Couple travel the world with their five young sons

By Karen Harding

導讀:賣掉房子、車子和幾乎所有的個人物品，帶上一包旅途必備用品，你舍得嗎？英國一對有五個孩子的夫婦就這用這樣的姿態干脆地和過去的生活說拜拜，帶著孩子們（其中還有一對10個月大的雙胞胎小寶寶）踏上了周游世界的旅程。那些天天喊著想環球旅行卻什么也不舍得放棄的人，終于明白自己為什么實現不了夢想了吧！

To outsiders,Faye and Matthew Gooding and their five young sons appear to have perfect lives.

Indeed,more than 32,000 people follow them on Instagram,where Mrs Gooding posts beautiful photos of life in their four-bedroom detached house in a sought-after village near Lincoln.

For the couple themselves,however,this‘materially perfect world’was lacking something,so now they are giving up all their possessions to travel round the world with Ralph,nine,Judah,seven,Hunter,four,and twins Freddie and Jasper,ten months.

This was the last Christmas that the couple,who run a mortgage broking business,will spend in their home,which has already been sold.Most of their belongings have gone too.

Shortly their Ford Galaxy car will be sold,and the family will take just one backpack each.

在外人眼里，費耶、馬修·古丁夫婦和他們五個年幼的兒子擁有著完美的生活。

的確，古丁太太發在Instagram上擁有超3.2萬名粉絲。古丁一家住在英國林肯市郊的一個令人艷羨的鄉村里，他們的房子是擁有四個臥室的獨立式住宅。古丁太太把那些美麗的生活照片上傳到了Instagram。

但對這對夫婦來說，這個“物質極大豐富的世界”缺少了一些什么,所以現在他們放棄了自己所擁有的一切，和自己的孩子們——9歲的拉爾夫、7歲的朱達、4歲的亨特和10個月大的雙胞胎弗雷迪和賈斯珀一起去周游世界。

這對夫婦經營一家抵押貸款經紀公司，這是他們最后一次在這個房子里過圣誕節?，F在這個房子已經被賣掉了，他們的大部分個人物品也賣掉了。

很快，他們的福特銀河汽車也會被賣掉，到時候這家人將每個人帶個背包上路。

33歲的古丁太太說：“一些朋友和親戚認為馬修和我是不是瘋了，放棄這么多東西。要處理掉這么多財產的確相當困難。圣誕節也怪怪的，因為我們不像以往那樣交換很多禮物?！?/p>

Mrs Gooding,33,said:“Some friends and family think Matt and I are mad to be giving up so much.It’s been incredibly difficult getting rid of so many possessions.Christmas was strange as we didn’t exchange lots of presents as we usually do.”

“Selling our house,which we’ve completely refurbished over the past couple of years,is sad.But getting rid of so many possessions has been liberating.”

The couple made their decision after Freddie and Jasper were born.

“Getting pregnant with the twins was a shock,” said Mrs Gooding.“Yet rather than enjoying spending time with the boys,I found myself cleaning the house all day.The older ones were at school and I thought,‘I hardly see them’.”

“I admitted how I felt to Matt.He agreed it felt as if our lives revolved around material things，both of us working to pay the mortgage and keep ourselves in our materially perfect world.”

Last summer the couple put their house on the market.And in September the older children didn’t return to school,with Mrs Gooding teaching them at home instead.

“When we told the older boys， they were so excited they were going to have so much time as a family.It made us realise no amount of toys or material possessions compensates for time spent with our children.”

“They’ve had to give away many toys,bikes and books.However,although they can only take a small rucksack each of possessions—we gave each of them a rucksack for Christmas—they can’t wait to go.”

They will leave this month and plan to start their travels in Sweden where they have friends.

Mr Gooding,36,said:“The older boys will plot where we go next but we hope to see Europe and over two years travel as far as Japan,America,Bali and Thailand.While they won’t go to school,Faye and I feel they will learn more than ever on our travels.”

The couple have taken on extra staff in Britain and plan to run their business from abroad.

Mrs Gooding,who posts on Instagram as mother of five boys,added:“People have said ‘Aren’t you worried about stability and security?’—particularly as we have five small children.It is a risk because we are giving up so much.But we can’t wait to spend more time with our sons without the stresses of everyday routines.”

“We don’t know what will happen,but we do know if we didn’t do this we would always regret it.”

“這棟房子在過去幾年才剛剛徹底翻新過，賣掉房子讓人感覺悲傷，但是處理掉這么多財產，讓人感覺身心自由?！?/p>

在弗雷迪和賈斯珀出生后，夫妻倆做出了這一決定。

“懷上這對雙胞胎是個意外之喜，”古丁太太說，“但是我發現自己成天都在打掃屋子，而不是享受和寶寶們在一起的時光。大一點的孩子們都在學校，我覺得自己幾乎見不到他們。”

“我向馬修坦承了自己的感受。他也認同我們的生活似乎都在圍著物質的東西打轉——我們倆還都得工作以還房貸，努力保持物質世界的完美?！?/p>

去年夏天，夫妻倆將房子掛出來賣。九月份時大孩子們就不再上學，古丁太太在家里自己教他們。

“當我們告訴大孩子們這個決定時，他們都非常興奮，因為他們可以有這么多時間和家人在一起。這讓我們意識到，不管多少玩具或物質財富都無法彌補和孩子共度的時光?！?/p>

“孩子們必須放棄很多玩具、自行車和書。盡管他們每個人都只能留下一小包東西——圣誕節我們送給孩子們一人一個帆布背包——但是他們依然迫不及待地想要出發。”

這家人將在本月踏上旅程，第一站是瑞典，那里有他們的朋友。

36歲的古丁先生說：“大孩子們將計劃出我們接下來要去的地方，但是我們希望先看看歐洲，然后在未來兩年的旅途中去日本、美國、巴厘島和泰國旅游。雖然他們不上學，但是費耶和我覺得他們在旅程中所學到的東西會比過去都多?！?/p>

夫妻倆已經在英國雇了更多的員工，并計劃在旅途中經營他們的國內生意。

古丁太太在Instagram上的賬號是“五個男孩的媽媽”，她補充道：“人們說‘難道你不擔心穩定和安全的問題嗎？’——尤其是我們有五個小孩子。這是一種風險，因為我們放棄的太多了。但是我們迫不及待地想和孩子們共度更多時光，擺脫日?，嵤碌膲毫Α！?/p>

“我們不知道未來會發生什么，但是我們知道，如果我們不這么做，我們將來會一直對此感到遺憾?！?/p>