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Originally Posted by Andreas  Now that it has been a few months, where are you living now, and where do you see yourself living in 5 years? |
After living out of my car and then house sitting this summer, school started back and I began using my car trunk as storage again, while sleeping out in the woods instead of in my car. At first I used my tent hammock mentioned above, but I soon found that when it wasn’t raining I could comfortably just put a couple towels on the ground and cover up with a quilt if it were cold. I didn’t have to worry much about being bothered because I didn’t go out until after dark, and I was up before sunrise.
After a couple weeks I got an email from a local reporter wanting to do a story on me. I’d let some of my friends know what I was up to and apparently the story had spread. Being concerned that people might actually start looking for me if I continued sleeping outside, I moved in with a good friend who had a couple spare beds. We hang out all the time anyhow, so it works out well.
Now that I feel more comfortable with it, the local paper looks set to be doing a story on me, first it was just to cover my sleeping habits, but it’s since expanded to a number of other things I’ve been up to, and I have a cute camera girl on call for whenever I’m up to anything fun
It seems people gravitate to anyone who makes a point of actually doing the things they dream about. (The first article came out today. Anyone interested can PM me and I'll send a link to it).
As for where I’ll be living in five years, unless/until I have a family I’ll likely focus on being very mobile to maximize experience. At times I may stay with friends/family, and sometimes I may actually pay rent somewhere if the place really interests me (I almost ended up staying at an organic farm for the semester, but they were just looking for women). Lately I’ve been thinking about other vehicles that I could use, from a van to a car with tinted windows, to a motorcycle, small aerobatic plane, or simply my bicycle.
The main possessions that I value are those which provide me with access to a number of experiences, such as a bike that can get me places I wouldn’t make time to walk to. It's very true that people tend to fill however much space they have. Going in the other direction, by having very little space I feel I need very little, and am quite satisfied. Best of luck in your own experiments.