Vanning Ain't No Joke Magazine Issue 1 Sept/Oct 2019
After 4 years of living in a van, many people have told me they live in vans because of me or that I have changed their lives. That’s where this magazine comes from. I thought to myself. If I could change peoples lives just from living my own life and show it on Instagram then how can I do this on a bigger scale? Not only do I have tons of stories and information to share but I know lots of people who also do.
After 4 years of living in a van, many people have told me they live in vans because of me or that I have changed their lives. That’s where this magazine comes from. I thought to myself. If I could change peoples lives just from living my own life and show it on Instagram then how can I do this on a bigger scale? Not only do I have tons of stories and information to share but I know lots of people who also do.
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What’s the point in<br />
continuing to do something<br />
when it no longer serves a purpose??<br />
I mean, moving back in with mom after 4<br />
years away at college is almost as uncomfortable<br />
as it gets.<br />
Any privacy, any freedom…snatched away. If you went to college<br />
and lived on campus, remember what your freshman dorm<br />
room felt like?? Well, van life is a hell of a lot easier!”<br />
My older brother never thought<br />
I’d even consider this lifestyle.<br />
Heck, he’d been doing it for 4<br />
years. To me, he was smart to<br />
do it. He was living the life of<br />
adventure I always wanted.<br />
<strong>No</strong> college degree necessary. <strong>No</strong><br />
mortgage necessary. Just a van.<br />
It took a lot of work to pay off my student loans, but I am<br />
debt free. I was lucky enough to be able to move back in with<br />
my mom after college and pay off the loans by the time I<br />
turned 26...but...I wish I had known about van life then. <strong>No</strong>t<br />
everything is comfortable at first, but you get used to it.<br />
You’re forced to get creative with ways to improve your situation<br />
to make it more comfortable and little by little you get<br />
accustomed to that new way of life.<br />
When we have too little comfort…like an invasion of privacy…<br />
freedom ceases to exist. Too much comfort…like a nice apartment<br />
or home in a gated community…and complacency easily<br />
sets in. To some people that’s awesome. To me, it’s not. I was<br />
bored to death in a luxury apartment, with a nice car and good<br />
paying job...van life offered an easy escape.<br />
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