Comments by "David Leigh" (@davidleigh443) on "65 yr Old Nomad Tells How To Survive This Financial Crisis" video.
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Hi Carol, My two cents or dime's worth with inflation. While watching your interviews and other Nomad You Tubers, such as Bob wells and others, I frequently hear the comment that people are forced into vanlife, etc. because of economic circumstances, that is not me. I am an aspiring nomad currently working on a long-term work Camping assignment. What appeals to me is being CHEAP. I hate to spend money unnecessarily. I will spend money on my family,
per se, but I hate to spend money on myself. I never want to be in the situation where I am manipulated by some corporation to fork over wads of cash for their mostly useless products. I am in my early 60's and I look forward this current and next chapters in my life of one which is financially stabile. Stabile because I have reduced my monthly expenses to about 30% when I worked to pay rent. AS Bob Wells has said many times, "when you don't have a rent or mortgage to pay you don't need to make as much money." I only want to work seasonally or part time for the rest of my life. As I said, I am working a long term temp job with good pay and there are many people like me who are enjoying the freedom of not paying ret/mortgage , therefore, we are not all desperate. I don't mean to sound offensive to those who have little hope, but we are not all the same. That being said if you have a vehicle and some money (perhaps Social Security and part time or seasonal job) you can have hope. Learn to be frugal, be very disciplined on your spending (Gas, food, phone, insurance, emergency fund, etc) and enjoy nature and the experiences which you will come to know. Sorry about the long comment. Keep on keeping on as the kids used to say. LOl.
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