Burn the Blueprint
Ever look at your life and think, how did this become the plan?
Burn the Blueprint is us talking through what it actually looks like to do life differently while you’re still in it. We’re Leyla and Trevor. We sold most of what we owned, packed our kid and two dogs into a 230-square-foot RV, left the U.S., and ended up in Belize. We figured we’d sort it out as we went. Sometimes that worked. Sometimes it really didn’t.
Most of the time we’re somewhere between this feels right and wtf have we done? Parenting in a foreign country. Money fear. Big decisions. Bigger doubts. Immigration. Identity.
Every week brings something new, from the why to the how to the reality of choosing differently.
Real Life. Real Wild.
Burn the Blueprint
The Beginning of the End
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We didn’t wake up one day wanting to leave the U.S.
We just slowly realized we didn’t want to stay.
COVID. Losing our jobs. The political climate. Feeling stuck in a life that suddenly felt way more stifling than it used to. Then one trip to Belize. And a very uncomfortable feeling we couldn’t shake when we got home.
In this episode, we talk about the why. The first trip. The moment it clicked. Leaving Belize already homesick. Getting pregnant after years of infertility. Buying land we’d never seen. That low-grade panic where you realize you might be starting something you actually have to see through.
We didn’t have a plan. We had the concepts of a plan.
This is where it started.
Get in, losers. We’re leaving the USA.
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You can also find more of our life at Leaving La Vida Loca.