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--- opinion:frater_secessus:beginner_mistakes [2020/01/03 10:26]
frater_secessus [failure to assess interior space]
+++ opinion:frater_secessus:beginner_mistakes [2020/01/03 10:41]
frater_secessus [Common beginner mistakes]
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 There are many blessings and victories in van life;  this article is not about that.  It's about the various ways to fail, to skin our knees, to waste money, time, and resources.
+===== fantasy =====
+For whatever reason, vandwelling attracts a high percentage of daydreamers, naifs, and people looking for magical cures for whatever ails them.
+People who have a good chance at successful 'dwelling are:
+  * people who have camped or backpacked and liked it
+  * people who are self-motivated
+  * people who are disciplined
+  * people who can figure things out for themselves
+  * people who know basic cooking
+People who are probably doomed to failure are:
+  * "high maintenance"
+  * stoners, daydreamers, idiots
+  * people who can't or won't take care of themselves
+  * the easily bored
+  * people who need constant excitement, crowds, "action"
+  * picky eaters
 ===== planning =====
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 Power in the camper is misunderstood by some and blown off by most.  It's mainly math with some extra reading required, so I get why it's not a fun topic.  But it's **central to the build** and rewards good research and good planning.
-**A van is not an apartment**, so stop thinking that way.  A productive approach is to start from nothing then decide what specific you need to make your vanlife workable. This goes hand-in-hand with the math below. A counterproductive approach is assuming you can have everything you had in a house or apartment, then start cutting out devices until you can possibly, maybe, in the best possible scenario actually run them.
+**A van is not an apartment**, so stop thinking that way.  A productive approach is to **start from nothing** then decide what you need to make your vanlife workable. Prefer non-electric approaches to electric ones.  This goes hand-in-hand with the math below. **Wanting everything you had in a house or apartment** will cause disappointment, great expense, or both.

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