Keep it up. They’ve sacrificed in their career, they’ve quit dreaming big, or they let go of all ambition.What first seemed impossible because it would be crazy expensive or out of reach, has become our new norm.I know this because I can see it in their eyes when they talk about the real world. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. I am now 46 and have another 21 years before I hit retirement age. That’s too good to be true.Husband to Alyssa. It is the concept of an actual, real world with its liberating, expanding and beautifying possibilities, as against an unreal world, which, with its spirits, oracles, and mean contentment has kept humanity in helpless degradation. Thanks so much for this awesome comment man!Interesting MH. I’d seen people who traveled the world, but those were expert photographers for National Geographic or successful entrepreneurs.Of course, the truth is we aren’t rich. Thanks for doing your part to make people question their version of real life!We’ve built a remote community of friends who we see and talk to on a daily and weekly basis. The real world has a dismal future where Donald Trump has 10 more kids who all succeed him in office and take over the world.It’s a lot more fun to create your own path than try to fit into everyone else’s definition of successful.Even though I grew up in the 70s/80s with (what I now know is) the manufactured notion of the American Dream, I saw cracks in its façade a long time ago. I just want to say, ‘damn, go for it.’ I no longer know what living in the real world means, cause the world has gone mad.
We get there when we get there. I fully intend to make the most of it on the road…I’ll get to the longer answer in a minute, but first I want to acknowledge why I think people ask this question in the first place.Very well written article. Explore 472 Real World Quotes by authors including Oscar Wilde, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Bob Dylan at BrainyQuote. Considering we plan to do a bit of RV travel in Europe next year, will be interested to see how it’s different over there.When people see two twenty-six-year-olds driving around the country in an RV, there is instant judgment placed on us. Some people have imaginations, and some don’t. Some people embrace adventure, others conform. In their minds, the real world sucks. Explore 1000 Living Quotes by authors including Winston Churchill, Oscar Wilde, and Mark Twain at BrainyQuote. A little more than four years ago, Alyssa and I didn’t know living and traveling in an RV was a realistic lifestyle for us. It took a while to see that RV life is a good way to reject whatever parts of that “dream” we wanted to.Asking someone when they are going to return to the real world implies that if we are traveling the country in an RV, we simply cannot be living in the real world.
We’re doing most of the things that people do while stationary, but just happen to be traveling in an RV.I think you nailed it with these three reasons.Appreciate it very much Teresa! The thought actually repels me. Those generations that either don’t believe times have changed, or think we should/will get back to their definition of normal?I love it Jim. I used to get asked this question quite a bit, however it now seems that the lifestyle is well known in the UK and not questioned quite so much these days.I don’t believe in doing things conventionally, just because that is the way they’ve always been done. Once you acknowledge the mere feasibility of this scenario, mathematics leads you to a very scary conclusion: since there is only one real world, whereas the number of potential virtual worlds is infinite, the probability that you happen to inhabit the sole real world is almost zero.” ― Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow I guess in their mind it is not possible for responsibility to coexist with travel (at least at a young age). Real World Living Advertorial for obtaining Solar Rates and Quotes Our work is very much intertwined with our travels and vice versa. I think it would also be a shame to have the opportunities we’ve been given in technology and industry and not take full advantage of them. “The philosophy of Atheism represents a concept of life without any metaphysical Beyond or Divine Regulator. This is awesome and so relatable.Oh,well. That’s too good to be true. I’m probably an older reader and listener to your blog and podcast. Ultimately, I feel sorry for these people. In their minds, the real world sucks. The real world isn’t a place where you can travel full-time at 26.