The Long Way Home Project
I’ve been thinking about this for decades…
In 2008 or 2009 I learned about minimalism. You may recall that there are weird people like me who can’t stand clutter and opt for a minimally furnished environment with the nod toward curating their home like a museum.
Now, imagine this practice in a much smaller home. A home that’s on wheels and travels with you. A comfortable one-person home in a cargo van converted into a fully-contained off-grid camper van.
I’m 70ish & Living Solo in a 1BR/1BA apartment in Vancouver, WA. and for half of every week, my four year-old Labradoodle, Kona is with me.
However, I want to go even smaller and move into a tiny van home on wheels.
Why I’m Moving into a Van
As I wrote on the Substack, I’ve never owned a home. Despite my best efforts, with two ex-spouses and four children to support in my younger days, it was never financially feasible. I took my family’s welfare seriously, especially my commitment to paying child support for over 20 years while often having to obtain groceries from food banks. Those are simply facts; we do what we have to when it comes to our children. Now, at 70ish and living solo, I’m evaluating the possibility of converting a cargo van into a tiny van home on wheels.
That’s not me in the photo nor the van I prefer, but Substack AI did a great job creating it.
I was scammed out of my savings. About a year ago, I invested in (what I still think was a scam) disguised as an investment opportunity. Someone I considered a trusted advisor, convinced me to try FXCC Autotrade’s software to automatically invest my deposit in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency. Ultimately, my Bitcoin profits were $245k.
But when it came time for me to withdraw my profits, I was forced to keep investing, each time the profits climbed, so did the required deposits to ‘release the funds.’ It’s been a year and now they want a final $25,000. That’s when I walked away. I haven’t seen a single dollar of what is most likely a totally bogus $245k.
As housing prices rise, I need security. Even though it sounds silly referring to living in a van ‘secure,’ it’s the only affordable choice that remains.
I want to visit my three older kids and their families. As kids will do when they grow up, they all moved away and travel is difficult to afford. By living in a camper van, I can travel and even work from the road to support my financial position.
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