbles, and a fair amount of luck. Still moving.

2020 - Control Was Always an Illusion. Covid Just Made It Obvious.

2020 - Control Was Always an Illusion. Covid Just Made It Obvious.

Year five. A pandemic locked the world down and somehow it clarified everything — we'd been living without the illusion of control the whole time. Here's what that felt like from the road.

2019 - After Four Years, Our Biggest Stressor Is Being on Time

2019 - After Four Years, Our Biggest Stressor Is Being on Time

Four years in and we've mostly figured it out. The biggest remaining stressor? Getting anywhere on time. Turns out punctuality is harder when your office is a different country every few months.

2018 - Somewhere Along the Way, I Started Feeling at Home

2018 - Somewhere Along the Way, I Started Feeling at Home

Three years of living out of a suitcase and something unexpected happened: it started feeling normal. Not like vacation. Like home — just a home that changes zip codes.

2017 - The Gear Doesn't Matter. The Goodbyes Do.

2017 - The Gear Doesn't Matter. The Goodbyes Do.

Year two on the road. The gear obsession has faded. What stays with you isn't the packing list — it's the people you said goodbye to, and how many of those goodbyes turned out to be permanent.

Lee and Lisa standing among tangled tree roots against a rock face

2016 - One Year In, and It's Mostly a Blast

One year in. We donated most of what we owned, packed our bags, and flew away. Honest assessment: it's mostly great, occasionally terrifying, and we have no plans to stop.