Our Family’s Journey Toward Worldschooling with Boundless Life
A look at the “before” stage of our Boundless Life journey and the practical steps we’re taking to make it possible.
Why Our Family Is Dreaming About Boundless Life
Ever since we lived in our Airstream full time with our then 2-year-old daughter, we knew we wanted to incorporate worldschooling into our children’s education. But over the years we slowly became more settled. We had two more children and bought a house. All of those decisions were intentional, building a life of community and stability for our kids that we still value. We always pictured a lifestyle that blends a strong home base with travel and global experiences, we just weren’t sure how to do it. We knew we didn’t want to travel internationally full time. We wanted a home near family, steady friendships for our kids, and roots. Eventually it started to feel like that grounded life might be the only life we could have.
What Boundless Life Is and Why It Caught Our Attention
After we stepped out of our Airstream chapter, I dove into nursing school to finally pursue a dream I’d had since I was 19. I deleted social media the entire time I was in school. A few months after graduation, I downloaded Instagram and logged into our old travel account. Within minutes I saw that the families we used to follow during our full-time travel days were now living abroad and their kids were attending a school designed specifically for traveling families. That’s when we discovered Boundless Life.
Boundless Life is a global education program with satellite locations around the world. Families can join a 3-month cohort in a location of their choice, and kids follow the same curriculum no matter where they attend. Housing can be included and there’s a coworking space for remote-working parents. I fell hard and fast. It instantly felt like the missing piece I’d been looking for.
Why I’m Sharing the Journey Before We Even Join
I’ve watched so many YouTube videos, read blogs, and followed every family I could find who was doing a Boundless Life cohort. And my question every time was the same: how are they pulling this off? Most of the families who shared publicly were already traveling full time and already working remotely. That wasn’t us. We had a house, I was working a very not-remote nursing job, and we definitely didn’t have the budget to support two lifestyles at once.
It’s been two years of dreaming, wanting, planning, and pushing off our cohort. But we’re still determined to make it happen. Every decision we make includes the question: will this move us closer to Boundless Life or further away? By sharing the “before” stage of our worldschooling dream, I hope it helps other families who are in the same spot.
The Questions We’re Working Through Right Now
Our three biggest hurdles right now are money, our house, and my job.
My job: I work as an Operating Room nurse and genuinely love what I do. I’m part of the float pool, which means I cover needs at six different facilities and every shift is at a different location. It suits me really well. But I’m not sure how it would go if I left for three months. I’ve heard it could be possible, but I’m not that far in the process yet. So realistically, I either need to move into a remote nursing role or somehow get approved for several months off to attend a cohort.
Our house: We absolutely love our home. We hit the jackpot with neighbors, we’re close to family, and we’re right by the grocery store, a park, the library, and arguably most important, Chick-fil-A. We want to maintain a home base while also worldschooling. The issue is our mortgage. It’s high enough that renting it out wouldn’t cover the payment. So a lot of our conversations revolve around how to make our home support this dream instead of standing in the way. I’ll share more on those ideas soon.
Money: Boundless Life isn’t cheap. It isn’t impossible, but it does require intentional planning. Jonathan already works remotely as a Fractional CMO, and his income ebbs and flows because he works on contract. That makes long-term planning trickier. And like many Americans, we have debt. Until that’s in a better place, it doesn’t feel responsible to commit to a cohort. Paying off debt has become step one on our Boundless Life timeline.
How We’re Preparing as a Family for a Future Cohort
Every decision we make circles back to the same question: “Is this helping us get closer to Boundless Life?” I’ll share more of the details in future posts, but in short, we’re prioritizing paying off debt, exploring ways to lower our mortgage payment, and I’m actively working toward transitioning into nursing informatics so I can eventually work remotely.
What We Hope This Experience Will Create for Our Kids
We’ve shared videos, stories, and photos with our kids, and they love watching the playgrounds, the field trips, and the ECA activities at each location. My daughter talks about going to school in Spain and Japan and tells her friends she’s going. While it will be hard for all of us to leave family and friends for a little while, I know the cultural experiences and memories we’ll have together will be worth it.
What’s Next on Our Path Toward Worldschooling
The next step for us is this blog. I talk about Boundless Life to everyone I meet. Just today I was telling a CRNA about the program and we ended up scrolling the website together and dreaming about destinations. So in a way, I’m hoping this space becomes a place to document our progress and maybe even open doors for opportunities that help us — and other families — move closer to a Boundless Life.
