Downsizing is something that is always on my mind these days and also a daily goal I have set as we prepare for our Vanabode.
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My intention is to do something every day to downsize. We’re moving from a Big Foot pickup camper to a Chevy Express Vanabode. A new adventure awaits the Naked Hippies Roadtrip!
These containers become our closet, our cabinets and our drawers.
Whatever fits in the six flat Rubbermaid 6 x 24 x 16″ plastic containers will be kept …
and right now, I bet I could fill at least 20 of those containers.
We have TOO much stuff … again.
I’m excited about the daily ritual of downsizing, but there is one thing that has to be unloaded first before I can begin to toss, donate or keep everything that fills this pickup camper.
I HAVE TO GET MY TAXES DONE!
What a relief it will be to get my taxes done.
Talk about a HUGE weight that will be lifted.
Whew!
I’ve been carrying it around for months.
Oh, please don’t even bother to mention this procrastination ploy I have fallen into again. I KNOW the deadline is April 15 – every year without fail. There’s no excuse I could give … I avoided and delayed the obvious.
So, now it’s time to get this baby put to bed and get on with DOWNSIZING!
Sigh. So many transactions, so many details, so many receipts.
If only … if only I had used that awesome tool to keep track of every expense and receipt last year.
I bought it, used it, then got out of the habit, didn’t use it … and now, instead of a one click printed report for the accountant, I have the mother of all spreadsheets that will scare the bejeezus out of you!
The tool that I used and then didn’t use is TaxBot. With this app I can track mileage, record expenses and take a picture of my receipt on my IPhone.
At the end of the year, everything is categorized and all you have to do is hit the “print” button.
So, that’s exactly where I am with downsizing for our Vanabode.
I expect to have this arduous task completed and submitted to my accountant before August 1. Yikes! That’s only one more weekend!
Stay tuned … and keep your ears open for the ROAR of “It’s DONE!” I expect it will break the sound barrier!
Oh, the adventures we have traveling the highways and backroads in
our Big Foot pickup camper. Some days, it’s easy-breezy … some days shit happens and we find ourselves at a crossroad.
Yesterday we left LA after a glorious weekend event with over 400
fellow travelers seeking more in life – more clarity, purpose, focus and
direction. We were physically exhausted but revved up on the energy
from the event … feeling exactly what the event theme had been
created to do — REIGNITE!
Getting out of LA was the easy-breezy part and that was a delightful
surprise. Afterall, it is LA and if you’ve driven on the 405 or the 105 or the 605 … you know what it’s like – most of the time. But not yesterday. We sailed out of LA, headed back to Arizona.
And then, two hours from Yuma we were stalled at a crossroads.
Bruce turned off the highway to drive to the Salton Sea beach … he
knew I was longing to stick my toes in the salty waters there.
The truck died as he made the turn and there we sat between the
east and west lanes, stuck at a crossroads. And all of a sudden, the easy-breezy day turned into one of those “grrrrrrrr” kind of days where frustration and worry start to replace the calm.
We’ve been in this place before … it happens, it’s part of the adventure of driving mile after mile on our roadtrip. We know there is a “fix” for this and the appointment is scheduled with the mechanic in Yuma in two days – but we’ve got to get there.
And so, we did what we always do … we focused on diminishing the frustration and worry with belief and gratitude. Belief that the truck would start again and gratitude for being stalled in a safe place, for the inner workings under the hood that we don’t understand but know this truck is reliable and powerful.
And we waited. And waited. Turning the key every so often to check. Waiting more. Focusing our thoughts more. Turning the key again.
Letting go of the frustration again and again.
Traffic was whizzing by on both sides of us … everyone else was moving along easy-breezy.
Ever been at a crossroads in your life? Maybe even right now?
When something has come up to stop you in your tracks?
Could be physical, or financial, or spiritual, or in relationships. It happens and it happens over and over.
Are you stuck, stalled and don’t know how you’re going to get moving towards what you desire?
Are you watching everyone around you whiz by easy-breezy?
Are you frustrated, worried, stressed and afraid?
As we sat there at the crossroads, we saw a pickup camper turn down the side road headed to the Salton Sea and as always we gave a “YES!” to them – the fellow travelers who travel as we do – in a pickup camper!! YES YES YES!
That camper soon returned, parked across the road and a couple walked towards us. “You need help?” they asked. We met and instantly fell in love with Iris and Dan Valgarðsdóttir from Sweden, who came to the states, bought the pickup camper and started their roadtrip across the country. You can keep up with their adventures on their blog here: http://www.travelingthecrossroads.com/blog/2015/1/13/day-28-monday-leaving-arizona
Iris and Dan Valgarðsdóttir
Coincidence is only God being anonymous.
