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Exapt Exaptation Exaptive. We are exaptive.
@ingridlotze & @gavinmoffat love learning new words and this one is especially delightful:- ex·ap·ta·tion (ĕg′zăp-tā′shən) Exaptation is...
Ingrid Lotze
Sep 29, 20232 min read


Diving 101 - use a checklist
Scuba diving is a hobby that @ingridlotze & @gavinmoffat hope to continue till their dying day. It is a continuous source of inspiration,...
Ingrid Lotze
Sep 28, 20231 min read


We’ve completed our Swedish death cleaning
Have you heard of Swedish death cleaning? We hadn’t until our financial advisor suggested we approach our financial well-being and...
Ingrid Lotze
Sep 22, 20232 min read


How do you spend 24x7 together without driving each other nuts?
17 years of happy marriage 25 years of business partnering Close to 24x7 time together in the past 16 months Minimum conflict, maximum...
Ingrid Lotze
Sep 18, 20232 min read


“A door asks you to live between was and will be” *
*Excerpt from a poem by Betsy Johnson Our continued personal growth hinges on our willingness to close one door in order to open another...
Ingrid Lotze
Sep 1, 20232 min read


The painless process of packing
The process of packing can be painless if there is partnership, participation and a particular path is followed. We would suggest some...
Ingrid Lotze
Aug 30, 20231 min read


Paris Patiserrie Jozi - Digital nomads find delights on their doorstep
Can you be a digital nomad in your own country? Absolutely, and 7tsea has decided to not limit the nomad work lifestyle to international...
Ingrid Lotze
Aug 13, 20231 min read


Adults need more fun and play
Here is a thought, is Meccano where creativity meets engineering, and child meets adult, or is it the other way around? August brings...
Ingrid Lotze
Aug 2, 20232 min read


Fit in for f..f...flee the epic struggle of misfits
@ingridlotze @gavinmoffat don’t like the term ‘misfits’, but it often feels that they are, as they don’t fit into the 20 - 35 year old...

Gavin Moffat
Jul 28, 20231 min read


Resilience - the modern equivalent of the compass
Resilience is the modern equivalent of the compass ~ it is one of life's most important navigational tools in today’s times. ~ Ingrid...
Ingrid Lotze
Jul 18, 20232 min read


Trauma on an aeroplane and the ‘Lie, Hide, Repress and Deny’ that followed - a recent and true story
Trauma on an aeroplane and the ‘Lie, Hide, Repress and Deny’ that followed - a recent and true story He didn’t hurt me, he just caressed...
Ingrid Lotze
Jun 22, 20234 min read


Things we love about family
We always knew we would travel back to SA after 12 months of living a nomad work lifestyle because May is the month two of our three...
Ingrid Lotze
Jun 5, 20232 min read


What did we find around the corner?
We have seen stranger things on our travels, a massive block of ice being transported on a scooter, on a 35 degree sun-baked road in Goa....

Gavin Moffat
May 24, 20231 min read


Our nomad / work / lifestyle has only just begun
382 days sees us back in South Africa, tying an awesome bow on the first year of our nomad / work / lifestyle journey. Looking forward to...

Gavin Moffat
May 16, 20231 min read


Covid signs around the world
2020 was the year of COVID-19. No matter your thoughts on where it came from, the impact it would or wouldn’t have, it was a major...

Gavin Moffat
May 12, 20231 min read


Insights into plants animals and humans in Kuala Lumpur Perdana Botanic Gardens
@ingridlotze @gavinmoffat love visiting Botanic gardens for a number of reasons including the beauty of the plant life, an insight into...
Ingrid Lotze
May 11, 20231 min read


A very-ation on a theme - 7 t-shirts on a bed in Mumbai, rolled up
A very-ation on a theme - 7 t-shirts on a bed in Mumbai, rolled up It was in Mumbai that @ingridlotze coined the term VERY, used to...

Gavin Moffat
May 10, 20231 min read


374 days a nomad
The end of the first year (374-odd days to be almost exact) of our nomad / work / lifestyle, has come to an end frighteningly quickly....

Gavin Moffat
May 9, 20231 min read


Talk on the run - a lesson in resilience
Doing a virtual Talk for a large financial Institution was a great lesson in resilience and it ties in so beautifully with the Resilience...
Ingrid Lotze
May 8, 20232 min read


What's up with these Gen-Xers and their love of maps?
When we were younger (just after the Earth came into being) using a physical map was necessary, it meant you could get to your...

Gavin Moffat
May 6, 20231 min read
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