Making the offer doesn’t have to be difficult.

I spent way too long making this a much bigger deal than it needs to be. In this episode I want to talk about making the offer, what offers look like, and how to simplify the process.

But first…

HOLY MOLY!

As of the time of this writing, I am literally two weeks away from moving to Costa Rica! 🌴

I made this decision three months ago and it’s been go-time ever since. Getting out of Boise was a lot of work, which took me through the end of March. I’ve been down in Northern California for 6 weeks since leaving Boise and the time has flown by.

After selling, donating, and dumping as much stuff as possible in Boise (I literally got rid of as much as I possibly could), I’ve still got a storage unit here by my Dad’s house (where I’ve been staying). I’ve got a handful of my daughter’s stuff in my storage unit and am still condensing and getting rid of more of my own things (I’d be content to only hold on to photos and all my scrapbook stuff… eventually I’ll pick that up again).

I went down to the Bay Area twice so I could see people and take care of a few things and it’s like all of the sudden here I am.

Two weeks from moving out of the country.

The closer this gets the more emotions I’m experiencing.

The majority of what I’m feeling is pure excitement! I feel like a little kid counting down to Christmas. I’ve been pretty goofy about it… when I check out at a store and someone asks me how I’m doing I respond with “great! I’m moving to Costa Rica in a few weeks!” 🤣

It’s a little bit nutty but I don’t care.

Not only is this a huge move for me it signals the beginning of an entirely new chapter in my life.

As strange as 2020 was, it was exactly what I needed.

I needed a year to myself after losing my Mom, to heal, rest, and have some quiet.

I moved to Idaho as a first step to seeing if I could live out of California (born and raised and all my family are here, not to mention lifelong friends). I was open to Idaho being “home”, but it was only meant to be a temporary move. Realizing I wasn’t cut out for the cold and was craving a new experience (it felt a little like “different city, same story”), I made kind of a last minute decision to move to Costa Rica.

My lease was set to renew in 5 weeks and I knew Idaho wasn’t where I’d be putting down roots and it just felt like “why NOT?”

Within a week I had given notice and found my place in Costa Rica. 😊

Fast forward to today (May 17th), and I’m finalizing all the details for my move (there are a lot of moving parts).

All I have left to do is:

• Get the dog’s health certificates (they have appt.s on the 28th)
• Buy my medical travel insurance (required because of Covid)
• Transfer my car registration back to California after getting a smog check
• Buy my return flight the day before I leave (and will refund within 24 hours… you have to show you’re going to leave the country at 90 days. I’ll be doing a border run to Nicaragua… at least until they pass the Digital Nomad visa – fingers crossed!)

Probably not that exciting to hear about, but it helps me to repeat it, so thanks for that.

I will be sharing my journey living and working in Costa Rica on a new site, called “PuraVidaJourney.com” (if you’re not familiar with that saying, Pura Vida in Costa Rica means pure life or simple life). I’ll have a newsletter that sends updates and am *thinking* about doing a podcast where I interview other digital nomads/entrepreneurs living in Costa Rica (this sounds fun as well as being a great way to meet like-minded people, although I don’t want to only connect with other entrepreneurs).

Making Offers

Man… if only I had understood this sooner.

Most people don’t fail online because they don’t have the skillset or something valuable to offer