Why...why this and why now?

I want to wake myself up.
I grew up in a small town in a traditional family. My mom was a stay at home wife and my father worked every day.
I always wanted something different. I dreamed of travelling and seeing the world. I moved to another province (PEI) when I was 18 to attend university and met so many people from other places and other cultures.
From there, I moved to another province (Ontario) and met more and more people from more and more cultures. I was fascinated.
After art college I moved to Canada's arctic where I was completely immersed into the Inuit, Inuvialuit and Gwich'in cultures for 5 years. It was a dream for me and I loved it.
When I had my first child I imagined him coming with his dad and I to many different places. He was born in Inuvik, NWT. His first flight was across the country at 6 weeks old. His second flight was moving to PEI at 8 months old.
I had my second child 2 years later and I became a stay at home wife for 5 years. We bought a house, and became a traditional family.
This was not what i had planned, not what I had dreamed of. My marriage ended 5 years ago and it honestly took 5 years to get past it. Lawyers, legal fees, division of property, child custody, etc is crippling.
Now, my children are well adjusted to two households and are old enough to not miss their mom (too much). My finances are back on track and I have a job that will permit me to take a month leave without pay (and I've saved my vacation days).
It's time for me to get back to my my childhood dream, to live an non traditional life, to travel, to explore another culture. It's time to teach my children too.
I don't want to work 9-5 every day without life experiences that will change me. I want to grow as a human. I want to feel and see and smell and taste a different place that will stay with me and become part of me. I want to wake myself up to how well I have it. How much we have. How lucky I am.