Van life dreams revisited

 

Every time I ride the RTSonDemand van to and from work I feel the urge to go straight into van life and not go into an apartment as I had been thinking about doing. 

 

It's still not a safe time to start van life here in NY with all of the attacks in the mall parking lot and the shootings so the crime rate in the US is rather high at the moment and I'm NOT looking to be a victim. 

 

I refuse to live my life in fear of what could happen to me if I lived in a van, but I don't want to put my life in danger by doing something at the wrong time. 

 

So I'll be building up my savings to use toward buying something that is fully built out and I won't have much to do except move things into the van. 

 

That's what I'll be using my Marcus account for, to save for getting a built out van. My taxes will go into the van fund and once I get enough saved up I can move into one and live my dreams of vanlife. This way I'll also have the means of transportation and can travel on the days off.

Van Life Dreams... thanks Chrome!

This girl has goals! I'm 52 and next year in October I plan to be living in a van and doing some traveling on my days off. The image is that of a van layout. You can have a bathroom and a kitchen as well as a bed in a van. I want all three.
Mind you I have to get the van first then I'll slowly build everything up as I get the money, but first I need to figure out what I need.

I have been watching video's on YouTube and well.. I blame Chrome Valdez and his channel VANCITY VANLIFE. He literally tells you everything about it. The good and the bad. Most of the time you only see the amazing bits about van life, but with him, he will show you the best and the worst part of living in a van. You can go to his home page and binge it from the very beginning of his 5 year life as a van lifer. He travels all over Canada and let me tell you, it's absolutely beautiful there!  

I have a challenge for you if you choose to accept it... Stay off your phone for 4 days and keep it away from you.

So, I did a thing. I kept my phone on the other side of the room from where my desk is, so I wasn't on it as much. Every time I would get a notification, I'd grab my phone and go on it. I found myself on my phone more and more and well I get distracted easily. LOL

Instead of being distracted on the phone I have been doing what I have planned... I have been doing stuff online, blog updates, surveys and taking care of FB groups {1 hr. for 4 groups}. I have also been watching/listening to a lot of YouTube video's about #vanlife and the British royal family.
Van Life
(In order of favorites)

VANCITY VANLIFE ~226K subscribers ~ Chrome is my all-time favorite because he tells you how van life really is. The ups and downs and he literally will show you. Go to his page and binge from the beginning. He literally sold pretty much everything and moved into a van with his pup Disco!

British Royal Family

(In order of Favorites)

River ~ 76.6K subscribers ~ Ok ya'll River is so awesome! He will tell you like it is and won't hold anything back.

PDina ~ 52.1K subscribers ~ PDina gives the smack down on the royal family and has no problem calling people out when they screw up.

I have literally only been on my phone when my sister and niece called, otherwise it sat on my nightstand the entire time and was untouched... no messenger or any gaming apps. Messenger and the gaming apps are my distractions!

Taking time off the internet has caused me to read 2 and a half books and start writing again. You'll be amazing at how much better you're feeling by staying off social media.