This too will pass is the mainstay of my life ...my life gets simplified every year I started in large house then into campervans now in mini van no power 20 years since I left my house. It's in my blood born on houseboat bought up in a bus only middle years in houses. I cannot stay in one place for too long. I feel a connection to this awesome lady💗
She is definitely smart!!!! I loved this vid! I wish her well to keep going strong!!!!!❤️ People have sold out to companies who will give products for promotion. They play on people emotions and at the end of it all, they purchase their dream of land or whatever they desire. You did a wonderful job on this podcast. She told truth and your questions were spot on, giving her the opportunity to tell it all. Wonderful vid!!!!!!! She is the real deal! I would follow her life experiences definitely.
This has been one of the most encouraging & real interviews I've watched. A breath of fresh air as I'm currently living in a modest basement suite for $1450/month. That price is considered inexpensive in this area. The application process was very competition is conditional not being able to enjoy my woodworking hobby as it is considered to be too noisy for the other occupants. It's extremely frustrating having to pay this amount and I feel like I don't have the freedoms to pursue my hobbies. This was out of necessity. I have been displaced from major flooding and had lost my woodworking shop and rv I had been renovating. This has lit the fire to not give up to be bound to selling out. Thank you for posting this.
Hey Pierce, what's your email address I got contacted by someone who wants to contact you that has a van they are willing to give you depending on where you are located, I'll put you two in contact. You can email me at forrest@differentmedia.ca
There is a couple in Scotland who live in a van, lady is a weaver, the guy is a woodworker, sell their goods online. They travel slowly, parked up in nature, heating and cooking using a little woodstove.
Good luck to you! Don't give up, it's important to pursue a hobby, is there any you could make some $$ off it? Too bad you can't rent a large garage, or old shop to live & work in. Where there's a will there's away! I know you can do it!
Amanda made the right choice when she entered van life. She discovered her true self. She is articulate, thoughtful, pragmatic and a wonderful interviewee. I was only going to watch a few minutes and she kept me here the entire time. Thank you and my best wishes to you Amanda wherever you are.
She's honest, I am always grateful when I come across someone like her... thoughtful and present; by that I mean she seems more concerned with making an earnest connection, sharing her heroic exit from the harsher realities of daily life (many of us just can't do the "groundhog dayesque" robotic, monkey see- monkey do Lifestyle-- it's not mental illness to hate the bizarre reality where everyone is dying since birth and calling slavery the +labor force+ seems like word swapping trickery- +force labor+ -imo🙊🥴). When she said she would not be here anymore if she had to continue living by someone else's ideas of life, I kNEW I was looking at a HERo! 🌹🕊️🥰 #lovingUS #heROSE
Very very intelligent person! I wish I knew what she knows now, when I was her age. Her life is going to be really great with the mind set she has. It’s taken me 70 years to even get close to that awareness. Thanks so much for sharing. Hoping to be in my van full time June 2020.
This was probably recommended to me because I watch Amanda’s channel. I’ve always appreciated her outright honesty and down to earth attitude. While some other TH-camrs are chasing a certain image (that is feeling a bit cliché lately) Amanda is keeping it real. She’s always come across to me as a woman who needs full control of everything in her life and while it has it’s inconveniences, she’s doing what works for her and her pooch with van life. That’s not a bad thing, that’s empowerment. She’s clearly thought things through.
This was such a wonderful interview. When i learned about van dwelling was about 10 years ago, & some ppl did it for mental health, others because of 2008, so it was a kind of necessity. There was nothing fancy about the life, just existing without certain pressures and how they made it work so that healing could come in. I can't stand the instagram image now. I still dream about van dwelling today because of that simplicity and healing aspect, as there are many things about the way we live in society i just struggle with. I really do think some people, through mental health issues or personalities, are truly not meant for this modern way society has developed. Anyway, i'm going to check out her channel. Thank you!
I’ve been following her for her entire time on youtube. What a breath of fresh air! No pretenses; what you see is what you get; take her or leave her…she’s amazing! I wish her all the best that living her own way can bring to her! Great interview!!!
Great philosophy Amanda. Our personal self is in constant development. I've been a subscriber on your channel for around two years, not real sure. Got your stickers on my van tho. And Frankie's pawtograph, love it. Anyway, I've enjoyed the journey. It's cool that you are so real with your audience. Frank all chill over there. This was a great interview. Much love from Texas.
