Transition to Full-Time RVing

In a transition to full-time RVing and Workamping from a "normal" life (whatever that is), we've found that it's important to be flexible.  We had no idea how long it would take to sell our house, but we had several plans ready just in case.  Our son was able to graduate early, but didn't necessarily have to.  We are very thankful that our friends Deborah and Peter in Rocky Mount had graciously offered us their garage-attached apartment as a place to stay when we needed one.  We surely don't know what we would have done without them!  I'm thankful for Jacquelyn, Brook and Vickie at the Harrison Family YMCA for being infinitely flexible when it came to my unpredictable plans!  And we're thankful that we all had a place to stay with my Mom in Cleveland while we waited to start our first workamping job.  In fact, spending time with her and helping her through the Cleveland winter was a big part of why we chose this path in the first place.

Change takes both time and open minds, especially when the change involves something as major as a transition to full-time RVing.  We found that to plan is certainly a good thing, but to maintain some degree of flexibility in one's plans is vitally important.  When we had started planning all of this -- in July -- we had hoped to have our house on the market within a couple of months.  It took us till the middle of November to have it ready!  But that was all in God's perfect timing, because it sold in 54 hours!  We give Him all the glory, and will be ever thankful for this great blessing.

We're also thankful to have been gifted a lifetime membership to Workamper News as a very valuable tool in readying ourselves to this new nomadic lifestyle.  What about taxes?  Where will we get our mail?  Is it worth it to store furniture, or just get rid of it all?  What items will we really need after all?  Will there be room in the RV for my full-sized electronic keyboard?  Indeed, some questions can't be adequately answered until you've actually taken the plunge and begun living in an RV.  We brought many things with us that we're deciding we really don't need.  Some websites, like Workamper News, are very helpful, but some questions we've just had to answer ourselves.  Yes, there's room for the piano, and it stays!