What does it REALLY feel like to full-time?
As I consider full-timing, I think of so many things that I would miss about a house. Having my own plot of ground that I can call my own...having residential size rooms and kitchens....having a plac...
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We got to go on the road for two six month long trips a couple of years before we went full time. There was a point we needed to choose because we were never going to be able to go on another six month long trip and still own the house, too. It was one or the other. We choose to sell the house and the stuff.
1. We loved spending time together and the house, the church activities, the jobs all pulled us apart rather than allowed us to spend time together.
2. We realized that our stuff owned us. We did not own our stuff. It needed to be housed and watched over. Enough of that... we sold the stuff that was holding us back. Kept the stuff that we were tied to emotionally and gave the heirlooms to those that we wanted to have it. Now we go visit our stuff and see the enjoyment it's brought to others.
3. The reality was that each time we had gone on a trip we never ever wished we were home and not on the road. We'd drag out the last two or three nights, camping 20 miles from the house just because we did not want to go back to it.
We were camping for a month in Glacier Park when 9/11 hit. When we got back to the house we actually stayed in the RV, hooked up to water/electric/sewer in our backyard.. for over a week. Listening to the news. Listening to the sirens going off every time someone found baby powder in a public area... ready to bolt. (We were near Chicago and it was nuts for days and days as everyone thought downtown Chicago was going to be attacked next.)
RVing is relaxing for us. We are comfortable in our RV. We can do most repairs ourselves. We know what to expect and we are prepared for the unexpected.
The one thing I encourage you to do is search out a purpose for living the way you do. (Are you waiting to take care of an elderly parent? Do your kids need to be settled in one place?) If it's to mow the lawn... you need a different purpose.
We volunteer on the road and we are Blessed to be a Blessing to others. We could do that anywhere but we love being able to roll the wheels to the next project... things to see... things to do... new people to meet... but we have a purpose and feel we are exactly where we should be. We are content.
1. We loved spending time together and the house, the church activities, the jobs all pulled us apart rather than allowed us to spend time together.
2. We realized that our stuff owned us. We did not own our stuff. It needed to be housed and watched over. Enough of that... we sold the stuff that was holding us back. Kept the stuff that we were tied to emotionally and gave the heirlooms to those that we wanted to have it. Now we go visit our stuff and see the enjoyment it's brought to others.
3. The reality was that each time we had gone on a trip we never ever wished we were home and not on the road. We'd drag out the last two or three nights, camping 20 miles from the house just because we did not want to go back to it.
We were camping for a month in Glacier Park when 9/11 hit. When we got back to the house we actually stayed in the RV, hooked up to water/electric/sewer in our backyard.. for over a week. Listening to the news. Listening to the sirens going off every time someone found baby powder in a public area... ready to bolt. (We were near Chicago and it was nuts for days and days as everyone thought downtown Chicago was going to be attacked next.)
RVing is relaxing for us. We are comfortable in our RV. We can do most repairs ourselves. We know what to expect and we are prepared for the unexpected.
The one thing I encourage you to do is search out a purpose for living the way you do. (Are you waiting to take care of an elderly parent? Do your kids need to be settled in one place?) If it's to mow the lawn... you need a different purpose.
We volunteer on the road and we are Blessed to be a Blessing to others. We could do that anywhere but we love being able to roll the wheels to the next project... things to see... things to do... new people to meet... but we have a purpose and feel we are exactly where we should be. We are content.
