I sold my house, quit my job..career of 20+ years that no longer makes me happy, bought rural property 5 states away. I leave in June. I'll be living in my travel trailer until I figure out the next move. Mid life crisis or finally doing what I want... we shall see

I’m a 72 year old grandma and I want to have a van just to have everything I need is with me. My sons say I’m to old !!!! lol I watch my grand children everyday . I want it for me and my cat BraveHeart. I go away for the day but I won’t leave him alone at night. That way we can go away for the week end and he will always be with me. I have a house now and that takes a lot of work. My social security will go father. Love you videos. ❤️❤️

I am a 65 yr old woman in a truck camper full time 7 years. I'm having one of "those days" today, and this video really lifted my spirits and reminded me that the sun will come out again. Thank you❤❤❤

I just turned 75 in April and bought a used minivan last Monday. Yep, I'm a little scared because I have health problems but think I'll be better off outside. Thinking I'm getting too old but have wanted to do this for years. Safe travels 🙏✝️❤

Husband died a year ago..bought a Camper Van been living for 7 months, and now going home to Alaska to spread his ashes . Life is journey , none of us have no guarantees and now is the time if you are considering Van life.

I will turn 54 in a month and a half. My last day in a house was March 31st. I am now living in my (pre converted) shuttlebus. About 2 hours after leaving the house, I broke down. Luckily, I made it into a gas station. Because it was Easter Sunday, I spent a day and a half at that gas station. Finally got back on the road, for about an hour and a half, and broke down, again. Luckily, I was able to coast into another gas station, where I spent another 2 days, waiting for the mobile mechanic to get me a new alternator...that actually fit. Because of something you said, in a previous video, I never got upset. I just did what I needed to do, and made the best of it. You said that if you can't handle challenges, this lifestyle may not be for you. I took that to heart. I didn't expect challenges so quickly, but I laughed and said here we go! My new life is already showing me I CAN do hard things, and genuinely smile through them! Thank you, so very much! 😊

Sold my 3000 sqft home of 22 years and now suburban van living in a 60sqft cargo van. Fantastic decision for an extra early retirement.

I admire you for being so full of life and being yourself and not afraid to show that. I wish you happiness and joy in your journey.

This might be the best video you have ever made. It feels so mature, so experienced. Thanks for the wisdom!

One of the best videos I have ever seen. Blessings for truth.🙏🍀☀️ I picked up some property in Colorado . Off grid. Had a detached retina winter came and I had to leave. Came back to California truck broke down I’ve been living in it . Depressed? No. When life knocks you down… Get back up and dust yourself off . Because it won’t be the first time and it won’t be the last time it happens . We are pioneers we are explorers . To live off grid, to live life is a dream . I will purchase a van, and I will build it myself . I’m working full-time to make this dream a reality. I will have cataract surgery in the meantime, so that I can see while flyfishing the mountain streams in Colorado and spearfishing the ocean in California . Dream big, plan small, live life. And follow your instincts. If you are in a rut, put it in four-wheel-drive. Don’t worry be happy. I will go back to Colorado and build my house . I will travel in my van from California to Colorado off grid, rent free . Dream becomes reality if you put in effort and believe in yourself . Live large like you’re in charge . 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

I just started vanlife myself in south Florida and it’s very tough! It’s already 90 degrees some days! You can’t park in a lot of places, and there’s alot of homelessness and crime here. But the positives still outweigh the negatives for me. I get to be by the water everyday, move home goes where I go, and your life feels longer because there’s alot more stimulation

My mami died last month now i am living in the car with my 3 year old Min Pin. broken heart broken spirit. I have suffered non stop for 2 months. No place for both of us no help But my puppy is worth this and more. We are all we got and we will stay together. Thank you for your video. 🫰🎃

I'm moving in my Honda Element this summer and could not have listened a better video to pump me up ! ❤

Something I never expected but somehow became the biggest hardship in vanlife for me was life on the road with the WRONG person. Your travel partner can really make or break the whole thing. After getting my own rig and literally building what I still consider to be my first home, it’s shocking how much homesickness you can have for your van and the lifestyle. I know that my chapter in vanlife is over, married and a first child on the way, homeowner with my 2 seater van old van just collecting dust in the driveway waiting for its new home. Moving on is bittersweet and probably the biggest shock about vanlife. How much you might miss it when it’s over.

Thank you, Linnea for those encouraging words. I’m an older woman in her 50’s and have wanted to be a nomadic traveler for some time. I’m one of those that chooses comfort over new and scary activities. But I’m not happy. Waited for some sign, some encouragement to step out of my comfort zone. Your encouragement just may help this older lady live the life I believe I was meant to live. Haven’t stepped out of my comfort zone yet, but I’m willing to take a step towards it. Just wanted to thank you for your wonderful videos. It means to so many of us.

