How we found our Dream Home in France

All animations by my son Sky: @Skymography

Thank you to Cecilia for all the amazing shots. :)

And thank you, Nathan, for participating in this little exploration of mine (check out his channels: @nathanieldrew @nobackupplan ).

And to everyone watching: Thank you for your ongoing, amazing support! :)

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[jbl]

Sincerely happy for you both. At first I was confused about you selling your beautiful property in Oregon and leaving the U.S.. I can truthfully say I get it now. You were right to spread your wings. It took courage. Much respect guys.

[GrunonFeliz]

First off, congratulations on finding your ideal home and new normal. Once again, the parallels are so amazing. When we were living in the US, I honestly thought we would be stuck in our property forever. it was in an ugly town in the middle of nowhere and had been on the market without a single bite for over 4 years. Until...a friend I met for half an hour at someone's house in Panama planted the seed in our minds to sell it FSBO. Literally, within 10 days we had an excellent cash offer that we accepted. Like you, we thought we were moving to one country, only to realize right away that we were in the wrong place (Panama). We then chose Chile, which has truly felt like home to us. Guidance has led us to the wilds of Patagonia and we are counting on Guidance to lead us to our ideal property so that we may create the life and community of our vision. If you left the US just about a year ago, that is exactly when we left as well (I think we flew out July 9th, 2022). Every time I start to get nervous or anxious about how on earth are we going to find the right place, I remember that it is not "my" decision to make and feel into trusting that Guidance will lead the way. Unlike you, we just signed a one year lease yesterday, which will give us more time to seek, listen and follow without the pressure and stress of trying to find a place quickly. Our vision is so beautiful and lovely that we want to give ourselves the time to expand into it, to gather the souls (like your realtor), the resources, the knowledge and the YES that you found in your new lovely spot. I look forward to watching as you literally and figuratively unpack.

[Ellary_Rosewood]

I'm so happy that you finally found your dream home! It's been such an adventure and treat watching your journey, both the good and the bad, and I really appreciate how REAL you two are. I'm excited to see where your next journey will take you once you get all settled in and have time to truly explore and enjoy this beautiful new place where you now call home. Many blessings to the both of you! ❤🌿

[keenan]

I have come to fall in love with you 2. I am so glad you found a new HOME!!!! It is a beautiful day. And its always good for Nathaniel and his brother to be able to go "home" on the weekend when they want to get away from the hustle and bustle.

[dianegriffith]

Intuition runs deep-follow it-your spirit will guide you immensely-Congratulations to your new home. I love your videos. Thank you.

[gaylemarkow]

I'm SO happy for you. Love your thoughtful/heartfull-ness, and this journey you're sharing. I live in San Francisco, am 75, and have a longing to move to France, but so far, the time hasn't been right.. Alas. But am getting joy from witnessing your journey. Thank you!

[hellopeople]

Ah yes! Finally! So glad that it worked out for the both of you! The house looks beautiful and peaceful!

[pjeloka]

One of the best videos I've ever watched. Beautifully done. Storytelling at its finest. I may have been watching you guys from the start and got tuned to you from your son. And given that we are middle aged, it made sense :)

[lorrilewis]

The old owners handing you the keys with big smiles says it all. Great video and thank you for sharing your method of going within for guidance.

[Mijmio]

I really appreciate to have watched this video at this moment. This applies to anybody who is “charged” by job hunting, house hunting, settling down, getting over a bump in life. Hear the voice, get away from it, and go back to it… that is hard to do, and it is amazing to see somebody doing it soo transparently and share it online. Saludos de un Chileno en Holanda!

[dionline]

So happy to hear you found not only a home, but your dream home!!! Isn't it crazy that once we get out of our own heads, we can come to some pretty amazing ideas, decisions and thoughts. Getting quiet, listening and trusting can change our world, if only we let it. It's 'ego' who thinks it knows all, and then tries to prove it. I am incredibly happy for you & Cecelia. Now the hard part begins, actually moving in and getting your stored stuff into your new space! Enjoy the excitement!!!

[studio.leonardo]

Wow, i felt so connected to this topic. Although I am in a different chapter in life, I felt that this was really helpful in releasing all the "should do's" in my mind. Congratulations to you both and thanks for passing along a moment of peace and clarity. All the best!

[emohyou]

Incredible that I came to watch this video today of all days, having been presented with two (potentially life-changing) opportunities and being asked to choose between them. As someone who is normally quite indecisive, I'm definitely going to try sitting with my options to see if my inner guidance can help me solve this puzzle. Congratulations on your new home!

[lizcoleman]

Wow! Congratulations!! You are so right about the inner guidance. When we moved to Spain we didn't follow our inner guidance and we put a down payment on a house on the coast and after making this down payment l couldn't sleep at night because my inner guidance (which l was ignoring) was telling me that it was a big mistake. Unfortunately, we lost the down payment but we learned a very valuable lesson. What we did instead and what felt right from the beginning was to renovate our apartment in Madrid and that was the perfect choice for us and 3 months later we are in our beautiful new apartment. For us, Madrid goes with our lifestyle and my family is here. I'm so glad that you guys didn't fall into any traps and you went with your inner guidance all along. Congratulations again and may you have many wonderful years in your dream home in France!

[aniafrick]

Do you go into how you developed guidance in any of your other videos? I would love to learn

[JasonMcLay]

I love your mindful approach. Meditating for the right answer is the best guidance, I believe. Really happy for you all

[Catherine-xrdr]

I have been desperately waiting for this video, but it wasn't what I expected. Loved the angle and really enjoyed the perspective you chose to tell your story. Fabulous storytelling and video quality. So excited for you both that you found just the right place. Looking forward to continuing to hear about your journey and love to hear the details behind your process. It keeps things so real and grounded. It's great that you both are willing to do the hard work of life and to be willing to share that with us. I'm hoping that you will be comfortable at some point to share more of the actual house with us and more detail of what you fell in love with. The glimpses we saw in this video certainly whet the appetite for more. Best of luck to you both as you start to settle in and build your new life!

[joshuaking]

This content is so beautiful and meaningful... of the highest quality

[ef]

I've watched this video more than once because it's so good. Your story is inspiring me, to getting onto my new chapter as well, which includes a better plan. My mom's incredible retirement story, I love sharing with people. She retired as an accountant at 75, and bought a brand new house on a golf course and lived there 20+ years. I'm so grateful to have exceptional examples to help make my own retirement better. The topic of retirement and creativity has become my new passion. Congratulations and many wonderful years of enjoyment in your retirement.

[AnnieFangg]

Congrats on your new home, I'm so so happy for both of you!!!

I this video. The way you speak about guidance is like intuition! It's also incredible to see an entire family using guidance, listening to you and your family explain it was fascinating. There's only a few people in my life who I've been able to relate and talk to about this. I feel like we live in a world where most people don't know how to trust it, but it's such a life hack when you start listening to it. Learning about the methods you take to listen to your inner guidance has been super insightful for me as well.