A Theory of Moments

James Knight was almost forty and tired of simply existing; for him, there had to be more to life than pay packets and keeping up with the Joneses. As a bipolar sufferer who'd had some significant battles, he'd learnt to appreciate the importance of living in the moment. After talking to his wife, Clare, about how he was feeling, they decided to turn their backs on a comfortable existence in Sydney's middle-class suburbia for a year-long backpackers' trip through South America and Africa, with pit stops in New York and the UK. James and Clare would do volunteer work, learn Spanish and dance wherever and whenever they could.