VanLife Update and What’s Next | New Van?!

Change is the only constant in life. It's almost hard to remember life before VanLife. I started "MyBasicJourney" in 2018 as a creative project to learn how to create videos. I wanted to create videos about veganism, minimalism and travel. That all changed when I got Bubsy, my 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan. A minivan that I built into a single-person camper so I could live on the road and travel everywhere. Now, my channel became a VanLife channel and I have been living out my dream for the past two years as I snowbird around the U.S.; Chasing 70°F. This website has pretty much became a hub for my shop as I haven't written a blog in over a year. That changes today, because I am so excited that the next chapter of my amazing and ever-changing journey is about to start. I got a new van! https://www.instagram.com/p/CbzubJSODSv/ That's right, I got a Chevy Express Regent 2004. It has 124,000 miles on it and I am totally in love with…

Crazy About CBD

Chantelle
January 23, 2021
Healthy Living / Mental Health / Personal Development

I talk about mental health quite often on this blog, and it's no secret that I've had my fair share of psychological issues. Anxiety has been a battle of mine over the last 4 years. I tried a lot of different natural remedies and pretty much every option that kept me away from taking pharmaceuticals. CBD was the only thing that I have found that actually helps. When I mentioned on my YouTube channel that I used CBD to help with my anxiousness and panic attacks, a lot of people were interested. So what exactly is CBD? CBD stands from cannabidiol, and it one of the two prevalent active ingredients of cannabis. THC is the one that gets you high; Whereas, CBD is the non-psychoactive component of cannabis. CBD is derived from the hemp plant, which is a cousin of the marijuana plant. The hemp plant itself can be extremely beneficial to the world (paper, a replacement to plastic, building houses), but CBD has many medicinal properties. CBD has been…

Pros and Cons of Living On The Road

Chantelle
January 16, 2021
Digital Nomad / Entrepreneur / Unconventional Living / VanLife

Now that I've been on the road for a couple of months, I have a better feel for what this lifestyle entails. I have constructed a list of my biggest pros and cons of living on the road. Being a digital nomad is often misled by social media as being very luxurious and just nonstop traveling to jaw dropping sceneries. That definitely wasn't the case for me. However, I don't think I could ever go back to a typical sticks and bricks. I'll start with the pros of living on the raod because I like to start on a positive note. Pro 1. You do actually get to see some pretty amazing sites. I think most of us get interested in this lifestyle because of our inner wanderlust. We crave adventure and new scenic views. That is one thing this lifestyle doesn't slack on. Granted, not every day is Instagram worthy, but the majority of them are. I love that every week I get to experience a new back yard.…

2021 | The Year I Became A Digital Nomad

Chantelle
January 9, 2021
Entrepreneur / Make Money Online / Personal Development / VanLife

I will officially be a digital nomad for two months on 1/11/21. Two years ago I was living in a shelter dreaming about this reality. Last year I slowly built an income through YouTube, posting weekly videos of my travels and experiences living in a minivan. Now, as of 11/11/20, I officially started living my life as a digital nomad like I've always wanted to. I've dreamed of this for years before it actually became a reality. VanLife was an obsession before I ever had a van. At the time, that dream of living on the road seemed to be so far away; Completely unattainable for someone with such limited means. I was below the poverty line, and barely able to afford to pay my minimum bills to survive. Credit card debt was piling up, and I felt like I was just digging myself into a hole, further away from my dreams. You always see these people who claim to be digital nomads and then see their $100,000 decked out…

Already A Month Into VanLife

I have officially been living in my van for six weeks. The news of me moving in and starting VanLife was sudden, and only a weeks notice was given. My thoughts have been scrambled since then, so I haven't taken the time to blog about it. Life is silly that way. One day I'm worried about what the future holds because life was put on pause due to the coronavirus; The next day, I'm packing up my van to start the greatest adventure of my life. I was offered a camp host position in early March, before Covid-19 really took the world by storm. By mid-April I was sure this opportunity was over because everything was closed down. When they called me at the end of May to be there the first week of June (literally 6 days later), my anxiety went into overdrive. I wanted this so badly, so why was I so scared to start my VanLife journey? Then I remembered this small decor item that was gifted…