Love this piece and the term “seasonal coliving.” As a new father of a five-month-old, I’m not finding that the time for that type of chapter is over at all. My wife and I dream of seasonal coliving with other Boulder friends (including those with families), where during the winter, we’ll rent a big Airbnb in Costa Rica and all live together there for a month or two. For me, it’s not a question of “if” but “when.” And I resonate with the immense soul-level freedom of being able to pursue desires in the face of whatever constraints reality might have for us.
Yeah, it's certainly possible nowadays and just takes the agency and coordinating. That'll be a sweet set up once you all pull that together. Both Colorado and Costa Rica are really grounding, but in different ways!
What a great read, Matt. How cool that you’ve been able to maximize the the past few winters, a season that most people often wish they could fast forward through.
Though I’ve generally opted for palm trees over ski boots, a major accidental benefit of living without a fixed address for the past five years has been how much internal exploration I’ve undergone, too. Our timelines are incredibly similar, down to the fact that I’m hyper-aware that I’m currently in the final few weeks of a significant life chapter. But like you, my priorities have shifted — how great it is to be able to easily recognize and appreciate this, which I mostly accredit to living a life that can be easily categorized into seasons.
While I’m not quite a full decade older, I’ve got a few years on you and I have a hunch that in ten years, you’ll look back at your 28-year-old self and laugh that you felt your “time window for this kind of living was closing”. Okay, maybe you won’t be crashing in a 3-bedroom apartment with 12 dudes anymore, but putting a value on the impact location has and designing an ideal lifestyle around it is something that can and should continue for the rest of your life.
Oh, and that mix of judgement, jealous and encouragement you mentioned — hilariously accurate.
Thanks Emily Ann! Yeah, I appreciate the challenge that this is the absolute end of all things adventure. I think the next few years will be a bit slower and more settled, but certainly in the future I plan to go on big trips still. Thanks for reading!
I can deeply relate to this, being in a Tahoe ski lease for ~6 years in my 20s. I loved it when I was in it, and its time ended and I moved on. I will say my "moving on" actually was moving to Truckee and raising my family here. I certainly don't get out and ski nearly as many days, but nature and its rhythms are more built into my life on a daily basis. Interested to see where it lands for you. Regardless, I will always look back at that period of my life fondly.
Ah! That's awesome you chose to stay in Tahoe. Part of me could see that happening one day, but I've learned to not try to plan to far ahead in life :)
I'm just starting to think about next ski season and I think I have one more big season left in me before "growing up" and shifting towards shorter trips.
Truckee is great and I love High Altitude and getting $2 pints of discounted ice cream at Grocery Outlet. It's super cool that you've made it home! Thanks for reading.
I live a life that's quite similar to yours. I think I lived in 3-4 different co-living spaces and then probably over 15-20 different hostels in the last year and ultimately through all of this, I came to the conclusion that this part of my life is finally coming to an end. I loved the nomads I loved the joy of skiing and snowboarding, but the love that I feel is morphing and evolving into something else. And in some ways, it feels like a break up. In other ways, it feels like growing into a different relationship with my curiosity. I was honestly kind of sad about it because I don't go skiing and snowboarding as much as I used to. But the 15 days of the year when I do enjoy this beautiful endeavour, those are one of my favourite memories. I don't know what the next chapter of life supposedly goes what supposedly the life of more stability is going to look like but nevertheless I can at least relate to the phase you have been through right now
Love this piece and the term “seasonal coliving.” As a new father of a five-month-old, I’m not finding that the time for that type of chapter is over at all. My wife and I dream of seasonal coliving with other Boulder friends (including those with families), where during the winter, we’ll rent a big Airbnb in Costa Rica and all live together there for a month or two. For me, it’s not a question of “if” but “when.” And I resonate with the immense soul-level freedom of being able to pursue desires in the face of whatever constraints reality might have for us.
Yeah, it's certainly possible nowadays and just takes the agency and coordinating. That'll be a sweet set up once you all pull that together. Both Colorado and Costa Rica are really grounding, but in different ways!
What a great read, Matt. How cool that you’ve been able to maximize the the past few winters, a season that most people often wish they could fast forward through.
Though I’ve generally opted for palm trees over ski boots, a major accidental benefit of living without a fixed address for the past five years has been how much internal exploration I’ve undergone, too. Our timelines are incredibly similar, down to the fact that I’m hyper-aware that I’m currently in the final few weeks of a significant life chapter. But like you, my priorities have shifted — how great it is to be able to easily recognize and appreciate this, which I mostly accredit to living a life that can be easily categorized into seasons.
While I’m not quite a full decade older, I’ve got a few years on you and I have a hunch that in ten years, you’ll look back at your 28-year-old self and laugh that you felt your “time window for this kind of living was closing”. Okay, maybe you won’t be crashing in a 3-bedroom apartment with 12 dudes anymore, but putting a value on the impact location has and designing an ideal lifestyle around it is something that can and should continue for the rest of your life.
Oh, and that mix of judgement, jealous and encouragement you mentioned — hilariously accurate.
Thanks Emily Ann! Yeah, I appreciate the challenge that this is the absolute end of all things adventure. I think the next few years will be a bit slower and more settled, but certainly in the future I plan to go on big trips still. Thanks for reading!
I can deeply relate to this, being in a Tahoe ski lease for ~6 years in my 20s. I loved it when I was in it, and its time ended and I moved on. I will say my "moving on" actually was moving to Truckee and raising my family here. I certainly don't get out and ski nearly as many days, but nature and its rhythms are more built into my life on a daily basis. Interested to see where it lands for you. Regardless, I will always look back at that period of my life fondly.
Ah! That's awesome you chose to stay in Tahoe. Part of me could see that happening one day, but I've learned to not try to plan to far ahead in life :)
I'm just starting to think about next ski season and I think I have one more big season left in me before "growing up" and shifting towards shorter trips.
Truckee is great and I love High Altitude and getting $2 pints of discounted ice cream at Grocery Outlet. It's super cool that you've made it home! Thanks for reading.
I live a life that's quite similar to yours. I think I lived in 3-4 different co-living spaces and then probably over 15-20 different hostels in the last year and ultimately through all of this, I came to the conclusion that this part of my life is finally coming to an end. I loved the nomads I loved the joy of skiing and snowboarding, but the love that I feel is morphing and evolving into something else. And in some ways, it feels like a break up. In other ways, it feels like growing into a different relationship with my curiosity. I was honestly kind of sad about it because I don't go skiing and snowboarding as much as I used to. But the 15 days of the year when I do enjoy this beautiful endeavour, those are one of my favourite memories. I don't know what the next chapter of life supposedly goes what supposedly the life of more stability is going to look like but nevertheless I can at least relate to the phase you have been through right now
It definitely sounds like we're in similar phases! I've been trying to savor the fewer ski days, recognizing that the peak is past me already.
My 🌹's: powder, communal meals, and monopoly deals
Such a great taste of coliving/seasonal living!
wow a dude that can rhyme. my only regret is that we only played sushi go once