Tawny McVay explains how we can step out of the life we were told to want to create the one we actually do.

What would you do if you realized the life you were living wasn't one you truly loved? In 2016, this was exactly the situation my husband and I found ourselves in.

After years of hard work, we owned a business, a three-story home, and all the trappings of the American Dream we'd been told would bring us happiness.

But we weren't happy. Instead, we felt trapped, owned by a lifestyle instead of enjoying it. And so we walked away. We sold it all to live in a school bus and started living life on purpose.

This is our story, how we left behind the life we were told to want for the one we actually did.