I love chatting with random people.

This weekend, I started talking to a fascinating couple.

Coincidently, it was the perfect story to summarise this book.

Myles and Karen sit next to me on the Liverpool to Leeds canal.

On the face of it, they are an average 50-something couple. It turns out, they are living on the Pathless Path.

"What's your story?" I ask (I love starting with the big questions)

"8 years ago we stuck two fingers up to the system."

Since then, now nicknamed the “Motoroamers”, they've been living full-time in a motorhome, travelling Europe.

After a short visit back to the UK their stops this summer are Turkey, Albania and Montenegro.

I described this as Pathless Path because it’s the book I just finished by Paul Millerd.

The book describes that there are two paths in life.

The "Default Path" that many of us travel. Graduate, Work a Long Career, Retire. Common, often predictable, sometimes joyful, for some downright horrible.

In contrast, the "Pathless Path" is less well-trodden. There is no playbook. There is risk, and uncertainty but potential rewards.

For Paul, Myles and Karen this Pathless Path appears to have brought many rewards. A freedom to do what they want. The flexibility to live life to the full. It’s certainly not easy and many wouldn’t be prepared to make the sacrifices.

👉 What path are you on? And is it the one you want to be on?