>>1198432I work as a raft guide in the summer and work at a ski resort in the winter. Ive lived out of my car/ in a tent for months at a time. I know lots of people who make van/truck life work. I also know some who haven't. I think the big thing you need to ask yourself is why you want to live the van life.
The #1 reason why the people ive met want to live out of their van/truck is because it enables them to follow their passion. Be it snowsports, kayaking, climbing, mountain biking, surfing, being a musician, whatever. They knew that their passion would require them to be able to live a mobile lifestyle.
They could chase surf/snow/rain/gigs all across the US without having to go back home.
They gave up the stability, space, and accessible comfort of a house/apartment for the ability to do the one thing they knew they loved doing.
Most I knew were seasonal job workers. Like liftees/raft guides/instructors/bartenders/servers types. They gave up the stability of a regular 9 to 5 job to work jobs that can literally change with the weather. They'll usually work a season, go on a hiatus, and then find piecemeal work till the next season. Most will have some sort of hard skill like carpentry, coding, or line cooking that they could use on the side when they needed it.
The point being that you should want to live a mobile lifestyle not because it seems cool, but because it enables you to do something that you know you want to spend a lot of time and effort doing that you wouldnt normally be able to do otherwise. Like chasing salmon runs across the west coast for example.
If you just want to get into it because your job sucks and you just want to go to festivals and get head from hippie chicks I think youll be very disappointed. But if you have a hobby or a passion that your current lifestyle doesnt enable you to truly follow, and you have a means to get funds to enable it, then you should fucking go for it dude.
