First sell your house; you don’t need it if you are going to run away from home.
Second sell or give away everything you own. Since I moved into a house on wheels the only thing I needed besides personal items was my laptop and camera. Between selling the house and everything you own you will have capital.
The most important thing to do prior to running away is let your family know you are running away. It is very traumatic for grown children to come home only to find there is no home to come home to.
The first year (I haven’t been on the road that long); you will travel, explore, and experience your new found freedom. The second year will require you take on some adult responsibilities and jobs are easy to find if you’re a transient. The thought of me standing on a busy highway with a sign that says “will work for food” won’t happen. George Carlin said it best when he said “That's all you need in life, a little place for your stuff. That's all your house is: a place to keep your stuff. If you didn't have so much stuff, you wouldn't need a house. You could just walk around all the time. A house is just a pile of stuff with a cover on it.” So according to George Carlin I am either “walking around” or I traded in for a smaller home to keep less stuff in only this house has wheels.
I know you are wondering what about the important stuff. Stuff like pictures, mementoes, and Christmas ornaments. One of the reasons I gave birth to three adorable little children was for instances such as this. You give that stuff to them and they will have to get a bigger place to keep your stuff. The plus side to that is when you visit your children you will feel right at home because your stuff is there.
There is a down side. Because space is limited in a motor home you can’t go out and buy more stuff because there isn’t a place to stuff your stuff. If you tell your children you are mailing them stuff then they might run away themselves and leave no forwarding address. So you have to control the impulse to buy more stuff. I really do feel they need a “Stuff Anonymous” for people like me.
That is it. In a nutshell. All you have to do to run away from home is sell your house, everything you own, and leap.
Second sell or give away everything you own. Since I moved into a house on wheels the only thing I needed besides personal items was my laptop and camera. Between selling the house and everything you own you will have capital.
The most important thing to do prior to running away is let your family know you are running away. It is very traumatic for grown children to come home only to find there is no home to come home to.
The first year (I haven’t been on the road that long); you will travel, explore, and experience your new found freedom. The second year will require you take on some adult responsibilities and jobs are easy to find if you’re a transient. The thought of me standing on a busy highway with a sign that says “will work for food” won’t happen. George Carlin said it best when he said “That's all you need in life, a little place for your stuff. That's all your house is: a place to keep your stuff. If you didn't have so much stuff, you wouldn't need a house. You could just walk around all the time. A house is just a pile of stuff with a cover on it.” So according to George Carlin I am either “walking around” or I traded in for a smaller home to keep less stuff in only this house has wheels.
I know you are wondering what about the important stuff. Stuff like pictures, mementoes, and Christmas ornaments. One of the reasons I gave birth to three adorable little children was for instances such as this. You give that stuff to them and they will have to get a bigger place to keep your stuff. The plus side to that is when you visit your children you will feel right at home because your stuff is there.
There is a down side. Because space is limited in a motor home you can’t go out and buy more stuff because there isn’t a place to stuff your stuff. If you tell your children you are mailing them stuff then they might run away themselves and leave no forwarding address. So you have to control the impulse to buy more stuff. I really do feel they need a “Stuff Anonymous” for people like me.
That is it. In a nutshell. All you have to do to run away from home is sell your house, everything you own, and leap.
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