@Frances Gertsch @Lary Neron Thanks for sharing, I'm curious: how has your sense of space impacted your balance and growth? How does your space shape you and your work? How have you discovered living a portable life while also ensuring you have the anchor from which to evolve? Everyone’s anchors and balance are deeply personal and circumstantial. Mine seems to be space, an essential container for development and integration, shifting depending on the phase I’m in. I’m curious: what does balance between stability and mobility look like for you?

Let's share some of the steps you have taken or experimented with to make your work more portable. Think back to one action you took in the past that increased freedom. Examples: set up a virtual mailbox, moved to laptop-only, tested a one-month sublet, automated key bills, negotiated one remote day per week, or sold a car. Share your action Below 👇👇👇

There’s the version society pictured for us and the one many families modeled. I know I was modelled the: Keep a union job for 35-40 years because the carrot at the end of the stick was a pension, so we can retire at 65 and finally, do all the cool things you've been dreaming about for all these years. Will you repeat that script, design your own retirement OR just never retire at all? What does your version look like?

Many parents who moved a lot as kids want one fixed home for their own children. The intention is love and protection. The tradeoff is that some end up living in a place or job that drains them, while telling themselves it is “for the kids.” There is another version of “home” for a child. Think of a nine-year-old whose parents moved the whole family across Canada for a year, at 9 years old, so the kids could learn English. New city. New school. No English. No friends. Everything familiar is gone at once. From the child’s view, it felt like a punishment. There was no way to understand the decision. The parents could not explain it in a way that landed. Then something shifted. After a few months, classmates started coming over. By the end of the year, that child spoke a new language fluently and did not want to move back. The financial cost was high. The year looked irrational on paper. For years, the kids still did not see how it could possibly be worth it. No new bike this year, ski racing is too expensive - that year cost a lot of money, he was told. Only later, as an adult living and working in an English-speaking world, did the impact become clear. That one seemingly “selfish” choice from the parents created options, income, and a more portable life. Sometimes the most loving choice is the one that gets judged, misunderstood, or resented for a long time. Parents, friends, siblings, and partners often carry that weight. They hold the long view, knowing a choice is unpopular now but needed for the person they care about. My parents had to carry this weight from when I was 9 until I was 21, when I finally said: "Thank you!" Thank you for a second language. Thank you for showing what bravery looks like. Thank you for bringing adventure and travel into childhood. Thank you for modeling what real leadership is. Thank you for choosing what was right over what was easy. Thank you for being willing to be misunderstood for years. Thank you for giving a life that can move, not just a house that stays put.

Inspired by new member @Justin Kreger None of us have a perfect life, what we all have is the life that works for us right now. You may want to make it more portable or tweak it so that it reflects more of you and what you want for your life. It all takes time and it can be easy to look at others life with envy, but know that everyone that has what they have has worked to make it happen. Some move faster then others and that is ok. Show us a piece of your portable life however small it may feel. We all started with one step and your step may be what another member need to see/hear today to take theirs.