by Al Christensen | Mar 29, 2022 | Fear, Security/Safety Versus Freedom, Survival, Tribe, Vandwelling Philosophy
VERY FEW PEOPLE CAN MAKE THE LEAP INTO FULL-TIME VEHICLE LIVING without experiencing some degree of anxiety. Most of us have never done anything like it before. There’s so much that’s unknown and unpredictable. There’s so much uncertainty. Humans tend to avoid...
by Al Christensen | Mar 15, 2022 | Planning for the Future, Vandwelling Philosophy
The old saying is that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. That’s only part of the story, though. You can plan the hell out of something, but you can still fail because there was something wrong with the plan. I had a failed plan last week, and I recently talked...
by Bob | Mar 6, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
We tend to think of minimalism as the rejection of materialism. Oooo, stuff is bad, right? No, it’s that too much stuff is bad, the wrong stuff is bad. How can you tell whether you have too much stuff or the wrong stuff? Well, is the acquisition, care and safekeeping...
by Al Christensen | Feb 22, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
We live most of our life surrounded by people who are very willing to tell us who to be, even providing detailed instructions about how, when and where to be it. In most cases, they want us to be someone who fits their picture of the world, fits their agenda. And we...
by Al Christensen | Feb 15, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
DIVESTED One less thing taking up space in my life, in my mind One less object to care for or suffer guilt for its neglect The last one gone at last with a wave and a check and a sigh of relief My thing becomes his thing The baton and burden of ownership passes to...
by Bob | Jan 20, 2022 | Planning for the Future, RV Living, Vandwelling Philosophy
This site is called Cheap RV Living, yet I don’t live in an RV. Why is that? It’s about finding a balance between comfort and freedom—a balance that works for me, that aligns with my personal priorities. I want—I need—freedom more than comfort. Your priorities might...
by Susan Hare | Jan 10, 2022 | My Daily Life, Vandwelling Philosophy
I belong to a lot of groups that speak to the nomad way of life. A member of one of those groups asked if anyone else felt challenged to stay long in any one place before boredom sets in. I replied that I’m a full-time traveler who lives out of an SUV Crossover. I...
by Bob | Sep 26, 2021 | Boondocking, Budget, Fear, Green Living, Inspiration-Spirituality, Minimalism, Planning for the Future, RV Living, Security/Safety Versus Freedom, Simple Living--Getting Rid of Excess Stuff, Tribe, Vandwelling Philosophy
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” —Attributed to Mark Twain Do...
