MrNoodly
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In the past nine months that I've been vandwelling, I've gone through my stuff three times and divested myself of things I wasn't needing after all. I did it again yesterday. I was hoping to do away with one large storage bin of things. I did better than that.
Most of it is clothing, but there are some redundant silverware, extra towels and other things. Funny how our priorities change once we've been doing this for a while. Each time I get rid of things I get closer to understanding how full time backpackers manage. And maybe that's the way to approach vandwelling. Rather than trying to recreate an apartment in a van, maybe we should start with the minimal backpacker style necessities, then add the next level of comfort and convenience as needed. Sure, each person's idea of "minimal necessities" is different. I'm surprised by what I can easily do without now that I don't have them. For example, I've been visiting with family and I no longer care to watch TV. I used to watch at least four hours a night. If some had told me, "Noodly, as of August 28th, 2013, you won't be watching TV anymore. And you'll be okay with that," I would have laughed.
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Most of it is clothing, but there are some redundant silverware, extra towels and other things. Funny how our priorities change once we've been doing this for a while. Each time I get rid of things I get closer to understanding how full time backpackers manage. And maybe that's the way to approach vandwelling. Rather than trying to recreate an apartment in a van, maybe we should start with the minimal backpacker style necessities, then add the next level of comfort and convenience as needed. Sure, each person's idea of "minimal necessities" is different. I'm surprised by what I can easily do without now that I don't have them. For example, I've been visiting with family and I no longer care to watch TV. I used to watch at least four hours a night. If some had told me, "Noodly, as of August 28th, 2013, you won't be watching TV anymore. And you'll be okay with that," I would have laughed.