Time to chase pleasure and seek god

[padding] [If you are unable to view this message correctly, click here]( [padding] [stuff header] [spacer] [padding] Hi {NAME}, Auckland tech-worker-by-day and dance-teacher-by-night Anabela Rea didn’t intend to move to Brazil. But just a few weeks after arriving, [she found herself captivated by the city]( its inhabitants, and its nightlife, almost as much as she was awed by its poverty, favelas, and dangers. Rio natives, she says, appear to understand this paradox, “and therefore chase pleasure and seek god in equal amounts”. “The longer I live here, the more I applaud this and the more I need it myself.” The same day that she handed in her notice at her safe and stable tech job based in New Zealand, the first of the Auckland floods hit, inundating her Mount Eden home and rendering it uninhabitable. As she puts it, the gods had their say about her across-world shift. A story of someone radically changing their life appeals to many of us. There was the [architect living in a modern commune]( in Grey Lynn, [the mum-of-five (three teenagers at home)]( who avoided debt by living with them in a tiny home, and [the couple who live half the year in Amsterdam]( and half the year in Ōakura, just south of New Plymouth. That’s to mention just a few. It’s certainly food for thought for those of us living in a regular house in the suburbs, working nine-to-five. Change is possible, if we want it enough! Happy weekend. [padding] [user profile pic] [padding] Joanna Davis [padding] Homed Editor [padding] [spacer] [padding] Enjoying this email? [Check out Stuff's other daily and weekly newsletters.]( [spacer] # [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][separator] [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] From Auckland to Rio, unplanned [spacer] I didn't mean to quit my safe tech job and move to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but here I am: I came for a five-week holiday to train in dance, but with my engagement over, and my Auckland house flooded, going home is not an option. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Farmhouse a sanctuary [spacer] This historic Otago home has been a sanctuary for the owner, for travellers opting out of modern life, and for a slew of rescue animals. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Demo planned for ‘nightmare’ villa [spacer] The plan was to sell the Nelson villa, which had undergone a “70s nightmare” renovation “as is, where is” with just a lick of paint, but the trouble is, no-one told the builders. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] Home financed by trading cars [spacer] First-time buyers: Dylan Robinson was only 21 when he bought his first home, which he's transformed — even taking it from white to black. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] No at first sight became a yes [spacer] It took time, but a designer saw the potential of a Napier hilltop property and has transformed it into a wonderful family home. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Sales win for off-grid family [spacer] The Duncan-Chalmers family have found the perfect buyer for their Swanson property, sold it well above RV, and will now be heading to a new life "roughing it" in a Cromwell sheep paddock with a couple of huts. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Privacy Info]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [padding] [spacer][Support Stuff]( [Discover more at Homed]( [padding] [spacer] You are receiving this email because you are a opted in to receive the Stuff Homed newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( [Manage your profile]( [Privacy Policy]( Did a friend forward you this email? [Sign up to get the Stuff Homed newsletter in your inbox]( Stuff, 4 Williamson Ave, Ponsonby, Auckland, 1021, New Zealand [spacer] [padding]