2/24/2023 0 Comments Youre biting the bullet![]() I also have everything I need to go full time off grid for 2 weeks at a time and survive in any climate. I have a solar generator, panels, a fridge, lots of food storage, a portable oven, usb blender, a comfortable bed in the back. I love the freedom and not being “tied down” to one area as I move around a lot throughout central Florida. I don’t plan on ever owning property or moving into a home, though I’m open to that changing one day. The rest of my stuff is in a storage unit. I’ve been full time no breaks now since Feb 1 of this year. ![]() That also propelled me into more full time car life. I was able to work other jobs and eventually just started delivering food after Covid hit. And eventually got my credit good enough and bought my own car. Recognized other car dwellers in my area. I got used to sleeping in commercial spaces, neighborhoods have too many “community watch” participants and too many people want to “say something when they see something” like a strange car. In between I’d have a bed and shower at a friends I’d crash at. I drove 80hrs a week (before they limited hours) and often would sleep a few nights at a time in the rentals with a backpack of clothes and necessities and a pillow. ![]() I caught a break in 2018 when Lyft started renting out cars with Hertz as I had been without a car for a several years, barely getting by. I hated the concept of working so long and hard to pay so much for some place I barely spent time in. I still knew this was the lifestyle I wanted as I constantly struggled to pay rent. I’ve struggled my entire life often relying on others for a roof over my head or my next meal. I wanted a van but was never good with credit or money. Way before the virus and all the Instagram hype. ![]() I got into this lifestyle back in 2013 before #vanlife was a thing. I know of a lady who uses a wheelchair, and she lives in a minivan with her daughter. Some are healthy and fit and others living on disability and can barely walk. Some are wealthy and some are poorer than I am. You’ll pickup quickly that every single person out there is different and doing this for different reasons and have their own struggles and strengths. There are many other challenges I deal with that others don’t. It’s extra challenging for me also because I’m autistic and crave routines. I still get them every night and every new place I stay. Car living is constantly about “what if’s”. But even still I get rid of stuff I haven’t used in years and find new gems to make this life easier all the time. Trust me, after 4 or 5 solid nights of being in your car you’ll quickly get an idea of what YOU need for full time, everyone is different. Take a couple of things and see what works for you. Sleep in your car a few nights at a Walmart or Cracker Barrel. My personal advice from doing this off and on for several years and all the experience I’ve gained I’d say to start off slow. I'm not looking for anyone to hold my hand and give me empty words of encouragement, I just want to know what made you guys do it, and if you do in fact have any good words of wisdom for me on making this admittedly quite big life choice Of course I can always just rent an apartment again if I hate it, but it's just an intimidating wall I'm staring at to make it happen, you know? I've spent days looking at carlife/vanlife videos, tips and tricks, living arrangements, organisation, common mistakes, advice, social media vs reality etc etc and I think it's the right thing for me to do.īut I'm TERRIFIED to make the change, what if I hate it, what if I can't handle the discomforts and the colds, what if I'm so embarassed by the stigma, what if I should wait until I can upgrade to a slightly more spacious car (I drive a nissan pixo right now), what if I can't stealth properly and my car gets broken into. or involuntarily living out of my car without prepwork.Īll I wanna do is work 20~ hours a week, more chilled relationship with work, and spend time having a blast and doing what I enjoy in my freetime, possibly with more freetime I could spend time studying and taking courses for a better job too. I was also living out of my means and got close to homelessness. ![]() My finances weren't so fun, I don't have any specific qualifications so I just do grunt jobs, which aren't fun and I hate working full time and coming back home with no energy aches and pains and not feeling able to go do my hobbies. I also started so many hobbies like bjj, yoga, walks, gym, reading, dance classes and had SOOOO much fun and for the first time in 6 odd years, I WAS LIVING, I was ENJOYING being alive and it felt so damn great. Hi folks, let me tell you a bit about why I'm here kind of 'woke up' from long term depression over a year ago, really got my life together, moved out of my parents house at 22 years old, full time work etc. ![]()
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