You are so fortunate to have discovered this lifestyle so young. I want freedom and to just go. But my life is over half gone. I hope to make the best of what is left!

When we sold everything and left the house… the first night in the van everything went wrong. Our brand new screen tent broke in the crazy storm we had to endure. It was freezing cold ( may15) and we couldn’t leave the van. Got a flat tire… no tire iron to change it…We looked at each other wondering if we had made the biggest mistake of our lives. But we made it work, we moved, it got warmer and we learned a ton in the first few weeks. Narrowly missing a divorce in the process hahaha. It made us stronger. After 4 months in the van and a tent we saved enough cash to buy our RV outright….and the real adventure began there. Thanks for another great video😘

I’m so glad you admit to “losing stuff” in a vehicle, drives me nuts. Lol

Solo, older female w younger puppy having my van built. Did this as a teenager but more for trips here and there weeks at a time. This time I go against all who warn me not to due to age!! If not now, when? Am I too old for adventure my way? I say no!! Do it your way!! I will have a few more comforts in my build because I think it will help me enjoy the road in my situation. We are indeed all different. I think the 1 tie that connects us all is the thirst for LIFE!! I hope to meet someday!!

Starting year 5 in my self built Promaster. Could not be happier. Thank you so much for this video. I also run a BLUETTI ac300 with two batteries. Runs my gaming system with ease

Love the insights on #vanlife from your viewers! I've been living the van life for 5+ years and I can't disagree with any point in this video. Great content, thanks!

I love how you've included others in this video. It brings such an expansion to why we've been following you and it's so inspirational. It just brings in a different type of feeling that I think all of your followers can relate to. I hope it continues. Much love and so ready to follow your homesteading adventures. Your videos help me realize the beauty in the world when I can't reach it. Love your videos so much. I know how hard it can be for you but we love you. Thank you for sharing all your hard work.

I really enjoyed this video. I like watching you fix and update things in your van. The comments from other van lifers interspersed with your projects was a great way to present the subject of van life. Your videos keep getting better!

I am 64 years old woman and live in the Netherlands. For years I have been dreaming of a campervan and save everything I can for it. I am very handy and want to build it myself, have kept all your videos of the building because you give a lot of useful tips, You've inspired me beyond belief. I have deep respect for you how you made everything and how tough you are.

I am so thankful I met you when I did several years ago. You have inspired me to step outside my comfort zone. I have been a full time RV’er for a year now. I am a creator and I make many things, jewelry is what I make the most. I live in a campground in a travel trailer half the year and the rest of the year I take my RV around the country. My RV is about to go to my cousins for many repairs. I hope I am able to be involved with the repairs. You have been a big inspiration in my life. I am grateful to have met you along my travels. I wish you the best with all your adventures.

When you let go of control, life offers amazing things just when you need them. 4.5 years into fulltime vanlife in the Toronto area, and that is the most surprising and humbling thing I've learned.

The amount of people who go a lifetime never truly knowing who they are. Cherish the gift of the journey. And make sure to enjoy the self discovery.

Thank you! That was great! I just started the nomad life 4 days ago! It’s even better than I could have imagined!

You can use window sash latches (the type that go on wooden window frames) to keep those drawers shut.

We've texted several times. Thank you for always being uplifting and sharing your wonderful life with us. Being sick I can't do all the wonderful things I see you do it seriously helps me feel better. Thank you again!! Give akela hugs🐾

I have watched several van/travel videos. This is one of the most beautiful, and inspirational ones I have ever enjoyed. The advice and style of this mixed together was truly incredible. I sent it to my son and hope it inspires him too. Thank you Linnea

I love how you put clean sheets on your bed and your dog loved rolling all over them. So cute. Thank you for your wisdom and guidance in regard to van life. I wondered about a few things and you answered them for me. Thanks again.

So this was timely. I bought a 23 year old shuttlebus that was partially built out at the end of February. I had a hard time finding someone to give it a good look over but finally someone (recommended by a friend) who knows all about living off grid came and looked at it, and basically told me that it wouldn’t be worth finishing it because it’s already so old and since I’m not mechanically inclined, it would be nothing but headaches for me. I’m supposed to be renting my house out in two months and leaving in the bus. Now I feel like the wind got knocked out of me and I don’t know how to move forward. For context I am 51 with no camping experience. I am an empty nester and desperately sad every single day. I thought adventure on the road might cure what ails me.

