Life on the Road & Dreamtime

from: http://www.newlifeontheroad.com/changing-our-lifestyle-has-changed-everything/

Since we started on our journey of living the simple lifestyle everything has changed. Including my way of thinking and my way of looking at life! It’s really weird but I have not gotten anything ready for Christmas day and I am not even worried about it?

Changing Our Way of Life Has Meant My Mindset Has Changed Maybe as I am getting older my way of thinking is changing? Or Maybe our lifestyle change has given me a different outlook on life? Not sure what is going on with my mindset. But I am liking my new outlook on life.

Maybe it’s because we got rid off so much stuff that I don’t want to buy more to fill up the space in our motorhome – the limited space we don’t have! Or could it be because we have realised that our boys don’t need all the extra “Stuff” to be happy?

Our Boys Imagination
Our boys have always had the most amazing imagination. They prefer to be outside playing instead of inside playing. If you give them empty boxes, rolls of sticky tape and a pair of scissors they make the most amazing inventions. The same with scraps of wood and nails (plus a hammer!).

Within no time they have turned pieces of wood into a space ship, sword, fort or even a castle. Maybe I should get a big empty box, rolls of paper, sticky tape and scraps of wood for their presents for Christmas?

New Simple Lifestyle Our lifestyle is now so simple. We get up and have brekky. Beds are made. Dishes are washed. Washing is put in the machine (every 2nd Day) Bus is swept out.

Zachary making a Catapult – which worked! He was told not to use this when his brothers where around Then it’s either outside to play or down to the pool for a swim. Life is Simple Life is different to what we used to have!

What Would I Do Differently? I would have loved to change our lifestyle years ago. I would have loved to have more investments under our belt before deciding that this was our way of living What I Want For My Boys……

I want them to be happy I want them to live a life of experiences instead of wasting time/money I want them to live with Dreaming Bigger. I want them to chase their dreams no matter what they may be. What Do YOU want for 2012? Cheers Lisa
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Rv Living in Style

Not everyone is on an extreme budget in their RV lifestyle. Some camp and live in their RV for adventure, for the luxury of having their comfortable with all their possessions anywhere they wish to wander.

Check out these Geeky Explorers:
http://geekyexplorers.com/?tag=rv-living-costs

I will say this upfront – we’re not exactly budget travelers.

We like eating out, as we think that tells you a lot about the place. Everyone eats, but many areas eat differently and we like to explore that.

We like drinking local if at all possible, and we will bypass coors light & boone’s farm every time – so we spend money on good alcohol.

We like driving around places, which adds up our gas costs.

We don’t live on ramen (although we do keep it handy cause it’s occasionally quite yummy!), so our grocery costs are high for two people.
That being said, we wanted to do posts on our monthly costs for two reasons.

One, it’s for us to keep track of what we are spending, how we are doing compared to what we budgeted and gives us an idea of what we personally need to make to sustain fulltime living the way we want (and still be able to save for retirement.)

Two, it’s for people curious about the costs of living in an RV. We found many sites that were helpful when listing expenses, even if we knew that particular budget wouldn’t work for us. (There are people out there impressively living on the cheap! Again, not us…)

I will say this upfront – we’re not exactly budget travelers. We like eating out, as we think that tells you a lot about the place. Everyone eats, but many areas eat differently and we like to explore that. We like drinking local if at all possible, and we will bypass coors light & boone’s farm every time – so we spend money on good alcohol.

We like driving around places, which adds up our gas costs. We don’t live on ramen (although we do keep it handy cause it’s occasionally quite yummy!), so our grocery costs are high for two people.

That being said, we wanted to do posts on our monthly costs for two reasons.

One, it’s for us to keep track of what we are spending, how we are doing compared to what we budgeted and gives us an idea of what we personally need to make to sustain fulltime living the way we want (and still be able to save for retirement.)

Two, it’s for people curious about the costs of living in an RV. We found many sites that were helpful when listing expenses, even if we knew that particular budget wouldn’t work for us. (There are people out there impressively living on the cheap! Again, not us…)

Read their full budget for November:
http://geekyexplorers.com/?tag=rv-living-costs

Living and Exploring Out of a Van

Many people are living out of vans, motorhomes and even cars to combat the economy. Many are having a blast doing it .
Here's an excerpt from a great website about a guy from Vancouver BC enjoying a van dwelling lifestyle:
http://www.vanliving.net/VL/van/advice.htm

Throughout the first several months of vanliving, a thought keeps coming to me how easy the transition from apartment living to living in a van has occurred. Considering that I have not spent a single day in any RV prior to April 1 2009, when I slept for the first time in a converted van, the only explanation I can think of is that many years of dreaming and planning materialized into a smooth move from an apartment into a van. Thus, the first advice to anyone considering vanliving is to wait.

Often we want something, but with time our plans change. You do not want to spend a very considerable amount of money and then find out you don't really enjoy living in a van all that much. It would be a good idea to rent a class B RV (a van-based recreational vehicle) for a week or two, and pretend you live there, doing things exactly the way you would do them if you had no other place to call home.

It may cost a pretty penny to rent an RV, but considering a small fortune you may end up wasting, this would be money well spent. And you may discover what features you really like in your RV, and what items you can live without.

Vandwellers Website

I found this awesome resource for people wanting or needing to live in their van (or their car). There is so much information on this site, it is mindblowing. So glad I found it and i'm sure you will enjoy it if you have any interest in living like a gypsy. Here is a short excerpt from the website:
To explore this website, please go here: http://vandwellers.org/mycampervan/reasoning.htm

There are many reasons why I want to live in a camper van.

The main reason is financial. I pay rent, which while affordable, is just dead money. It is going down the drain. Now that I've paid for this van it is all mine, no more to pay. Recently I got diagnosed with a pretty bad illness so that's going to really eat up a lot of my income just treating it.

I have a serious life threatening illness which eats up a lot of my income, so I don't have much money to live on. When I first brought the campervan, the industry I was working in was being privatised so my financial future was not secure. I tend to have very sensitive hearing, so neighbors who make noise keep me up at night. I need to sleep well away from people. I don't mind living in a small space. They can be cosy and easy to heat or cool. I like the idea of not being dependent on a huge infrastructure for electricity and water. I like photography, so having a van will allow me to get out and travel to take photographs. I also grew up moving around a lot so I don't have any place to really call a home. A camper van is my own space, to do with as I wish. I can have a cat in a van. I like cats. My land lord does not.