We’re one week into our three-week experiment, staying in a 2bd/2ba townhome in Malibu, CA.

The experiment? We wanted to see if we could:

1) Transport our family to a dreamy location for a longer stint than we’d normally think to do (not the easiest thing to do with a child in the public school system)

2) Handle client work remotely AND successfully

3) Visit with family, friends, former colleagues, clients, mentors, thought leaders, and whoever else happened to cross our path

4) Treat ourselves to a change in scenery, routine, and mindset after a long, record-breaking snow-falling New England winter

5) Prove to ourselves we were bold enough to stay in a location that seems luxurious and extravagant (even though we did enough homework to score our glorious digs at more than 60% off its going rate!)

I am thrilled to say it’s working out more magnificently than I ever dared hope it would.

To begin with, I’ve had dolphin sighting every single day, several times a day. I wake up every morning, look out our master bedroom slider doors, and see the fins emerging and disappearing, oblivious to their land-dwelling busybodies.

This fact on its own is enough to get me in touch with my inner child and yelp “Yippee!” until my pigtails spin off my head. I love these beautiful creatures of the sea, and I think their appearance so close to the shore, so accessible, is nothing short of miraculous. Just below the surface of what’s visible is this huge playground where intelligent beings swim and swoon, gather and glide among the waves and tides. It’s just breathtaking. Effortless motion. Sublime.

With wireless connectivity and a telephone, managing client projects from afar has been a cinch. What’s more, our new surroundings inspire fresh ideas, better perspectives, and a better chance to focus on our clients Bigger Pictures, which increases both efficiency and effectiveness.

But the real bonus for us is this: Being here shows us how much we value our time and freedom, and how much owning our own business is essential to owning the best version and vision of our own lives.

Last night we had Rick Sanchez and Tara Zucker, the talented spousal-preneurial team behind Post Haste Media, over for a lovely, animated dinner.

Right now, Allen is at an all-day wealth accelerator workshop with Law of Attraction guru David Neagle, where he’ll be kindly treated to lunch by our favorite million-dollar lifestyle coach, Melanie Benson Strick. And I’m sitting here while my kids are playing with toys, anxiously awaiting the arrival of the amazing and incomparable Lisa Steadman, author, relationship expert, and one of my dearest friends and creative allies.

If this isn’t the life, I don’t know what is.

And the best thing? We’ve got two more weeks of it. “Yippee!!!”

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