❤Loved It❤ This was a great watch. Challenges aside, you seem very happy with your choices. Peace of Mind is INVALUABLE. 🙏🏾

Thank you for sharing. You and Akela, Elsa and Barron, Vancity Vanlife, Eamon & Bec, and a number of others were my inspiration when I was looking for a change. Initially, I was considering building a tiny house then COVID hit and I spent most of 2020 trapped in my s&b like pretty much everyone else. In August of 2020 I found the van I wanted but had to wait to build up enough cash to purchase it. I picked up my van December 22, 2020 and moved into her full time May 1, 2021. Nearly three years, both myself and my cat are still in love with this lifestyle. it's not all easy breezy, sunshine and rainbows but the freedom is well worth the small discomforts. Anyway, I appreciate you sharing your adventures. You continue to be an inspiration..

I want some of your pottery coffee cups. When will you sell them? Just LOVE the ones I've seen. Can't believe I've been following your travels since you started building out the van 4 yrs ago. Gosh, time flys. Love your videos. You have become a professional videographer.

Thank you for sharing. I wish you safe travels and much joy in your adventures. Blessings.

I am finishing grad school and now have grown children. Suddenly, I felt trapped and ready to leave without a destination. This is what I want to do! I miss being connected to nature.

I think that this has got to be one of my most favorite videos of yours. With the helpful and inspiring comments from others you put in, to some of your own wisdom you had to share, this was one of the best I’ve watched and made my day much better. I always get so excited when I see that you have a new video and just love hearing about all the tips and advice and experiences you have to share.🧡Thank you Linnea!

Been following along since the very beginning. I love to see how you’re updating and using the garage and other spaces in the van now. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again but your editing skills continue to blow me away-especially to see where you started. Keep up the great vids! I never miss a video

Beautiful video. Thank you.

I absolutely love this, thank you so much for sharing. I am considering this lifestyle in the future. This video was really helpful!

I love all your videos, but this one resonated with me SO MUCH. So much great advice and wisdom from those on the road, or now off the road. After just a month in, my hopes, dreams, and plans have all been shaken by unexpected repairs/worries/timing and this is such a great reminder to slow down and really think about what’s next💕

Cool setup. Thanks for sharing!

I really loved this video. It’s so timely based on what I’m going through so thank you.

Great video!!! Thank you for sharing!!! Very encouraging!!!!✌️❤️ & Safety with Blessings!!!

Good for you. Keep enjoying your adventures.

Love your videos. Inspiring~~ Linnea ~ Thank you !

I loved this video and enjoyed the comments. Well done! I'm preparing for the nomad life and look forward to getting out there and getting messy. Your words are comforting and encouraging. Thank you.

Great video with good advice! Thanks for sharing ❤

Gotta agree with the consensous Linnea! truly an incredbile video, I wish there was more to call that piece of art I just saw. Sharing your life in an incredible way. I realllllly enjoyed it! thanks for doing what you do, and doing it really, really well!

I love you, you're so inspiring. I just like being in your energy even though I'm not living in a traveling home myself. Your message in this video is applicable to EVERYONE!! And really helpful for me personally as I'm working on creating my own entrepreneurial business.

Hi Linnea, The authenticity you bring to adventure traveling portrays realism with an openhearted mindset. The truth is, with my newly aquired empty nester lifestyle along with my relentless desire for traveling and the outdoors, I would start some type of Van Life in a heartbeat 💓. Maybe one day soon, I'll see you out there, but for now, at least, I get to live vicariously through you. Happy Travels!

Thank you for your video!! I loved it!!

Amazing. Thank you Linnea :)

Good for you. I have been on the road in my van since July 2023. Just me and my 13 year old cat. We have had many adventures already, and I look forward to many more. We have seen some beautiful places and have met some very nice folks along the way, and a few a-holes but, that's life. I wish you safe travels.

Such a beautiful end to this vlog. Thank-you.

I've loved your content for awhile now...but your content lately has been absolutely amazing. ❤

Well done. Thank you.

Great vid. Very informative.

Loved the video! Thank you

Outstanding video !! One of your best. Many great perspectives about your lifestyle. Thank you.

Such a great, informative, soulful video. Learned/reminded: face fears, get out of your comfort zone, have a plan but go with the flow, take time for yourself, follow your heart even when others don’t share your vision, trust your gut if you feel unsafe. All good things and the stuff of life. Love to you and Akela ❤

Loe this. Beautiful, honest, and encouraging.

love love loved this video!! sooo informative with lots of great advice and so expansive; thank you for doing this 🌅

Everything incorporated in this video was inspiring. Well done and so peaceful.

Thanks for shareing your wisdom.

Im about to be 50. My 3kids r grown only 1(30yrs). Im putting my 3bdrm up for sale next spring.Lived here 27yrs. Hopefully will be able to make 500k off it. I am gonna do van life. I want to travel so bad. Ive nvr been outside Canada.

