I just wanted to finish up some trains of thought from my last post. I'll be brief and hopefully the next post that I am working on at present will be a bit longer and a bit more in depth, answering a number of questions relating to my theories of living in a house on wheels or leaving a smaller footprint in the world in which we live.
Do I like how I am presently living? Did I make the right decision to down size and live in an RV? For the most part. Only time will tell if I did in fact make the right choice. At the time I needed to make a decision rather quickly and my choice's were living with room mates or looking for an apartment. I felt I needed a brake from living with others for a while and there was no way I could afford an apartment of my own. Now I have privacy at an affordable price living in the forest with deer walking by my door within a fairly close commute to the city.
Would I like to move and will I go nuts if I don't? Hmmm... well, I think I'm about as sane as anybody else for what that's worth. I will say I do go a bit stir crazy when I've been cooped up out of the rain for days or weeks on end. But I think that would probably happen in an apartment or house just as easily. When that happens I go forth and look for something out side of my little world to occupy my self with. Maybe I should break down and buy a TV... I'll have to think on that one. I think if I am able to build a tiny house custom made to my specifications I would like living where I am a whole lot more than I do. If I can figure out a way to increase my income I would like where I am a whole lot more. So it's not necessarily where I am but my particular circumstances that may need to change. If I were to move I would probably get rid of the trailer and look for a cap/canopy for my pickup truck and embark on a mega road trip to see more of this great big country of ours. This does appeal to me quite a lot. I do get the urge to go a wandering from time to time. Where would I go and what would I do when I get there? Don't know. It would certainly be a whole lot easier if I could make it work right where I am, but as I said before... Only time will tell.
Yes, time will tell. But, it matters what choices you make in the meantime. Wandering? I love to wander. I have had the itch for quite some time now, to just pick up and leave. Nothing more free than leaving everything behind and just driving down the open road. I can't wait til that is the plan again. As for your wanderings, if you go wandering you will have to stop by so we can buy you a beer...or two. :) Hope all is well with you and am super excited to see that you are writing again! Oh, and next time you are bored or feel restless, stop in at the craft store and purchase a small paper maker. That'll keep you busy and out of the rain. You could even collect rainwater to use to make the paper pulp, as well as old papers...then you'd be recycling. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Crystal. Thanks for commenting on my blog. It's good to see that you are continuing on with your own; nice pictures by the way. And I definitely am in favor of taking a road trip to nowhere and anywhere! I will absolutely stop in and have some beers...ahem, see you guys when I do hit the road. I'll look in to the paper making when I get the chance however I am trying to downsize so it way have to wait untill I settle down somewhere. But what I want to know is when is Adam going to start blogging?
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