It has been awhile now that I have been interested in the van life. I would be on my own, can leave or bug out whenever I wanted. Could travel with my dog and visit friends and family, go sight seeing, take pictures....the things I would love to see and do....the opportunities are endless.
The last few years I have been through a lot...
Since 2011 I have been helping my Dad out with everything that I could. My Dad and Step Mom got a divorce and it hit my Dad pretty good and as well as myself and the other kids. He has been doing the best he could ever since he had his stroke back in 1997. Imagine not being able to talk and express yourself coherently and being so frustrated that people don't understand you....I can only imagine what he he went through.
Well, my Dad did his best. I was currently living with my parents at the time of the split. He is on a fixed income and I have been unemployed unable to find a job. About 8 Months after the divorce my Dad and I decided to move down to South Carolina (from NYS) to the town where I was born in. We moved to just get away and to see whats out there. KInda like starting fresh I suppose....
It was nice to have some kind of memory of where I grew up when I was little and moved away when I was 6 years old. It was rough at first....We bumped heads here and there, I needed to find work, doing something to keep busy. Unfortunately, I was unable to. It started to look good after a lil while....There were so much more things to do, people were friendly, we got to visit family we haven't seen in a long time and experience South Carolina. More job opportunities.
After the very warm summer we spent in South Carolina everyone back home ( my brothers and sisters ) wanted us to move back to NY where we would be closer to family in case anything was to to go wrong. I wish we could of stayed or lived down there longer. It was nice, different area...different atmosphere.
We made it back to NYS around Halloween time. It was nice to be back, I wasn't overly excited, but it was nice to be back and see my brothers and sisters and other family I haven't seen in awhile. We had no place to live or stay, so my brother took us in. It was alright at first, then down the road we bump heads about this or that was a lot of tension. Again, I was unable to find suitable work or a job. I wanted to get out on my own, do my own thing go my separate ways. Eventually get my own Van and go from there. I can do odd jobs here and there that should keep me afloat.
My Dad got our old house back, it was signed over to him from my step mom last winter. So we moved back in there, and it was nice to be on our own again. I was beginning to thank I am going to be stuck with my Dad since rest of my brothers and sisters have their own family and I don't. Just my Dog...and no Job. I don't mean "stuck" in a bad way really...I just want to get out and do my own thing, I want to be out on my own. It is hard without not being able to find any consistent work. I had a few odd jobs, helping others with hauling/clean outs. I scored pretty good a few times. My sisters boyfriend introduced me to selling on eBay, I started listing items that I got from doing clean outs and such. Some income started coming in, few dollars here and there.
After the summer, my sister moves in with her family and starts helping us out with the house and everything. Helping everything stay afloat so we would have a place to stay and my Dad wouldn't lose the house. So far so good, everyone is doing the best they can. There is tension since there are more people living in the house and with everything else going on
So here I am.... 33 year old single guy living at home, unemployed unable to find consistent work. Im a big guy, I have a beard...finally. I am finding it hard to find anything I can do for work to save up to do what I have always wanted to do. Get a decent conversion van, get out on my own. Minimize everything that I have, which isn't much by the way.
I am all about computers, tech, gadgets and so on. I can fix, repair, upgrade, give support, help others. It is fun and rewarding. I have also tried making some income this way...I get a few customers here and there...but again..nothing consistent. I am trying my best to see what the next day brings. I decided to do this blog in hopes people will read that are interested in the same lifestyle I am trying to move forward too. I plan on doing a blog here and there and keep everyone updated. I will share whats going on in my life, tips and tricks, I find useful and informative whenever I get my conversion van I will use myself. Tech, gadgets that I find useful, rants, raves and so on. So please bear with me and stay for the ride. Help me get to my goal of getting my van and out on my own. Any advice, tips or donations will be greatly appreciated..
Thank you for visiting.
-cjmick
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