My wife and I moved to a remote Scottish island after only visiting once. We love our slower pace of life.

• Jason and Yvonne Lancaster, 50 and 55, moved to an island in the Inner Hebrides after one visit.
• The couple ran a consulting agency in London but were looking for a slower pace of life.
• They now raise a flock of 16 sheep on their croft and say the island feels like home. 

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jason Lancaster, a 55-year-old who moved from London to Tiree, Scotland. It's been edited for length and clarity.

We hadn't intended to move to a remote Scottish island. But when my wife, Yvonne, and I rocked up to Tiree, a 12-mile-long island on the west coast of Scotland, it felt like home.