You spend nearly a year searching for a certain year and model and perfect condition low mileage WHITE cargo van, a clean and empty 2000 Dodge B3500 MaxiVan (had only 41,000 college campus miles on it), and suddenly find IT in another state and called the dealer immediately and put a deposit on it and bought it sight unseen within 30 minutes, all the while saying, "I'm going to live in that!" Then serendipitously was provided a free ride to California the day the deal closed, and then got to drive that awesome MaxiVan some 400 miles back to Arizona, and drooled all the way back to home, while thinking of living in your own MaxiVan once again (this is my 5th MaxiVan).<br>You once lived in your MaxiVan all 4 years while in Nursing School...and loved it...<br>All your bookmarks on your computer have to do with RV or Van living, places to travel, boondocking, stealth parking, Vandweller groups, eating healthy without refridgeration, etc...<br><br>You have a large number of 12 Volt items in your wish list on Amazon.com, and you order a couple of them each month, and your clothes closet is storing them...<br>You go into your clothes closet to pet your 12 Volt items often, while thinking what do I really need next, and before leaving the closet you pick a few items of clothing and say "I'm not going to need that."<br>You spend hours on this site each day, knowing that preparedness is key for a nice van life...<br>You don't tell any of your relatives what your plans are...<br>You refuse to give up your 24 Hr Fitness gym membership, because it's only costing you $4 a month (bought in 1990)<br><br>Spend hours each day, picturing in your mind how your MaxiVan is going to look inside and out, how you're going to build what you'll need for off-grid life...think of and picture where each screw can go to hold this or that in place...<br>You ask yourself often, "Is this going to be stealthy?"<br>You refuse to spend any money on anything other than what you know you're going to need to live in your van...<br>To save money toward your new life, you cook inexpensive healthy foods, beans and brown rice 3 or 4 meals a week is OKAY and it still tastes great...<br>You learned more about Solar Electricity than any of your friends and family would begin to care to know, and you can't talk to anyone about it except to the online vandwellers & in other online forums of like minded people...<br><br>I could go on and on....I was thrice times a Vandweller, I still might be a Vandweller...<br><br><br>