RVing Full Time: Finding a Way to Live the Life of Your Dreams

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

“The world is your own kaleidoscope. The pictures which appear come from the thoughts which move in your own mind.” – James Allen

A lot of people have the dream of rving full time.

Heck, a lot of people have the dream of walking away from their 9-5 job, of traveling the country – or the world, of seeing all those beautiful places they’ve only seen in pictures or heard others talk about, of living a life of freedom – RV or no RV.  The biggest obstacle in the way is finding a way to live the life of your dreams.

For most, the bottom line is the finances. I’ve written a few articles about budgeting for the RVing full time lifestyle that helps plan and prepare for launching.  That is the nuts and bolts – the black and white – the logical part – and it is a vital piece in the path to finding a way to live the life of your dreams. But it isn’t the only piece.

The other key to finding a way to live the life of your dreams is even more vital, for it will make your dream a reality in ways all those figures on paper can’t explain.  It is your mindset which determines the outcome – colors your world – uses your imagination – creates and designs the dream.

I can already hear your response after you read the last paragraph.  But, I DO imagine the life of rving full time.  I DO think about it all the time.  I DO visualize my RV parked beside a beautiful river, in the mountains, on the beach.  I already have the mindset!  What gives?  If it’s as simple as thinking about it – why don’t I have it?

It’s time for an attitude check – for your attitude towards your circumstances is the fertilizer for growing the mental garden of your dreams.

James Allen writes in As a Man Thinketh:

“An individual does not have his own attitude fully under control as long as he is not happy, healthy and prosperous. These three conditions are the result of a harmonious tuning of the ìnner with the outer…

A person only really becomes a person if he stops complaining and blaming and seeks the Law of his own Being. He then begins to use circumstances to progress faster instead of fighting them. He then gradually discovers his own inner power…

Thoughts of weakness will lead to a lack of character and this will lead to victimization. Hateful thoughts will lead to criticism and blame which, in turn, will attract enmity. Thoughts of egoism will manifest themselves as forms of self-centeredness and will cause appropriate circumstances. You cannot escape.”

Again, I can hear your response:  “But my thoughts about RVing full time are beautiful, pleasant thoughts – not full of hate or blame or ego.”

Here’s the thing. ALL your thoughts are thrown into the mental garden, they are not sorted into piles of good thoughts and negative thoughts. And, ALL your thoughts have no power on their own accord – their power comes from you – your attitude.

You say you only have good thoughts about RVing full time.  Great!  But, what is your attitude towards others, towards money, towards obstacles?

Some people see problems everywhere; others see opportunities in every situation.  Some people easily blame everything outside themselves for the circumstances they face; others decide they can be the change needed.  Some people believe they must play the cards they were dealt with struggle and misery; others dig deep inside to uproot the beliefs that do not serve them.  Some people harbor guilt or bitterness in relationships; others forgive . . . themselves as well as those that hurt them.

Anyone who has tended a garden knows that it requires daily attention to pull out the weeds and provide fertile ground for the plants to grow. It’s the same with your mind.  You must regularly weed out the thoughts that hinder and destroy.

Learn this and you’ll discover you are finding the way to live the life of your dreams. There are many great books that will help you master your mindset:

As a Man Thinketh by James Allen

Secrets of a Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel

You want to improve your circumstances so that you can live the life of your dreams?  Then begin the work to improve yourself.  Become the master gardener of your mindset.

It’s the most important work you will ever do.

Do this and watch obstacles fall away, the path made clear, your dream becomes reality –

Whether it’s the dream of RVing full time or another dream.

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