I said don't start here, you little rebel!
Looks like you're probably as ornery as we are...
Well since you're here anyway, HI, we're David (tico) & Chris(tina). We think the stuff that holds people back from living anything less than a dangerously free and wildly beautiful life (you know, like fear, discouragement, oppression, lack, and the like) deserves an a$$-kicking.
Some of our experience includes living debt free since 2005, working from home since 2010, homeschooling year-round and traveling up to 8 months of the year since 2012.
Our Purge and Simplify content will help you "un-complicate" and "un-clutter" your life to make room for greater peace, passion, purpose, and productivity.
Our Refine & Build content is for those who want to develop a higher quality of life and change the world!
We share tips and resources for creating a successful location independent life with a family, as well as a higher quality of life in general, all on a budget: small business and passive income, minimalism and travel, better relationships, flexible education, and uncommon spiritual life. You can also find personal, behind-the-scenes stuff here.
History of This Site
David came up with TicoandTina when we wanted to make a new couple email address for our upcoming nuptials, and I thought it was brilliant 
(Tico, a nickname from college, means Costa Rican, which he is.)
As we started to transition our blog from personal to more professional, we floundered around a lot about how to deal with branding because “Tico & Tina” obviously doesn’t have any immediate connection to how we help our audience.
The first tagline we used was “Embracing the Journey“, then at some point we used “F(orget) Normal. you were made for an uncommon life“, which eventually evolved to “Designing an Uncommon Life“. Then we tried on “Make Room for Greatness” for a while because we felt it fit better with the minimalist content that was really resonating with people at the time. We even bought the domain and started branding our pins that way, though it always just redirected here.
We kind of lost ourselves for a while there, and we’re in the process of evolving our “brand” to a good personal/professional balance……………………… dios mÃo! We’ve currently settled on The Liberation Collective for the site in general, and Liberation Letters for the blog.
Please let us know what would be most helpful to you on your journey!
If you’re curious how we ended up here, this is our journey in a nutshell so far…
