31/12/2025
✨2025 The Year That Refused to Be Ordinary🎉
2025 didn’t arrive with fireworks and crowds.
It arrived quietly, powerfully, and exactly as it should have.
We welcomed the New Year in Wirrulla, at home, just the two of us. No noise, no pressure just music, singing, a game of pool, and the kind of stillness that only comes when two people are deeply aligned. Alone together. Grounded. Grateful. Unaware of just how much the year ahead would ask of us.
From there, the road called us back to Brisbane, settling in with our good mate Greg for what became four full months. That chapter began with a reminder that this lifestyle doesn’t always glide smoothly our bus bogged down, stubborn and unmoving, until a friend’s truck hauled us back to solid ground. A fitting metaphor, really. Help arrives when you allow it. And so grateful to good friends.
Brisbane wasn’t just a stopover, it was a season of support, presence, and love. We were there for Sheryl’s mum, Lyn, as her health declined. August brought heartbreak. Lyn passed, and Sheryl made it back in time to say goodbye, those precious final moments no one ever forgets. We stayed close to Sheryl's dad Barry, holding space as only family can, learning yet again that life’s true currency is time and connection.
Alongside grief, there was growth.
Massive growth.
We leaned hard into learning, especially around affiliate marketing, future-focused income, and building something that aligned with freedom rather than fear. We attended the Enagic event in Adelaide which most of you know is my main interest, adding clarity, community, and confirmation that we were on the right path even if the path was anything but easy.
Then came one of the darkest stretches of the year.
Computers hacked.
Crypto stolen.
Months of work wiped out in moments.
It set us back financially, emotionally, energetically. And even now, we’re still not fully back on track. As if that wasn’t enough, the banks decided to join the chaos. Accounts locked. Access denied. And in a move that still stings deeply, Bendigo Bank cancelled Gordon’s account of 25 years, not due to wrongdoing but incompetence from their fraud department. A brutal lesson in how fragile systems are when you trust them blindly.
Yet still we moved forward and soldiered on.
Even helped out a homeless guy and his dog for a couple of days who had been walking from Perth.
We then took off for a much needed 10 day cruise to New Zealand to help to unwind and a wonderful experience that was. Right timing!!!!!
After we got back and had friends drop in for a few days it was time to pack up and headed the bus north again, heading back to Brisbane for Christmas, determined to be with family. Along the way, disaster nearly struck when a passing semi triple road train almost ripped the solar system clean off the roof of the bus. What remains is major power failure and repairs still ahead but the bus, like us, is bruised… not broken.
Amid all this, new beginnings emerged.
Just weeks ago, we launched a new business with Trueclaim Solutions, another brick laid in the foundation of a more resilient future. And alongside it, our expanding ventures into the awesome new Texit Coin, GGC Coins, and Finance Pro, all woven together through affiliate marketing and the belief that ordinary people deserve better systems.
One of the most powerful chapters of 2025 was the birth of our Facebook community:
🎉Retiring on Purpose🎊
What started as an idea became a movement.
Over 1,100 people joined.
We hosted three live events.
Held a meet and greet in Adelaide, finally bringing online connections into the real world. As well as some events in different locations around Australia where our members got together to say hi
And then because why not? We boarded a cruise to New Zealand, creating memories that reminded us why we chose this life in the first place. That trip wasn’t just awesome and amazing it was affirming.
And throughout the year, friendship flowed in and out of our lives like a gentle tide.
Ann and Alan from Beachmere stayed with us for a few days on their way back from Perth, stories shared, laughter was easy, connections effortless.
Just before Christmas, Pete and Alaina from Caboolture dropped into Wirrulla for a few days before we headed north again another reminder that home isn’t just a place, it’s the people who show up.
So, What Was 2025?
It was busy.
It was brutal.
It was beautiful.
It was heartfelt.
It was certainly a journey.
A year of loss and love.
Of breakdowns, mechanical, financial, emotional and breakthroughs that didn’t always look like wins at the time.
A year that demanded resilience, humility, adaptability, and faith.
2025 didn’t give us comfort.
It gave us character.
And as we stand on the edge of what comes next. We are older, wiser, tougher, and clearer than ever and we know this for certain:
We didn’t just survive 2025.
We earned the next chapter.
🥳Bring on 2026.🎉
