Downsizing

It's been a while since i sat down and wrote a blog for you guys.

The time is now!

The new year just started & for us it started very good!

We spent new years eve in Epe in the Veluwe and enjoyed the peace and quiet and the serenity and calmness of the woods.

We rest and played around in the woods, enjoyed the wonderful air quality and tested out some adjustments that i made in Sophie.

At our relax time in the Van i decided it is time, it is time to start downsizing from a four bedroom house into our beloved Sophie SprinterVan,

When we got home from our wonderful trip i started frantically going through all my stuff and putting almost everything up for sale.

We still need to buy some things for Sophie, like the electrical set up so every euro is very welcome into out lives right now!

I had downsized a couple of years ago and had kept it very nice and tidy but! a house still has way more room then a Van.

I went through all my gemstones and decided wich ones to keep, petrified wood & labradorite.

I also looked at my wonderful houseplants that i loved so dear and picked the ones ( two big ones) that i am going to try and take along with us on our trips.

This meant that i had to rehome about 70 plants from my private collection, and so i did!

I took great pictures of them, told their honest stories and wonderful people came from all over to collect them.

As i am saying goodbye to wonderful housemates ( my plants & gemstones) and seeing all these things leave my house i can't help but feel conflicted emotions.

My house feels empty and it is strange to live without so many plants surrounding me but on the other hand the house is getting empty wich means we are getting ready to go! and leave everything behind!

With every item i lovingly sell or give away and thank for its presence in my life, i get closer to my goal.

We get closer to living and traveling in Sophie.

As i am getting more and more excited about it being so close to actually happening, people around me are getting anxious about us leaving and no longer being physically close to them.

And they all started expressing their concerns, now i realise that this is very understandable but at the same time it confuses me a little.

I have been talking about Vanlife for approximately 3,5 years now and we are getting to a full year of me investing time, money and energy into Sophie, So for me its been in my life all this time already.

My guess is people thought i wouldn't actually go through with it!

Anyhow! Soon the house will be empty, while my online shoppingcarts are already filled with all the stuff i'm gonna buy to complete Sophie.

It's so wonderful to finally be at this point! to actually start looking forward to getting the last missing pieces to start this new chapter in our lives.

I'm letting go of old things because i am so ready for all the new memories we are going to make..

Thank you for coming along this ride with us.