Solo Travel and Living on the Road in a Skoolie
Usually when my life is running like a fine Swiss watch, these sorts of things will happen. I will walk into the right place at the right time and something will just fit. This happens a lot on the road. A missed turn could take you to a beautiful scenic overlook, or a place with excellent green chile. Talking with a stranger can get you a new friend or even a connection to a great mechanic. You never can tell.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen young mechanics bankrolling the Mac or SnapOn Tools guy whenever they came around. Yet these were the same guys who used to sneer at anybody with a cabinet full of Craftsman tools. When you get down to nuts and bolts (pun intended) very little separates these…
Last year, I was just starting out on the road, traveling the western US in a converted schoolbus with my dog, Penny. At this time last year, we were following the changing colors of Autumn across the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. A year later, I find myself waking up in one of our first camps….
A little over a year ago, I started vanlife. I had the opportunity to get a converted schoolbus and make an attempt to live cheaper while at the same time getting to see America first hand. It was scary as hell, but I made a choice. While I was young enough, I decided to do…
Sometimes it feels like I am a broken record, saying the same thing over and over again. Not too long ago (and no, I’m not going to bother looking it up), I mentioned something about the book I’ve been working on since the beginning of the Pandemic and how I had decided to scrap it…
Tonight I wanted to talk a little bit about my process. The first thing you ought to know is I’m lightyears away from even having one nailed down. I’ve had many more failures than successes, and one victory is not a universal for figuring out freelancing. You take a win as a win. You keep…
I constantly battle imposter syndrome. I’m not sure what level of success I will have to meet to overcome that feeling. This year, I have had more moments when I had to stop and look back and say to myself, “Yes, you really did that!” I’ve sold four articles this year and had several near…
Tonight I’m stuck. I have a deadline coming up in the next few days and I am just in the final stage of finishing a working draft. So as the title implies, I’m…under pressure. Right now I’ve been fighting finishing this draft for a few days. I know if I just sit down and work…