You keep talking about how you aren't going to stress over pennies, weight, or fuel, yet all we see is spending for expensive tickets, bars, and travel. Don't you think there should be some income earning in there somewhere?
Income earning is in there, going to pedicab 5 days in a row this Saturday-Thursday to help alleviate my cash-flow crisis. On top of this, working overtime to unload the DODGE van.
Proper planning includes allowing for weight of the load, and the fuel mileage.
Ignoring the details does not allow for success.
We re trying to help, and you keep ignoring reality. You will learn the hard way, and it will not be pleasant.
I am going to make my view on moving weight and fuel economy clear: I don't weigh every little thing that goes into the van, and at the same time am not going to tile the floor with lead bricks or haul 55 gallons of water everywhere with me.
ignoring the details on the weight of the load and the fuel mileage? I am NOT going to have my life revolve around squeezing every last penny from the tank. I shouldn't have to sip gas on a sore ass!
Ignoring reality? Learning the hard way? Please elaborate. Because I want to live instead of stressing over every penny, pound of weight and pint of fuel? And yes I plan to work more so I can afford to not have to stress over it.
Lets do one of my Vandweller A vs B comparisons (The only difference between Vandweller A & B being their view on moving weight and fuel economy):
Vandweller A is a Mobile Dwelling Weight Watcher, and likes squeezing every last mile out of the tank. Everything he carries is weight-budgeted in a spreadsheet. He carries one propane tank, 3 gallons of water, no extra gas in cans, and all his furniture is made of plastic (think STERILITE drawers, milk crates and 5 gallon buckets). Vandweller A carries an average of 300 pounds of stuff in the van at all times, plus himself at 150 pounds. Vandweller A thinks he is rolling in the dough from his fuel savings, even with the increased cost of ownership of the plastic interior (plastic stuff becomes brittle, cracks, and is generally more hassle than more traditional materials). Averaging once a month, Vandweller A runs out of propane in the middle of cooking a meal/runs out of water in the middle of a spongebath/runs out of some supply necessitating a trip into town. Vandweller A is not careless, he closely watches his propane/water/supply usage and still runs out at an inoppertune time. He has to travel into town to finish cooking his meal/get the suds off of him/buy a critical supply that can't wait without measurable consequences; spending time and his fuel savings from carrying small quantities of the essentials, plus the increased cost-per-unit of the water/propane/other critical supply because he didn't buy in bulk or larger quantity/the gas station is the only store in town/the critical supply is out of stock here but a couple stores in the next town over have it (isn't this how everybody loves to live?).
Vandweller B doesn't obsess about every pound of moving weight, as long as the weight doesn't damage the vans drivetrain. He also doesn't obsess over every pint of fuel. He carries one propane tank with extra camping bottles, 7 gallons of water, 5 gallons of spare gas so he doesn't have to think about resupplying more than once a week. He carries what he likes without stressing over how much it weights, and he has no plans to tile the floor of the van with lead bricks. His furniture is made of wood, metal, fabrics and so on. Vandweller B carries an average of 800 pounds, plus himself at 150 pounds. Vandweller B is a smart saver, valuing money AND time. He works %10 more hours at his job so he doesn't have to work to stretch every dollar and squeeze %10 more monetary savings from life (law of diminishing returns). Vandweller A likes having extras/spares and backups to most of what he owns, where feasible and most effective. Due to carrying %10-30 more propane/water/supplies than Vandweller B thinks he needs; running out of propane in the middle of cooking a meal/running out of water in the middle of a spongebath/running out of some supply necessitating a trip into town happens at an average of once a year. Vandweller B is not careless, he watches his propane/water/supply usage and is able to stock accordingly and at a measurable monetary discount. Vandweller B can make less trips into town and has peace of mind knowing he has extra propane/water/supplies on hand; and can save by buying in bulk or larger quantities/at real grocery stores or WALMART/and can buy in the larger towns with better prices and more selection.
Vandweller A & B are identical twins; with same cravings, health, body weight and life desires. Their rigs are identical 15 MPG regular-top vans with the same set of amenities/luxuries and same layout. The only difference are their views on moving weight and fuel economy.
I hope this is a good window into how I think. If one saves %10 money cost on fuel by carrying less food, water, fuel and supplies but spends 25% more money cost on food, water, fuel and supplies because they have to restock more often and at higher prices one is not saving anything but is actually spending 15% more in money cost. And lets not forget to account for the time and stress cost!
What do they call how I think in the business world?
It feels great to have knocked out entire categories of acquisitions, don't need to buy any more A/C or tools for example. For me, things like never needing to buy another gas can or 5" carabiner clip indefinitely feels great. Sure I could "get by" with less of these things, but it brings me peace of mind to have backups and spares of most of the small stuff. The focus is tuning to the acquisition of a sizable sum of m-o-n-e-y, as money is f-r-e-e-d-o-m.
I can save over $1500 not going to EDC Las Vegas 2016 and visiting relatives in CANADA this year. Am I going to? HELL NO, as two months on the road this summer is living not existing.
