ZEN & the Art of Boat Maintenance🧘🏻‍♀️Getting into the Flow of Boat Life | A&J Sailing Ep.5

Boat maintenance may be dull, tedious drudgery or enjoyable and pleasurable, depending on your attitude... To avoid falling into a Boat Life 'Gumption Trap' - a mindset, for those who are not familiar, that can cause one to lose enthusiasm and become discouraged from starting or continuing a project - We are learning to find the JOY in the art of boat maintenance - one horrendously irritating boat project at a time. Being careful not to give into the seductions of effortless convenience; Boat Life, like most other meaningful endeavors that fulfill and enlighten, requires one to surrender to the experience. This week we sink into the metaphorical flow of boat maintenance, whilst replacing the entirety of our fresh water system. SUBSCRIBE! ► for a new video every single Wednesday https://www.youtube.com/c/allisonjames If you're into outdoor adventures, tiny homes (on wheels & with sails), off-grid living and DIY projects, then you'll want to click that notification bell so you don't miss an episode! WHO WE ARE We are a couple from opposite sides of the world living an adventure based-alternative lifestyle here in the Pacific Northwest. Our time is spent split between land & sea - living part time in our tiny home on wheels (a vintage Airstream that we converted completely ourselves) as well as living aboard our tiny home with sails (a Catalina 30 that we've been restoring while teaching ourselves how to sail!). Our Tiny Home With Wheels Watch the FULL build from START to FINISH here: https://youtu.be/VljN0LDsHDA Watch the FULL Tour here: https://youtu.be/GTeR0oucPM0 OUR STORY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt8aijVtK_E I (Allison, the Newfie) met James (the Aussie) while working on a remote island 3 years ago. A decade working in healthcare has helped us both to appreciate the preciousness of this one beautiful life we've been given. Viewing TIME as our most valuable gift, we've been feeling an urgency in our lives to Live All Out! We decided to make some BOLD moves, hit PAUSE on our conventional careers & work full time, turning our DREAMS into reality. The past 12 months we have been working towards making full-time adventure possible. The first step was downsizing and minimizing our lives to fit into a 160ft. Airstream trailer which we converted completely ourselves without any experience. Living full time in our tiny home on wheels created the financial freedom we needed in order to take the next big step, buying our sailboat! She's another big project, but we're ready for another challenge. And we're pretty motivated by all the amazing ocean adventures that lie ahead! Subscribe to follow along on our journey! Much love, ​A & J Connect with us! Facebook https://www.facebook.com/allisonandja... A Instagram https://www.instagram.com/allisonmcisaac J Instagram https://www.instagram.com/james_stce Thank you for helping to support our video creations https://www.patreon.com/allisonandjames https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jamesandallison Music from Epidemic Sound #boatlife #sailboat #catalina30 #sailing