I lived in a van for four months this past summer but I have a hard time explaining why I loved it so much. The experience was visceral.
During the day I'd run my company. Cell service is so great now that I could be tethered to my phone doing video calls while camping out on BLM land.
Then in the evening I'd go do an outdoor adventure, usually a short one. And then I'd devote my weekends to being active, like a two day backpacking trip.
The result was that I felt like I was using my full self for the first time. I'd be completely exhausted mentally by Friday and physically by Sunday.
That sounds amazing! I hiked the PCT a couple years ago and I'd love to be able to go back to that kind of lifestyle while still making money and being relatively connected to the rest of the world.
Fingers crossed, I should be making more progress towards that in the next year after my fiancee finishes grad school.
During the day I'd run my company. Cell service is so great now that I could be tethered to my phone doing video calls while camping out on BLM land.
Then in the evening I'd go do an outdoor adventure, usually a short one. And then I'd devote my weekends to being active, like a two day backpacking trip.
The result was that I felt like I was using my full self for the first time. I'd be completely exhausted mentally by Friday and physically by Sunday.