About Us

Thanks for stopping by!  We are The At Home Couple; Elijah and Veronica.  We live together in Toronto, Canada.

Don’t get us confused with our biblical namesakes, we’re your typical young couple; ambitious, confident, busy and struggling. It seems like everyone we know is in the same boat, or one that looks just like it. The difference is that we are determined to make it to shore.

We met four years ago, and nothing has been the same since. After finishing school, we realized that the real world is definitely not as appealing as it once was – in and out of jobs, constant struggle to pay the bills, and the monotonous cycle of the forty hour work week. Add to the mix the normal ups and downs of a relationship (not only with each other, but everyone around us) and what you end up with is two exhausted people looking for an alternative way of living.

All this at the ripe ol’ age of twenty-seven

Our journey down this rabbit hole started in January of 2008, when Elijah was fired from yet another insignificant job as a Database Administrator – not so much of a surprise, but more of a hassle. This event, combined with a loss in the family a few months prior, seemed to spark something that neither of us was ready for – and it was at that very moment that we decided to take control and create the type of life that we both knew we deserved.

We’ve never been the type of people to ask for much, so our goals aren’t too complicated. We want to open the eyes of our peers, and those coming up behind us, to the fact that it is not necessary to work for 35 years for a shitty pension and a cheap gold watch. It is also not necessary to sacrifice your true passions and desires for a mundane existence – think Bill Murray in Groundhog Day. Life should be about living, and we are determined to make that happen.

Come hop in our boat . . . It may not be a smooth ride, but there are plenty of paddles!