One of the most important things anyone contemplating moving from the typical domestic lifestyle to a mobile lifestyle is money. Living a nomadic mobile lifestyle takes money and having a good vehicle is a necessity. Just like living in a house or apartment, you need money for everyday expenses for food, rent, house payments, vehicle maintenance, property maintenance, property and vehicle insurance.
Getting out of the rat race to most people is only a dream, but getting out of it can be done, only your own fear is going to hold you back. People are always looking for ways to make extra money to pay bills that seem to be ever present and never end. Deciding to change your lifestyle from seeing your money go down the drain every time you get paid is depressing. If you've been thinking about living a mobile lifestyle then the time to start preparing for it is now.
Get a notepad or whatever you prefer then sit down and make a list of everything you own. Most people have a checking account and savings account. Also put on your list any debts you have because your going to need to pay them off. After you've got your list made, your going to have to start pairing down personal belongings and get yourself into a minimalist frame of mind. Starting with your bank account if you don't already have a savings account in addition to your checking account, establish one and start making deposits to it. You'll want to have at least $3000.00 in your savings account and the rest put in your checking account. Start selling your personal property and evaluate what you need and what you don't need for living in a vehicle. Take the money you make from selling things and deposit it into your savings account, and also take the extra money you make from your job that you've saved from getting rid of all the little dogging bills and put it in there as well.
Ways of generating extra money for your savings account include getting rid of extra things you pay for is to cancel your cable and landline phone service. you probably already have a cell phone with internet. you'll be needing a good smart phone anyway on the road so why not start there. Put up an antenna and you'll be able to get over the air tv signal, it's free. Besides that you'll be able to take an antenna with you anywhere you go and get free over the air broadcast signal most places.
Once you have sold most of your personal stuff and got your savings account built up. You're probably going to have a lot of things that didn't sell. Take those items to a donation center and give away what you can. Overall the stuff that didn't sell is things nobody wanted anyway, and it's just clutter that accumulated through time. Mostly the things that we collect is indicative of the consumer throw away society we live in today. Read my post, "Concepts of Industrial Age Thinking"
Once that you've got your financial ducks in a row, its time to have your vehicle checked out. Like most folks you either have one of three vehicles, car, pickup, minivan. If you have a full size van, or RV, that's great. From experience I can tell you a minivan is the way to go. If I did go bigger it would be a full size van, but if your in a position that you need to do this quick, any of the vehicles I mentioned will work.
Whichever vehicle you use go have it serviced, new brakes, tires and have the radiator checked out. After servicing start remodeling the interior of your vehicle to live in. See my blog post on, "Mobile Living" Don't worry about what people think of what your doing, because your on your way to a much less stressful and happier life.
Just Go For It, A Life Of Travel Adventure Awaits!
~Chaz~
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