“Nothing will work unless you do” - Maya Angelou

I broke down into tears as I was packing our bags and the kids were counting the money I had saved from our money box. It was the night before our trip to Tasmania. I booked it on a whim a while ago when there was a sale but thats how I roll.

Phoenix came over and cuddled me and asked “Are you okay Mummy?”.

”Yes” I replied. ”It’s just taken me a lot to get here and I am very happy.” She cuddled me tighter

“I love you so much Mummy, I am so excited to go to Tazzy” She said that literally 20 times that day.

A year previous after a couple of life shakers (Things that happen that shake up everything in you life and put them in a pile for you to sort) It was at that time that I decided to make my list. I don’t like the term “bucket list” because to me it feels less achievable. I call it my “to do list” as it’s just as important as getting milk from the shop or cleaning out the garage. It’s stuff I will prioritise and do. I wrote many things on tags and hung them at the back of my door and will replace each tag with a photo of me doing it. This trip’s tag is “Play with the kids in snow”

Saving money for this trip was one hurdle but getting time off work, sorting out work so I could leave with no loose ends, cleaning up the house, sorting out the animals, packing our adventure into 7kg of carry on luggage each and actually planning the trip has been exhausting and I had a couple of anxious moments about driving a massive camper on my own and realising that this is the first time I’ve done a trip like this with the kids but then my mantra popped into my head. “I’m not afraid of work, I’m afraid of not living”.

It’s been 24hrs since leaving Perth and I am currently in the motorhome in Hobart airport with the heater cranked ready to start the Tazzy adventure but the truth is, it started the day I booked that ticket. The moment I started declared to the kids “This is our Tazzy trip money box, this is adventure money”. My heart started getting excited about the possibilities and now in this motorhome with my babies fast asleep I have tears in my eyes.. I did it.