We talked, we shared our stories of roadtripping and we stood around looking under the hood of the truck. Picture med school students looking at a cadaver for the first time … not knowing how it all works, but being mesmerized by intricacies! “Ooh, a new radiator.”
“Battery looks great!” “There’s where the problem is?”
Now, what we didn’t realize as we stood there was Dan and Iris also were thinking as we were … seeing the truck start up, believing it would. Lovingly touching the solenoid thingy as I call it – the problem that is soon to be repaired.
Bruce gave it one more try … the familiar sound of the starter trying to turn over the engine was ringing in our ears as he turned the key. And then – it happened! The truck started, the engine roared to life and we all were dancing around whooping and hollering like we had just kicked the winning field goal.
My first words to Dan were, “thank you for laying your hands on our truck – thank you for your healing energy.” He just smiled.
In our excitement, we forgot to grab our cameras and capture the moment. You know we had to be completely lost in the celebration to forget to snap some pics!
We said our goodbyes reluctantly for we knew that we could spend hours sharing stories of all the adventures we’ve had on the road.
They headed north towards LA, we headed south to Yuma as the sunset painted the sky with a masterpiece finale to this day.
We’re always safe. Angels are all around us.
That’s our mantra, our belief, our experience over the last 14 months and 21,000 miles we have traveled.
We came to a crossroads again that day. A place where we were stuck and frustrated and could have easily allowed the worry and stress to percolate and erupt into a mess of despair.
It happens as we travel. It happens in life. It happens to everyone.
It happens to you.
When it happens, know this: You are safe. There are angels all around.
Instead of focusing on being stuck, instead of worrying and giving your energy to fear … see yourself as all that you desire to be, do and have.
See it happening, feel it, believe it.
Your thoughts have the power to create exactly what you desire and the only way it works is to focus on the outcome, not on the present obstacle, the current circumstance or situation.
This is the Law of Attraction. This is how it works. This is how it worked for us yesterday and will work today and tomorrow and all the rest of the days of our life.
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We live fulltime in our rv, on a never-ending roadtrip.
It’s our dream come true. We’re doing what we love,
traveling to places we’ve only imagined before now,
meeting amazing people who enrich our journey.
It’s our life, our dream, our business. We’ve been
building and expanding our dream for seven years.
It hasn’t been a smooth ride for those seven years …
we’ve had some mountains to climb.
But it’s been so worth it. We’ve discovered and
learned from our mountain adventures, like this one:
Last March, we were headed to California from
Arizona on Interstate 8 … headed to the beach,
rolling along smooth… until we had to climb the
Peninsular Range Mountains.
The truck overheated, we had to be towed and
we never made it over that mountain.
We found another way, made it to the beach,
and made our way back to our Naked Hippie
mechanic, Pat Griffith, in Eureka Springs,
Arkansas.
A new radiator was needed. All is well…
Now, just two days ago, we began the quest –
to conquer that looming mountain.
This mountain adventure taught us
some important lessons about the
mountains we face in life as we seek to
grow, change, go in a new direction.
1. Sometimes it ain’t as HUGE as it seems.
After we conquered the mountain,
we realized how it was more of a
mole hill than a mountain.
We had perceived it to be the biggest,
baddest mountain because our first
experience in crossing it had failed.
We avoided it on several trips, went
around another way because we had
failed once and didn’t want to take a
chance on failing again.
What mountain are you avoiding?
2. When you face a mountain, get some help.
Sometimes, you need an expert —
someone who knows more than you
do to help you get over that dang
mountain.
We took Big Foot to our mechanic.
He knew what was needed, he had years
of experience, tools and skills we didn’t
have. We didn’t hesitate to invest
in his knowledge and skills to help us
get over that mountain.
Just like Big Foot used a coach (our
mechanic) to get back on the road,
you can do the same by investing in
someone’s coaching services to help
you conquer your mountain.
What mountain are you facing now as you
build your own roadtrip to freedom?
Getting started in your home business?
Getting a daily plan of action set up?
Building a list?
Generating leads?
Getting out of your comfort zone?
Whatever mountain is standing in front
of you today, know this … it can be conquered.
We can help. If not us, there’s someone out
there with experience and skills and tools to
help you cross that ominous mountain.
Do what Big Foot did … find that someone.
Give us a call. We’ve helped hundreds of
people … we’ve climbed right beside them,
shown them the path, shared the tools,
provided the support.
Ain’t no mountain too high.
Ain’t no river to wide.
To get you to your dream.
