Day No. 98 - MUT - thoughts from the hammock

"Happy he who dares to protect with courage what he loves." - Ovid

Moin together,

after now Torgit has hijacked the blog for two days, I have taken the helm again. The mutiny has been put down.

However, to stay with the truth, I had little desire to write in the two days. The weather was just too beautiful. And yet I didn't necessarily have the feeling of being happy. On the one hand, living in such a small bus means reducing to the max, concentrating on the essentials, creating space for yourself. And on the other hand, we notice every day that we are missing space.

Due to the fact that the backrest of our back seat can no longer be put in the upright position, we have difficulty reaching the compartments in our kitchen cabinet.

We feel like we're constantly rearranging things. Again and again something gets lost. Now it is once again my glasses. I hope they are still somewhere here in the van, but I'm not sure. Who knows me, knows that I am rather the chaotic type. But at home I have created structures in my chaos. These are missing in my new home. Sometimes I react extremely irritated. Torgit must then suffer from it.

They are often little things, but in the sum, it is sometimes hard to laugh about. For example, our awning pole. This falls out of its holder 100 times a day. Torgit shrugs this off with a smile, for which I have a lot of respect. - But I would love to go out with the pole and hit someone with it. But that would certainly not go so well.

Of course, that's complaining at a high level. - But in between we weigh up for ourselves whether we have made the right decision with the van. Quite a few issues that are annoying for us here and now are settled with the concept of the SpaceCamper. But this will also be a small, small, just a Tiny house.

Almost all the people we meet, at least those who are on the road longer, have switched to larger vans or trucks. This starts with Fiat Ducato, Mercedes Sprinter, Iveco up to old DAF military and fire trucks.

Many of these old vehicles are cool removed. But we certainly don't want a vehicle that has already blown the first 30 liters of fuel into the air during the ignition process.

But now first of all to this morning. After our garden gnome neighbor Torgit and I have made quite fuzzy, we find this morning that no GNR is approaching. - Maybe the boys are just sleeping in. For this we got up early, because we slept fitfully. We don't know if this was due to our neighbor's report or simply because the surf on this beach is much louder than one would imagine. We have moved first of all, so that we can change the place for the case of all cases, briskly. (Note from Torgit: or do we always sleep badly before full moon?)

After coffee, I first took a short walk on the beach. Although the water is very cold, it makes just immense joy to run with the bare feet through the water. After that I have to warm up the same, first of all. Time to write these lines.

Our early and late breakfasts again focus on vitamins: fruit, yogurt, nuts and muesli. - Later we have a cabbage-curry soup. Since it is a little colder today than yesterday, this does noticeably well. But I must say, delicious, there must not be again. Otherwise, we let the day relaxed approach.

In the afternoon we spend a lot of time in the hammock. Sunbathing and reading, a good combo.

Time and again I hear that it would have been very brave to swap a well-paid position as sales manager of a renowned prefabricated house company for a life on the street. Sometimes I get the feeling that parallels are being drawn directly. From the street to under the bridge...

Here is a short review. - One year ago today, Torgit and I were on our way to Munich. Behind us were weeks full of stress and in front of us a year-end meeting. The picture of Torgit and me was taken at this meeting. Of course, one is proud of what one has created during the year. But sales is always real time. The success of the year is history the moment you hold your certificate or trophy in your hands.

The next day there was a day off at the Winter Tollwood at the Theresienwiese. On this day the MUT photo was taken. From then on, the whole thing starts all over again. From today's point of view, I find it more courageous to motivate myself again and again, day after day, year after year, to bring in the numbers. I am glad that this activity has always given me a lot of pleasure. This made it easier to stay motivated.

But with the same joy I am on the road today. Tomorrow it is a matter of motivating Torgit to move on. Slowly I am getting restless again. - For my former salesmen I am happy that they can look back on a successful year. - Let it rip "guys" - From now on I will do without the "my guys".

Insight of the day: A love affair with uncertainty can also mean COURAGE.