Living East of Ordinary

Most people think adventure is just a holiday.

We don’t.

Living East Of Ordinary isn’t about escapes or aesthetic freedom.

It’s about choosing deliberate experience over default existence. It’s not easy. It’s not comfortable. It is meaningful.

This is what it actually means.

What Living East Of Ordinary Means

Living East Of Ordinary means building a life that values:

  • Real experiences over status
  • Curiosity over predictability
  • Freedom over safety

This doesn’t mean quitting everything and disappearing into the mountains. It means questioning the assumption that there’s only one acceptable way to live.

We value adventure not as an escape from life, but as a lived part of it. Snow seasons. Long trips. Remote work. Raising kids differently. Choosing movement over settling.

It’s not easier.

It’s more honest.

Who This Is For

This is for people who feel slightly out of step with the default life script.

People who:

  • Feel more alive moving than settling
  • Are drawn to snow, mountains, oceans, and open spaces
  • Want experiences instead of upgrades
  • Are curious about alternative ways to live and work
  • Are willing to trade certainty for story

You don’t need to be rich.

You don’t need to be fearless.

You just need to be ready to question what success really looks like.

Who This Isn’t For

This is not for people who:

  • Want strict timelines and guarantees
  • Chase freedom for the sake of Instagram aesthetics
  • Think travel magically fixes unresolved shit
  • Believe adventure means avoiding responsibility
  • Want shortcuts without cost

Living East Of Ordinary isn’t a hack or a lifestyle flip.

It costs time, money, comfort, and certainty.

Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling you a dream.

What We Believe

We believe:

  • Freedom is built slowly, not announced loudly
  • Adventure gets harder with age, kids, and commitments
  • Snow seasons are both magical and expensive
  • Travel is tiring and still worth it
  • Community matters more than location
  • Most people quit not because they fail, but because it gets uncomfortable

We also believe the best stories often start with:

This was probably a bad idea.

What We Reject

We reject:

  • Hustle culture dressed up as freedom
  • Fake minimalism that ignores privilege
  • Influencer travel advice with no downsides
  • Selling courses instead of telling the truth
  • Pretending there’s one right path

We don’t sell dreams. We document reality.

What This Life Actually Looks Like

Sometimes it looks like:

  • Chasing snow seasons across countries
  • Working odd hours so travel stays possible
  • Budgeting hard so experiences stay realistic
  • Saying no to stability when it feels suffocating

Other times it looks like:

  • Exhaustion
  • Doubt
  • Missing friends and family
  • Wondering if you’re doing the right thing

It’s not always pretty.

But both parts are real.

The Tradeoffs No One Talks About

Living East Of Ordinary means accepting:

  • Financial unpredictability
  • Slower career progression by traditional measures
  • More planning and logistics
  • Occasional loneliness
  • Constant adaptation

In return, you get:

  • Autonomy
  • Perspective
  • Shared experiences that actually matter
  • Stories that don’t feel borrowed
  • A life that feels chosen

It isn’t better.

It’s different.

Why We Share This

We’re not here to convince you to live this way.

We share because:

  • People ask what this life really looks like
  • Most advice online skips the hard parts
  • Choosing differently becomes easier when it’s honest

If this resonates, you’re already closer to East Of Ordinary than you think.

If it doesn’t, that’s fine too.

Ordinary works for many people.

It just never worked for us.

Where To Start

If this feels real to you, start with the pages where people ask first:

No funnels. No secrets. No bullshit.

Just lived experience, documented honestly.