Let go, because the boat will not cooperate with your spreadsheet

Let go, because the boat will not cooperate with your spreadsheet

After 1 year of living on a sailboat with her husband and cat, Tara A. Pierce says the big lesson is simple: let go. The year was “wild,” full of wondering whether the whole thing was a mistake, but in the end: no regrets. The boat life checklist kept getting rewritten anyway—weather changes, gear needs fixing, and sometimes even Orca shows up and bumps your rudder, leaving damage you don’t find until months later. Her answer is to stop trying to control everything, plan only what can actually be planned—weather reports, provisions, resources, job opportunities—and then adapt. That’s the whole game, whether you like it or not.

Gobble's Take: Boat life is just chaos with a horizon line, so the only winning move is staying flexible.
Source: Sailing Lessons - by Tara A. Pierce - Artist at Law - Substack

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