A family that has left the struggling UK for a new life abroad starting in Malaysia, SE Asia!
I’m Richard, a dad of two, home educator, forester and lifelong DIY learner.
At the start of 2025 we made a big decision: sell everything, leave the UK, and build a
simpler life somewhere warm.
It hasn’t been easy.
Delays, solicitors, housing problems, non-stop rain, the pressures of home educating
neurodiverse kids... it all hits at once. And the UK systems make it harder, not easier.
This channel follows our journey from the very beginning :
• selling the house
• dealing with broken systems
• preparing to move abroad
• teaching our kids real-life skills
• fixing what we can ourselves
• and trying to stay sane along the way
If you’re thinking about leaving the UK, homeschooling, learning life skills or just following a
family trying to break free, you’re in the right place.
Hit subscribe and follow the journey — the highs, lows and frustrations as they happen.
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Peace and prosperity to you all on the year of the horse on Chinese new year!
The Chinese new year here in Asia is an amazing spectacle, the lights, the food and the buzz is something I have not experienced before. It truly is magical. Had we not decided to follow this journey we would not have experienced any of this!
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Oh the challenges of having big feet in Asia! My jesus creepers even though I super glued them have finally met their end. I find it difficult to get rid of items that are clearly ruined but I seem to be attached to!
I eventually found some flip flops big and mainly wide enough for my great feet! 🥴
End of an era 🤯😂
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Life goes on when you move abroad, currently I am repairing my daughter's yoto box that keeps damaging the expensive chargers. Replacing the badly designed old one for a type c mobile plug in with limited tools! 😅
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On the move again!
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A snapshot in time......................
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Incredible day today at the Natural History Museum today! Our journey is partly based on giving our kids our attention and time. We need to balance this with earning, schooling and overall a great life!
This is what the channel is all about! If you're new here, welcome. I will try to share as much as I can as we go along where I gave the time!
Thanks all for sharing our journey!
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Today is blue Monday apparently, the most depressing day of the year for many. I want to be more positive and for us today we are going through and dumping anything we don't need before we leave the UK. The sun is shining over the very foggy mountains and lake Ullswater and we are feeling very apprehensive but elated at the journey it's has taken so far to get to this point. Some of our thought process are in today's video and if you want to be more positive and mindful please check out my wife's channel ' my mindful family life'. She helps me immensely although I will rarely admit it 😅
https://youtu.be/vicGMuYhTzg
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Does life feel too much....this is what I think, does it resonate? Too busy making a living rather than making a life?
https://youtu.be/DtJpZOBNdeE
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A sneak peak of our new accommodation we have moved to this afternoon, a fitting location with amazing view to end our many years of living in Cumbria. We are nearly ready to go, just a few jobs yet to tie up so we can chill a bit here and enjoy the views and contemplate how far we have come and the fantastic life we can build from here on! 😊
And the best bit...its our cheapest stay yet!
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So tomorrow I am posting my last finance video, what I earned as a self employed forester and machine driver last year, what my household earned and what it cost for me to work and to run the house.
This is just a small part of our reason to leave the UK, watch to the end to find out if it is possible for a family to live on one average income in the UK now.
How do you earn? And does it allow you to have holidays or a break throughout the year? We had nt had a holiday abroad for 7 years is a clue........
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