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It is always interesting to look back over the past years to see what we have learned after choosing to live an unconventional lifestyle of life on the road. When we first set out on this journey of full time RV living. I don’t think we were really looking at it from a learning and growing perspective, but more from an adventure standpoint.

It sure has been one crazy adventure, but it has also been unbelievable how much we have learned about each other, our family and how we want to live our life. We want freedom. Freedom to sleep in, freedom to travel, freedom to set our own schedule. Full time RVing gives us that.

What we weren’t prepared for is that with freedom comes a lot of choices when you live on the road. When you get up every day and basically can do what you want with the day it can be intimidating and confusing. We don’t live a structured life and have consciously chosen to do that and love it in a lot of ways. Yet also get overwhelmed by it at times. What route is right for our family? Well there is this way and that way or this way or that. What would be good for me, for Craig, for our kids?? So many choices as a full timer!

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In some ways this year has been our biggest year of growth. I think a lot of that had to do with making the decision to become full time entrepreneurs and no longer being 9-to-5ers. Again a very empowering feeling, yet also brings a whole different perspective to things.
After spending 2 years on the road and traveling with a variety of different people and seeing different ways that people travel, we more understand what this lifestyle is and can be. Plus our kids are getting older and are transitioning to a new phase in their lives.

To be honest looking back at when we first hit the road to travel full time I would have totally thought 3 years in we would know everything about how to travel in an RV and have all the answers figured out. In a lot of ways I am more confused now than I was back then. However there are a few things we are pretty clear on and are excited about.
The freedom it gives them is amazing. Plus we have seen them “learn” without having set learning times. They have picked up reading without any formal teaching. They understand the concept of math without doing any math worksheets. They also know US geography better than I ever did when I was in school.

Don’t get me wrong, there are still times when we get nervous about going such an unconventional route with our kids, but then we circle right back around to feeling good about it.

We Like Living Simplified

Living in an RV with less things clears up so much space in our heads and so much time in our day to have less to manage and worry about. We consistently purge the little we do have to keep it minimal because it feels right. And living in a tiny house is a great way to keep yourself living simply.

It also feels right for the kids. They are happy to donate a toy they know they haven’t played with in a while. Yes, they still want to buy and get new things and we get it for them, but they also see they don’t need a whole bunch of things.

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It really is a freeing feeling and is addictive and you want to learn how to live with less and less! I love that the RV lifestyle and living in a small rig without much storage space has really helped us to make this a priority and continues to push us to evaluate everything we do have and purchase.

We Like Being Weird

I got asked the other day about being judged about our choices and if that would bother me. I could confidently and clearly say that I didn’t care if someone else judges me for my choices.

The choices we are making are conscious choices that are not dictated by a work schedule or school schedule. They are not dictated by trying to fit in or keep up with the Joneses. They are all choices we are choosing to make.

Are they the right choices for every family out there? No, and that is ok. To each his own. Do your own thing and be proud of that. We don’t live our life the way other people or society think we should. We live our life the way we want to.

This above all is something we are very proud of and sure about. With the freedom lifestyle we have created we don’t have to be in situations where we have to be as concerned about what we look like or that we are all squeaky clean each day. One of the many benefits if you live and travel full time in your RV.

We have met families who have commented about how much time goes into making sure their kids finger nails are clean and their clothes are spotless before they send them to school. Not something we have to worry about. At a campground people expect people to have a little dirt under their nails and on their clothes.

Being Entrepreneurs Is Empowering

I didn’t grow up thinking I would be an entrepreneur and it wasn’t a goal of mine until it was. Now that we have gone down this path it is empowering to see that we can make our own money. That we can set our own schedule, that we can sleep in on a Monday and work on a Sunday or really whenever we want to. The freedom is stressful, but also exciting!

Part of living as entrepreneurs means we have to be OK with a level of fear and stress around making sure we are bringing money in. There are no paid vacations or sick days. It has definitely been an adjustment and something we continue to learn how to live with, but it is also really cool and makes us proud that we are living our own life and setting our own schedule.

We Like Sharing Our Story To Encourage Others To Live Their Dream
Almost everyone that decides to travel full time thinks about starting a travel blog at some point. I mean it is perfect. We are out seeing all of these places so of course we should blog about it and share it with people!
What I didn’t anticipate was the community we would build and the amazing supporters and followers we would have on this journey. It is so cool to have a group of people who are there to follow our journey, encourage us, and provide their insight.

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Having a community and hearing from them gives us a desire to want to give them more. Inspire them more to live their dreams, show them what we have been through and what we are going through, and overall providing an example of a different lifestyle that you can live with kids.

Where To Stay

After being on a 3 year road trip we have learned that we like campgrounds sometimes – a nice pool and a nice cement pad can be a good break for a few days. But we also really like the National Park and State Park campgrounds that have a more relaxed vibe.

We have been getting more into boondocking on free land and would definitely like to continue to do that.

What we do know is we are not people who want to jump from campground to campground, but instead want variety in where we stay. This also includes wanting to mix in hotel stays and house stays if we can.