We want to live life intentionally, define simple and enjoy what is out our front door. For us it starts with living in a tiny house.
When I was in University I had a dorm-sized refrigerator and I swore never again would I live with one milk container filling my fridge and a freezer the size of one ice cream sandwich. So I answer, “No, I shop at Costco.” And the jaws drop.
And that’s how I ended up chasing icebergs in my t-shirt. The famous 2017 Ferryland iceberg, some of you may have seen it on Facebook, even waited for my arrival in Newfoundland before leaving the bay and going back out to sea. And Nathan got to see his first ever iceberg!
115 days! That's how long Nicaragua and my backpack have been my home. In those days we’ve traveled throughout most of the country. As our time in Nicaragua has been coming to an end I've been reading while we travel. I read these words and they spoke my experience,
“That was the irony of travel. The bigger the distance between you and the familiar grew, the smaller and safer and friendlier the world felt."
“We booked a one way ticket to Nicaragua!” That's where I last left off. We'd packed our backpacks that would now be our “tinier home” and caught our flight to Nicaragua to live our otherside of tiny: living large.
Those words bring up many real feelings. In the last 9 months my tiny house has become my home. So when it became time to pack it up, tow it ourselves for the first time, and wave goodbye my heart was on an emotional bungee cord.
Financial freedom is my goal, but tiny living has definitely not given it to me. I had to take a loan out to finish my tiny house. A minalmilst mindset just doesn't describe me. I'm a confirmed practicalist. Which I define as "own as many "I use every week" items as possible." Freetime has also not been given to me. My experience is that I spend more time cleaning the tiny house than my apartment because you can always see the mess and the dust...
But what tiny living has given me is the outdoors.`
We've been living in the tiny house for 4.5 months. Many of our readers have been asking, "How much does it cost to live in a tiny house?" We thought we'd outline some of our expenses here to give you an idea of what our monthly TINY budget looks like.
Part 3/4 of JUST WAHLS tiny house tour. Check out the outside of our tiny house and under.
Stuff stuff stuff, where does it all go? How do you survive? Part II of Tiny House Tour shows how we pull off tiny living. Keep your eye out for Part III The Outside. Even better subscribe to get notifications.
It has almost been three months living in the tiny house and it is about time for a tiny house tour. Quick and simple, you get a tour and introduced to 4 items we appreciate in our tiny home. Want more? Be sure to subscribe to stay up to date on our vlogs and blogs.
The ugly side of tiny - and it's ugly. We try to hid if from the pictures and it shows up in brief clips on the videos. It's ugly. It's our STUFF.
“It’s really just like staying in a HOTEL ROOM - well I guess you have less floor space.”
The first birthday in the Tiny House. Instead of staying inside we took to the outdoors, not knowing where we were going or what we would find. It was a happy birthday!
