I have minimized, and get to travel, write, wake up in different states every five months or so and live the RV life. This life is but a dream (a matter of one's perspective, respectively) but, if you let it, can be a waking nightmare. I'm going to give some tips on how I do this and succeed.
Thick skin, have thick skin. If words, actions and life of others affected me, whether directly or in an indirect way, I would be broken, beat and scarred. Instead, my skin is not Kiwi thin, it is Rutabaga thick! That’s how during my first work camping job at a, excuse my language, shithole campground in Pennsylvania I was able to fulfill my job and leave. I did have motivation, one of our daughters was getting married and I had no plans or desire to pick up stakes and get employed at another job.
Balance your time. Most of you know I’m a writer. Time management is key to being successful. I have to balance writing, editing, managing my marriage, repairs, and other RV stuff, as well as a job. Balancing my time between all that I love is imperative to succeed. So whenever I can squeeze in planning our next trip to another big destination, I always try to do so when time allows.
Life's darker moments are just that, temporary moments, so don’t let the small stuff get in the way of happiness. I learned this early on when parenting. Think about the future, let’s say, two weeks from the moment of the incident, will that moment impact your life in any major way in two weeks? If it doesn’t, well, move on. If it does think of a way that it won’t and work from there. Keeping a positive attitude, regardless of the situation, is important. I have Maria to reign me in. I wallow sometimes, and she pulls me out of that mode and lifts me up and on to something brighter. If you are traveling with a partner, try to help balance life by taking a different approach.
I hear so often that I’m living the dream, and that may be what it appears from the outside. Dreams come with sacrifice, hard work, and the will to continue, striving and maintaining that dream, which I do. In this nomadic life I make the best at every turn, every job, in making this, sometimes crazy life, the best that I can. More of my journey is coming next week, so return then and often for more.
Thanks for reading.
Tim Eagle
Tim Eagle is an author of the novellas Stolen Seed, Life Ship, and the Vasectomus Collection. He lives full time, on the road, with his wife, Maria and their dog, Cocoa. He grew up in Michigan and is inspired by the dysfunction of America. His books are available on Amazon, godless and this site timeaglefiction.com Thanks for reading!
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