I dont comment much, but ive been watching your channel for a couple of years. I have 2 sons in there 40s but if i had a daughter i would hope she was like you. Your just so cool Linnea

I’ve been in such a rut recently and this video and everyone’s words have helped and given me a little push to keep kicking and get back into the realm of things

Great vlog. Loved this 🙂🚐

LOVE this video!!!!

Great video. Even loved the Blue Yetti advertisement. Was very well integrated and if I do can life it looks like a great option. The stories of others was such a good idea. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾.

I found this 20-30-minute video more thought-provoking than I had thought possible. While I watch videos made by everyday people more than I do television, I almost never read more than a couple comments underneath them, but here I read much of what people wrote and had to say. Seems as though there is a cathartic nature to how people react to what you are doing these days and that is as interesting as the videos themselves. No one can know what anyone else's life is really like even when you record a lot of it. So I'm going to take what I have seen at face value and add a bit of perspective that maybe one in 500 will find useful. Chronologically I am older than you but in my head, I am probably somewhat younger than you may be. I am very much financially secure and can live the rest of my life without worries about affording the lifestyle I want to live. Although that may sound terrific and I'm not complaining, it isn't as comforting as it might sound. I can honestly say that when I was younger and working a 9-5 gig punching a time clock and didn't have money to speak of, I feel like I was far more happy than I am today. Maybe it's nostalgia, maybe it's just been too long to remember, and this will sound flat-out bizarre, but in my mind struggling and maybe that isn't the word but living paycheck to paycheck back then gave me a sense that the few things I WAS able to afford to do, meant more and made me have to figure out how to get by with so much less and I fkn miss that! Those struggles and strategic thinking sparked life into me that I miss. I know this sounds crazy but I miss the smell of the warehouses I worked in and the sound of the time clock when I punched my card. I miss almost being late and running to hit that clock in time. A new car was a 10-year-old used car that was in decent condition while others drove fancy sports cars and behind the scenes were dead ass broke while I lived a more eclectic lifestyle and saved as much as I could. I'm sitting here now wondering where I'm going with this so clearly it's time for this story to come to a close. The bottom line is to be careful what you wish for in life because one day you may get it, and then what??? I have healthy investments, 2 houses, and no debt, and I often sit in the quiet of one house with only my memories to keep me company. Seems like I did more when I had less.. Funny how that works.

Your courage is contangoes. See you on the road, Godspeed!

I love all your videos, but this one really resonated with me. Thank you so much for sharing!

Thanks for sharing your beautiful story... and the floor looks much better now 😉😄

Thank you for the always beautiful and genuine content! Happy spring and summer to you and akela ⭐️☀️

Thank you!

Well Done.

Thank you for a great video...♥️🙏

..and thanks to you for sharing 🙏🏻

Great video 💯❤

spectacular! truly!

Oh gosh! I just really enjoyed this share of yours. It was beautifully put together, honestly. On every level...thank you sooooo much ❤

Love this video! We are on the process of finishing (?) our van. And we CANT wait. We have been out there in nature and seems to be everything we need and everything we want. Also, it’s funny, cause I watched your whole build and I even remember parts of your build lol. Keep rocking!! Lots of love. - Coni

Your van is so cosy, like a small wood hut. To live your life to the beat of your own dreams and to literally say how happy you are... you have achieved as a harmonious human. Happiness is illusive to many yet a goal to all. Well done and thank you for sharing your gift 🙏

As always, a beautiful and very informative video. Thank you!

Lovely!

Great video! I just bought a van and you’ve given me a lot to think about. And I like how you mixed your fixing up the van with all the comments and thoughts. Thank you!

The feeling of freedom that comes with this lifestyle is so profound words cannot describe it. You just have to do it. I spent 1 month living in my van in my home city. Then another 4 months in Mexico. I was more scared in my home city than the foreign country. Figure it out as you go. Have a general idea of what you want and let the adventure and experience dictate what you need. I (like you Linnea) prefer less. I have a low top and a queen size fixed bed. I like that my van doesn't feel like an apartment on wheels. I like pulling the cooking stuff out and putting it away again. Anyway, we all find our fit. Love the video!

Wow wow wow!!! Fabulous video and much appreciated Biggest hugs !! Thank you so much 💕 Tracey from the barrier islands of S.C.

Beautiful words of advice from many! I admire your devotion to”getting it done” something we all need

Wat an amazing, beautiful video Linnea! Thank you.

Fully agree, we had same during trip to Alanya

The advice of everyone was soooo good!

Another beautiful, inspiring video. Bless you.

Linnea this video is the first one I have watched of yours. I felt compelled to comment because I wanted to be sure you aware of how you have impacted lives in such a beautiful way, many truths being revealed. Great Job ❤. Light, Love and blessings to you and Akela. Safe travels. 😊

Love the videos always

:) THANKS MUCH and ALL the BEST! Cheers for sharing SO MUCH!