That's our Amanda!! Her perspective is so valuable. We love Frank....And am thrilled she is thriving. Integrity isn't a strong enough word to describe what she puts out in the world.💜🐾☮
5 mins in , I love this lady !! So much in common I feel . Who gives a f what others think of you . Do you , what ever makes you happy do that . I’ve never lived in a van but might want to in the near future 💕 love these vids thx so much 😊
Amanda is just amazing to me. She surprises me all the time. She is definitely like an onion with many layers. Candid, but shy. Introverted until she's had a beer. Crazy smart. Artistic and a little mechanically enthusiastic, if not so inclined. Spiritual, practical and a born naturalist. Her videos are wonderful. I wish she made more of them, but I understand that is me being selfish. This was a well done interview, but there is so much to this woman, you could do another one and see another side of her or just watch her videos.💗
38:00 Thank you Amanda! You are an INSIGHTFUL, HONEST & GENUINE You being Brave enough to Speak the TRUTH OUT LOUD is what HELPS those of us on the edge, suffering too survive🙏
“I do a lot better as a human, not living on a clock.” I agree. I haven’t had a ‘job’ in two years and have been living on savings paying my rent til I can figure out a way to create a more consistent income without a standard job because I literally cannot be on other peoples time anymore. My sleep and energy levels are very much not normal and erratic so I just don’t have it in me to have a set schedule anymore and to force myself to stay locked into something with such regularity for the promise of consistent money. I should have purchased and moved into a vehicle 6 months ago when I had the opportunity to but I was still locked into a lease and now I don’t have the funds for anything reliable and my current tiny vehicle has been stationary for a month while I work for myself to create something with the foundation of peace and happiness. Love Amanda’s channel and Patreon content. I appreciate most the fact that she seems to have a similar mindset about van life as I currently do as a means to get out of a vicious cycle and not an Instagram fairytale. Can NOT bring myself mentally to going back to a 9-5 lifestyle but may need to pick up some part time work pretty soon to make ends meet until the right set of circumstances line up but I mentally have no interest in being locked in to someone else’s timing of things. It feels so unnatural to me. Has created way too many issues both mentally, energetically, emotionally and physically for me to ever want to go back to that way of living.
But she lives dirt poor how can somebody be comfortable living dirt poor. There's things like medicine that food things you have to have to live. Nobody likes work but I like to eat and I have a lot of medicine I have to buy I don't know what I would do without money.
@@tonyastanphill715 I also live dirt poor, but I also don’t have to pretend that I’m a machine anymore. The less you need the more you have. Someone could give me $1000 and it would last me way longer now than it would have when I was making that much after one week of work. When I had a consistent job with consistent money I burned through it like no tomorrow and still lived paycheck to paycheck. Now I literally just pretend like money doesn’t exist and the money I do get goes way way further in the long run. It requires a lot of lifestyle adjustments but it’s also very freeing to not feel like a slave to pieces of paper. If you watch her channel, she’s doing just fine and has been making steady improvements. It’s all a matter or priorities, and hers happens to be free time to explore and learn, not build up someone else’s wallet for scraps.
Been watching her channel for a while, and watching her grow. Content is straight from the heart, informative and entertaining. One of my favorites. Thanks for doing this interview!
I feel Amanda to my core. Very impressed with her life's work -making conventional and frugal life work, transitioning to van life in a thoughtful way, honoring her convictions and values. Do it your way, take action based on your values, reject conventions that are toxic. Chances are high that if something is toxic for you, it's toxic for many others. She knows herself so well that the only reason a stranger would have difficulty with her would be entirely because of their own circumstances, not hers.
What a great video, Amanda, all the best to you hun, it was great to hear you’re receiving blessings in your life, your a breath of fresh air. Greetings from Australia 🌟
Great interview thank you. I'm four years in an old van, and can relate to much of Amanda's story. I'd also love a bolthole, but the System disallows it. Always been a fringe dweller, but it's only in recent years that I learned to embrace it.
She explains it well how many live their lives paying rent because it seems to work for everyone else. We live in the desert and some wonder why until we explain it's not as hard as most are lead you to believe.
lovely interview and Amanda has a wonderful insight and the ability to put it all together verbally. It is so helpful for some people! Thank You for the Interview with this intelligent lady!
Thank you so much for sharing this podcast/vlog....it's been the best (almost) hour of my week...I love what Amanda has to say....so much wisdom for someone so young....kudos to her!
@tidelinetoalpine is one of my favorite humans, she is so inspirational, honest and transparent. I was one of her first subscribers as I've been following her on instagram for almost 3 years. It's been a pleasure to watch her recent subscriber success on youtube, and it's been so much fun to watch her channel blossom as her photography/videography skills are just awesome. She keeps her videos real, no background music (which is so rare, and I loathe it) and hearing the sounds of nature while she's doing her thing is the best. I beg all youtube creators to stop using background music in their videos. It often ruins the video.
There are at least as many different potential ways to be happy as there are people in the world. We got our Econoline because the cost of booking hotels and airbnbs for my wife's tattoo conventions has become insane compared to what you get, and I also needed a flexible work vehicle for home improvement projects. Even I, as a person who doesn't live in my van, get tired of seeing underwear models in $90k Sprinters. Also just a sidenote, I've developed a minor crush on Amanda from different interviews I've seen of her. I don't align with her philosophically in a lot of ways, but she strikes me as very authentic, not to mention entertaining AF.
