Greenwink
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I'm Sonja. I've been interested in nomad living off & on for most of my life. Recently, my life has changed for the better, & I'm now taking stock. It is the perfect time for me to get ready for the next stage in my life: nomadic living. The only thing really stopping me is funds. Long story short: waiting to get disability. I'm perfectly happy to do so as this gives me a chance to really look at what I want & how to achieve it. Washington state gives me about $300 a month; which, after my bills, gives my about $100 to use as I see fit. This has taught me financial patience, & my recent personal growth has led my to see things through much healthier eyes instead of needy ones.
I have had prior experience in living in a van - a Ford F150 conversion van. It was just my driving vehicle until I couldn't work anymore. I hastily converted it & parked on the streets at night. I had no electricity, running water, or heat. I lived this way for ten years in Washington until I finally got a housing voucher & moved into my current apartment. If I can do that & come out a better person, I can happily live in a tailored moving home.
I'm intelligent, have a creative mind, love challenges, & have learned to negotiate tough times by appreciating the important things both in my life & what I see around me. I'm a lifelong learner & truly believe variety is the spice of life.
Even though I'm just in the dreaming/planning stage of my nomadic life, I'm really excited. I'm put off by RVs: how cheaply they're built, their layouts, how they look, & especially how much they cost. I have prior experience in construction, & my son's a welder, so I plan to build my moving home to my fit me & my needs. Did I mention I'm 6' 1"? I really wanted to build a beautiful & unique tiny home on a trailer, but their parking options seem to be limited thus far, & I want to keep my options open - especially since I'm just starting out & don't really know what works for me. So it looks like a flatbed, RV demo & rebuild, or bus conversion for me. Whatever I end up choosing, I want to be as self-sufficient as possible since I prefer the boondocking nature to RV camps. What I dream of doing is having solar without a generator, catching rain water, a humus composting toilet, slideouts and/or fold out room extensions, an internal garden & houseplants, sauna, hot tub, a tiny wood burning stove, & maybe a wind generator for kicks. Now I know what you're thinking; esp, the sauna & hot tub - but I've seen an RV on YouTube with a small sauna, & a small hot tub is not impossible, just unlikely. LOL. Of course, the best laid plans and all that, but don't underestimate how long I've been dreaming/planning/researching, not to mention my stubbornness which has kept me going in the tough times. I also know that it sounds very costly & not a good match to cheap RV living, but I plan to build things that don't require extra & costly equipent; i.e.: the slideouts will be built without a motor & I can pull them out manually. I definitely won't be glamping. Since I don't have any money saved, I am content to wait as long as it takes - even years - to build my DIY moving home, finances allowing. Living as self-sustainably as I can will also help keep my living expenses down.
I look forward to meeting all of you & becoming a part of the Cheap RV Living community.
Namaste, Everyone!
I have had prior experience in living in a van - a Ford F150 conversion van. It was just my driving vehicle until I couldn't work anymore. I hastily converted it & parked on the streets at night. I had no electricity, running water, or heat. I lived this way for ten years in Washington until I finally got a housing voucher & moved into my current apartment. If I can do that & come out a better person, I can happily live in a tailored moving home.
I'm intelligent, have a creative mind, love challenges, & have learned to negotiate tough times by appreciating the important things both in my life & what I see around me. I'm a lifelong learner & truly believe variety is the spice of life.
Even though I'm just in the dreaming/planning stage of my nomadic life, I'm really excited. I'm put off by RVs: how cheaply they're built, their layouts, how they look, & especially how much they cost. I have prior experience in construction, & my son's a welder, so I plan to build my moving home to my fit me & my needs. Did I mention I'm 6' 1"? I really wanted to build a beautiful & unique tiny home on a trailer, but their parking options seem to be limited thus far, & I want to keep my options open - especially since I'm just starting out & don't really know what works for me. So it looks like a flatbed, RV demo & rebuild, or bus conversion for me. Whatever I end up choosing, I want to be as self-sufficient as possible since I prefer the boondocking nature to RV camps. What I dream of doing is having solar without a generator, catching rain water, a humus composting toilet, slideouts and/or fold out room extensions, an internal garden & houseplants, sauna, hot tub, a tiny wood burning stove, & maybe a wind generator for kicks. Now I know what you're thinking; esp, the sauna & hot tub - but I've seen an RV on YouTube with a small sauna, & a small hot tub is not impossible, just unlikely. LOL. Of course, the best laid plans and all that, but don't underestimate how long I've been dreaming/planning/researching, not to mention my stubbornness which has kept me going in the tough times. I also know that it sounds very costly & not a good match to cheap RV living, but I plan to build things that don't require extra & costly equipent; i.e.: the slideouts will be built without a motor & I can pull them out manually. I definitely won't be glamping. Since I don't have any money saved, I am content to wait as long as it takes - even years - to build my DIY moving home, finances allowing. Living as self-sustainably as I can will also help keep my living expenses down.
I look forward to meeting all of you & becoming a part of the Cheap RV Living community.
Namaste, Everyone!
