Red Shoe RVing...I Need Your Stories!
I joined yesterday and posted the mid life crisis one but through reading over it and clarifying for others it helped clarify for me why I actually joined. I wasn't looking for advice though I appreci...
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August 25, 2010 I had been graduated from college and working in my chosen field for three years.... and I hated it. I hated the 9-5, I hated the thought of being an upstanding citizen and working another 40+ years with only two weeks of vacation a year. Being an adult sucked.
That night I randomly stumbled upon a blog post through Facebook that basically said: get out and live your dreams, now. And I listened.
Four months later I stumbled upon full-time RVing with that new mindset. It took me a while to find people online who were younger and doing it to show that is it was possible, but once I did I knew it's what I wanted to do.
The second guessing and anxiety are a very normal thing. My parents thought I was crazy, they still aren't happy with me traveling but they've gotten use to it now. How I got around it is I only brought it up with people I thought would be supportive, folks online on places like this who would root for me. :) A few of my close friends irl knew, my coworkers didn't - it was my little secret.
It October 2011 I bought my truck. March 2012 I bought my travel trailer. April I moved into it, and September 2012 I hit the road as a full-timer.
It was terrifying, that early period, trying to pull it all together. But it was oh so worth it!
That night I randomly stumbled upon a blog post through Facebook that basically said: get out and live your dreams, now. And I listened.
Four months later I stumbled upon full-time RVing with that new mindset. It took me a while to find people online who were younger and doing it to show that is it was possible, but once I did I knew it's what I wanted to do.
The second guessing and anxiety are a very normal thing. My parents thought I was crazy, they still aren't happy with me traveling but they've gotten use to it now. How I got around it is I only brought it up with people I thought would be supportive, folks online on places like this who would root for me. :) A few of my close friends irl knew, my coworkers didn't - it was my little secret.
It October 2011 I bought my truck. March 2012 I bought my travel trailer. April I moved into it, and September 2012 I hit the road as a full-timer.
It was terrifying, that early period, trying to pull it all together. But it was oh so worth it!
