You know that saying “YOLO?” Just in case you don’t, it stands for “You Only Live Once.” The first time we heard it was when we decided to give up eating meat almost 7 years ago. People kept telling us that we only live once so we shouldn’t limit ourselves and eat whatever we want. We didn’t listen to them, and it’s been one of the best decisions we’ve made.
The next time we heard YOLO was when we made a plan to go debt-free using the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University program. Our idea to be conservative and frugal with our money wasn’t received very well by those close to us, especially since it meant that we weren’t going to be able to go out as much or attend out-of-state celebrations. But in about 2 years, we got out of debt, and it has been life-changing.
And that brings us to our most recent YOLO moment: realizing that YOU DON’T ONLY LIVE ONCE. YOU DIE ONCE, BUT YOU LIVE EVERYDAY! We always dreamt and planned that one day when we retire, we would get rid of everything we owned, buy an RV, and visit our kids and all the places we always wanted to see. But then we asked ourselves – WHY ONE DAY? WHY wait until later to follow our dreams?
So after we had our last YOLO moment, we decided to follow a YDOYLE (You Die Once, You Live Everyday) mantra instead. I know – it doesn’t have the same ring to it abbreviation wise, and it definitely doesn’t flow and roll off your tongue well, but there it was, and we were going to follow it. We decided to get rid of all our stuff (about 95% of it anyway), move into an RV, and travel around the US and Canada. We didn’t know where we were going first or after that, but the one thing we knew for sure was that we wanted an Airstream that would fit all 6 of us. So within 3 months time, we searched the Internet everyday for the perfect trailer, visited a few near us, sold our 2 vehicles that couldn’t tow the Airstream, and either sold, donated, or gifted our belongings.
On Black Friday of last year, we drove to A to Z Motors (more about them later) in Winters, CA and picked up our very first travel trailer – a 2014 Airstream Flying Cloud 30FB. It stayed in an RV storage lot throughout December, and on New Year’s Eve at roughly 6 p.m., we drove it off the lot, and we have been living in it ever since. The rest is history and the future AND world is ours for the taking.
A lot of people have asked us if we are going to blog about our adventures. Honestly, that’s up in the air right now. Maybe one day, but for now, we’ll be documenting our travels on Instagram and Facebook. Thanks for following us. Catch you on the flip side!
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