Gypsy life

  As of May 10th I have started a summer of a gypsy life,  and turning my Honda pilot into a tiny home. I will be living where ever I am in the moment. Couch surfing and laying in great spots from my home. Enjoying amazing views and meeting interesting people as well as creating as many memories with new experiences.

  The first night I met up with a group of couch surfers that had all just moved here as well.  Then slept in 29 degrees,  woke up and met a hitch hiker with a puppy.  I spent the morning listening to his experience of being on the road on foot for a year and a half.

   I also met up with a friend I had made when I did a trial version of this life. He has a short bus that he turned into a great camper and we had many laughs.  So now it is like having a great neighbor to have meals with and share laughs with.

    Many people don't understand why I would want to do this. Living with minimal luxuries doesn't seem appealing in regards to desire. Yet being happy can't happen with desire for more than anything else than what I have.  Spending time with strangers is certainly not viewed as a past time by many, yet hearing life lessons from all kinds of people is better than cable and more valuable than most books.

30 Days West

     Leaving my home on Dec 10th with all of my personal belongings packed I headed to Colorado with no plan. I got to view new states and experience states of mind I hadn't yet known about. To decide to just hope for the best in winter in a  new place with no arranged housing or job is a bit risky, and considered to be an illustration of  freedom by others. A thirst for new connections, and hunger for favorable chance served with greens. Confident in my right intention being the cornerstone of what prompted the choice.

    

   
    Learning to become minimal and being able to pack well is a great combination. All my clothes, a bike, trainer for it, tent, air mattress, pack I can walk for 6 months with, bedding, computer, lap top speakers, work out equipment (including my sledgehammer), and three guitars.




    Very grateful for the last minute going away party made possible by the wonderful and diverse group of personalities I had the privilege of getting to know at work. Laughs and good byes mostly all in one night. The joining of friends that hear about each other and finally meet. Having a cello played in the front yard at 2am on a Monday morning by some one young enough to be my child.

 


        I spent the first day driving in some what shock, and using GPS for the first time to find my way to a small town to visit friends in Missouri. To have a few days of genuine care, compassion, and encouragement was a superb bonus to the start of this journey. The contribution to my trip was well appreciated from this amazing company.



       Leaving there is when the journey felt it really started. I enjoyed seeing the Midwest and new scenery even with flat land and dead fields there is some thing to be valued. My plan on road trips for sleeping in hospital parking lots. Finding a spot in Topeka, Kansas I drove to the roof top and thought it would offer a great city view. Nothing like meeting some young kids with some assistance of relaxing and laughs to be shared. They were just talking about wanting to do what I was doing. We exchanged phone numbers, and I was able to jump their vehicle after the battery died. Perfect timing to meet.



         Arriving in Colorado at exactly 420pm to spend a few days with a friend in the Boulder area. A few days later I got the invitation to stay with a cousin and things started to fall in place. I didn't know this would be an option, but a wonderful place to be safe and looked out for. Feeling amazing to finally unpack my vehicle and rest before another short trip to my favorite home in Colorado and more great company to spend Christmas with along with kick ass views and what I think of the last few years when I imagine being here.
 

        Exactly 30 days after leaving my home I started a magnificent new job with more fun coworkers and getting paid to talk to strangers for a pay check at place that I could see myself with for years and also offers the option of going back to Florida for winters. Exactly what I was looking for.


         Watching things unfold in my favor seems to be a reward of right intention. The desire to be familiar with a new place and blazing a path for others who are looking to embrace uncertainty and replace wonder with experience.

         Time is essential and nothing is promised, don't wait for the stars to align when you hear the mountains call you. A practice of non attachment and seeing it work out is fun. Either way we have no idea what our future holds. We can create the causes with our mind and actions, but the proper intentions are essential for positive effects.

          

Magnetic field of amazing

    Traveling on foot gives you a chance to value what is around you so much more. Being in a different environment has the ability to stimulate so many senses. Feeling the 20 degree temperature was no bother with the increased awareness of the warmth of the sun. It was as if I was thawing out an appreciation for winter and how great the trees look covered in snow. A pristine white path waiting to be touched by a human foot. A silence crushed with our movement that will cause you to want to stand still, and be in that moment that is a limited time offer.

    Putting importance on getting to experience what I can for now. I also was able to be funded by a Christmas gift to take a trip to REI, in which I got even more equipped to take on winter. I will not be slowed down by snow, ice, and single digit temperatures.

    My expectations of this journey are none. I do know that I will need a source of income to support my life and I do have two interviews in a few days. The fact of having no idea what my every day will be like for awhile is like waiting for a movie until you realize you can make it go a certain way by your choices. Then the discipline of your mind can be seen as a freedom. In a place to do any thing you can think of, or come across. Yet with out discipline there is no way to value this freedom. To be aware in this moment,  and understand the impermanence of things. Then make the most out of what is before you and take on the days with only one agenda; enjoying as many moments as possible.

     Sensing what is like a magnetic force pulling me towards amazing days ahead. Taking on things I didn't even know were an option for my life. Expecting nothing, and deciding on happiness.