YOU DO NOT NEED TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU ARE MOVING

There are four different stages someone may be in when they begin considering Mexico:

Curious: “I enjoy the idea, but I haven’t investigated it.”

You may follow accounts about Mexico, watch relocation videos or imagine what it might be like—but you haven’t yet applied the idea to your own life.

Exploring: “I want to find out whether some version of this could work.”

You are not committed to moving, but you are willing to look at real information, ask questions and challenge your assumptions.

Preparing: “I believe I want to do it and need to understand what it will require.”

You may not have every detail or a firm date, but the move feels more like an intention than a daydream.

Moving: “I have begun taking concrete steps toward a specific move or extended stay.”

You may have a timeline, be gathering documents, investigating rentals or actively preparing your current life for the transition.

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None of these stages is better than another.

You do not need to call yourself “preparing” simply because you purchased this challenge. You also do not need to decide today that you are leaving Canada permanently.

This challenge is a fact-finding mission. Its purpose is to help you move from:

“I have no idea whether I could do this.”

to:

“I understand what this might require, what appears possible and what I need to investigate next.”

Your first job is simply to identify where you are beginning.

WHY DOES THIS POSSIBILITY HAVE YOUR ATTENTION?

• Why does living in Mexico appeal to me?

• What do I hope might be different about my life?

• What is the biggest reason I think I may not be able to do it?

• If I knew I wouldn’t be judged, fail or disappoint anyone, what version of living in Mexico would I allow myself to imagine?

CREATE YOUR PERSONAL MEXICO CHALLENGE FOLDER

Throughout this challenge, you will keep everything you discover in one note FOLDER on your phone.

This is not intended to become a lengthy journal or complicated workbook. It is simply a place to collect your answers, research, questions and decisions as we move through the challenge.

By the end, you will be able to look back at this one note and see:

• What you originally believed about moving to Mexico

• What you discovered

• What appears possible

• What questions still need answers

• What your next steps should be

Keep today’s answers short and honest. A few sentences for each question is enough.

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Your Steps

1. Open the Notes app on your phone.

2. Create a new FOLDER

3. Title it: Could I Really Move to Mexico?

4. Create a new NOTE and copy the prompt below and paste it directly into your new note.

5. Complete each sentence without worrying about having the perfect answer.

6. Keep this note somewhere easy to find. You will return to it every day throughout the challenge.

Copy and Paste This Into Your Notes App

DAY 1 — MY STARTING POINT

My current stage is:

Curious / Exploring / Preparing / Moving

The idea of living in Mexico appeals to me because:

[Write your answer here.]

What I hope might be different about my life is:

[Write your answer here.]

The biggest reason I currently think I may not be able to do it is:

[Write your answer here.]

On a scale from 1 to 10, my current readiness to investigate this seriously is:

___ / 10

I chose this number because:

[Write your answer here.]

By the end of this challenge, the question I most want answered is:

[Write your answer here.]

OPTIONAL DEEPER QUESTION

If I knew I would not be judged, fail or disappoint anyone, what version of living in Mexico would I allow myself to imagine?

[Write your answer here.]

Before You Finish

Read your answers once.

You do not need to change, improve or justify them. This is simply a record of where you are beginning.

On the final day of the challenge, you will return to this entry and see what has changed.

Today, you did not commit to moving to Mexico.

You identified why the possibility matters and committed to taking the question seriously enough to investigate it.

Tomorrow:

What does “moving to Mexico” actually mean to you?

A three-month winter escape, a one-year experiment and a permanent relocation require completely different plans.

On Day 2, you’ll identify which version you are currently imagining and give it a possible timeframe.