- mlhollander
- Aug 4, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 28, 2022
Chapter 3 , time to travel, reflect and re-establish life goals
I am beyond excited for this journey that I want to share with all of you! I, like many of you have started to ponder Chapter 3. You may wonder, What is Chapter 3? Let me explain. For those of us who were born in the 60's, 70's, or early 80's life's chapters were a little more defined.
Chapter 1
We grew up going from elementary school, middle school, high school and then college. We did not have cell phones or computers and played outside until dark. College tuitions were reasonable and there were only two genders. We couldn't be tracked by our parents or bullied by social media. There were winners and losers. Fact. We went to college and then for us women we found a job but ultimately knew we had a body clock and we better get married and start a family before we turned into a pumpkin.

Chapter 2
We got married and had kids. We juggled working and kids because times were changing and we could. Life became increasingly more expensive. The costs of sports and pre schools and activities were astrinomical. Whether you drank the kool aid or not the parental involvement with kids was nothing like you remembered. Parents screaming on the sidelines of games, pushing their kids to get straight A's and kids constantly on their phones... what happened to family dinner? Needless to say life is busy! Marriage is hard, parenting is hard, and working and juggling everything is no walk in the park, We often push our issues down and rise to the occasion with a smile. But often we get tired of smiling...

Chapter 3
Here is where it gets tricky....how quickly we became empty nesters....now what? Everyone has a unique situation. The "now what?" may not resonate with you and that is a gift! If you ponder chapter 3 you are not alone.
So this is where I have combined all of my passions and experiences, realizing that. this is the path I needed to follow. I am creating retreats that allow us to breathe as we start our prologue to chapter 3. We have all hustled through life dealing with many obstacles and hardships along the way. Some of us have had bigger obstacles than others. Our experiences make us stronger. The Travel Trilogy will be luxury retreats where you can start to write how you want to live chapter 3. Follow me on my journey to creating the first retreat.