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lifestyle:faq_instagram [2020/10/11 19:48] 127.0.0.1 external edit |
lifestyle:faq_instagram [2024/02/12 14:16] (current) princess_fluffypants [What's a normal day like?] |
===== Will vandwelling be just like Instagram? ===== | ===== Will vandwelling be just like Instagram? ===== |
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Short answer: No. | Short answer: **No.** |
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Longer answer: No. Instagram is full of skilled photographers and photogenic people monetizing their social media. Most of us are none of these things. | Longer answer: **Nooooooooooooooooo.** |
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| Instagram is full of skilled photographers and photogenic people monetizing their social media. Most of us are none of these things. |
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There are many challenges in van life that are not pretty enough for Instagram: living in a small space, getting rid of excess stuff, fuel costs, rain, breakdowns, finding camping spots, dumping gray/black tanks, etc. | There are many challenges in van life that are not pretty enough for Instagram: living in a small space, getting rid of excess stuff, fuel costs, rain, breakdowns, finding camping spots, dumping gray/black tanks, etc. |
===== Is vandwelling still better than Normal Life? ===== | ===== Is vandwelling still better than Normal Life? ===== |
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Yes. Yes it is. | Yes, or at least it can be for folks who are wired that way. [[opinion:frater_secessus:beginner_mistakes#fantasy|Some folks aren't]]. |
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| ===== What's a normal day like? ===== |
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| * "[[https://lennyflank.wordpress.com/2018/12/28/whats-my-vanlife-really-like/|What's My Vanlife Really Like?]]" - Lenny Flank |
| * [[https://www.fordtransitusaforum.com/threads/van-build-6-years-on-the-road-what-i-have-learned.96728/|Six years on the road - what I have learned]] - Groovy2 |
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===== annoyances and challenges ===== | ===== annoyances and challenges ===== |
* fuel costs((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26975&pid=338649#pid338649)) | * fuel costs((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26975&pid=338649#pid338649)) |
* Routine activities just take longer -- cooking, bathroom/hygiene, dressing((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26975&pid=339013#pid339013)) | * Routine activities just take longer -- cooking, bathroom/hygiene, dressing((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26975&pid=339013#pid339013)) |
* here's a lot of "finding" -- a place to do laundry, to shower, shop, get cash, to park/sleep, to disperse camp on public land, the good weather, and the best backroads route to get there((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26975&pid=339013#pid339013)) | * there's a lot of "finding" -- [[water:drinking|potable water]], a place to do [[lifestyle:faq_laundry|laundry]], to [[water:shower|shower]], shop, get cash, to park/sleep, to disperse camp on public land, the good weather, and the best backroads route to get there((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26975&pid=339013#pid339013)) |
* downsizing (getting rid of stuff)((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26975&pid=339013#pid339013)) | * downsizing (getting rid of stuff)((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26975&pid=339013#pid339013)) |
* The bloody stuff problem. Every time I need something, it's buried. Then I dig to find it.((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26975&pid=342321#pid342321)) | * The bloody stuff problem. Every time I need something, it's buried. Then I dig to find it.((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26975&pid=342321#pid342321)) |
* Search for place to sleep at night can be depressing((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26975&pid=345484#pid345484)) | * Search for place to sleep at night can be depressing((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26975&pid=345484#pid345484)) |