At the ripe age of 28 years old, my wife (then girlfriend) and I quit our jobs. We hopped on a plane and moved to Costa Rica. The plan was to take a year off by living the Pura Vida — as locals call it. We had no return ticket.
It has ended up being one of the best decisions we’ve made together. We now spend half of our year living on a family-run coffee farm and the other half living in my native Wisconsin.
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