Incredible video. Thank you Amanda. Congratulations 🎊. You did it. So proud of you. What you believe in we is as the world should expire to live. Not what we own or what we have, but what makes us happy and content. 👍 🌳 📹
I love my vanlife,and wouldn't trade it for nothing. Especially now. If people would let go of all their crap ,they'd feel less stress.xoxoxo God Bless
The van tour we filmed with amanda th-cam.com/video/WwlApje1kuI/w-d-xo.html Van Life Essential Supplies! Everything you need to build out a van amzn.to/3TwM1CN
In my younger old, converted school bus with a boyfriend on a communal farm. Several years later, I lived with a different BF in a car with NO reverse while traveling to visit old friends in about 4 States. We had sleeping bags, a Coleman cooler and my Uncle gave us an old Coleman Propane stove so we didn't have to cook on a campfire anymore. I loved it; loved the feeling of the open road. I later got a college degree and lived a semi-normal life working a 40+ hour week for about 37 years. My plans when I retired was to get a van and fix it up and just travel all over. I missed my old life so much. But my body had different ideas. Now, with two major surgeries pending for a rotator cuff and a rebuilt knee, I am unable to fulfill that dream. So, I am living vicariously on the lives of other travelers and van dwellers. I still long for that old life; I was much happier being free. Enjoy your freedom while you can. There will come a day when you may have to change once again. Nice to meet you Amanda. I wish you all the best. God speed.
What Amanda says about facing your inner issues is so very important. People run away from any inner discomfort in so many different ways. I realized, not intil my 40’s, that I had to just “ sit” with myself and face any issues that caused me emotional pain and discomfort. People are told they shouldbe “happy” at all times, which is impossible. Rather than live with some emotional pain inmordervto work through it, they run to alcohol or drugs to alleviate the pain…..and, thereby, never finding any true resolution or peace, which keeps them stuck.
What a refreshing conversation! My aha moment came with hearing van life culture described as a gentrified space. It always seemed to me anyone who lives on the road, has found a way to exist on their own terms. Rather than a cool lifestyle, it was driven by a deep need or a passion. This conversation has definitely shifted my ideas for the better. Thank you.
I like Amanda, and I've watched her channel for a while now, BUT... All that talk about living without heat and carrying around all your water is fine when you're young. Let's talk to her in 20 years and see what the difference between her 'comfort' and her 'necessity' is.
I really like this lady. She's very simple and I like that she's not sucked into a way of life not desirous to her. She's a tough gal. I'd like friends like her that keep things simple and fun to talk with. I enjoyed your kind interview with her. Hope to see more interviews/podcasts.
Amanda is an amazing person. She is about my #1 favorite youtube channel. She is such a deep thinker and her love of nature is a big draw as I love nature so much, too.
I understand her need to be in control by using her skills to make do with what she has. It's akin to survivalism and it is a great power to have because it makes you feel strong and independent. It's truly awesome. But beware of time: with age, we need more and more comfort to survive and it is a good idea to bear that in mind: upgrade as needed, without feeling that it's a failure ! 😉😀 Love the vibes of this way of life. Well done!! 👏👏🎯
A truthful, authentic woman who adopted the van living option for real reasons. A refreshing and honest perspective on a lifestyle that is demanding and requires resilience and commitment. Best wishes to you, Amanda on your continued contentment and good health. Much respect, Joe. UK (Great interview. Thank you)
“You don’t need rules if you know the value of morality”. I live my that and hearing someone articulate it so beautifully gives me proof the world is becoming aware and a lot of us live in vans.
It does not take more time to maintain a house than a van conversion. And much less so an apartment. Your day to day maintenance is much more mundane, time- and energy-absorbing, and labor intensive in a vehicle. That said - Love her points of integrity about not being forced to be dependent on others for her right to housing, not participating in housing as a commodity and not allowing herself to be exploited for others to make money to use in unforeseeable, dubiously ethical ways.
Great Video...I've been following her for awhile...She is a super cool young lady. I have watched her doing some amazing repairs on her van. One Tough Cookie! Love the interview with her, Great Job!!
Such a relief to hear Amanda talk about her life and sound delighted to have done without and not whine about it. She is strong, she is real, she is great fun. Wherever you go there you are! For sure. Clocks! I agree Amanda. "I'm just content existing." Forrest: You wrote "If you read all this give us 1 thumbs up emoji, 1 tree emoji and 1 Video camera emoji in the comment section." I have no clue how to do emoji's! But I read it all.
This was the most interesting interview I have ever seen on living in a van. No talk about the things in the van, just talking about the why, which is so very inspiring in her case. No talk about what she is missing in her van life. All talk about what she is getting. Amanda, I truly wish you wrote a book. Thank you for this video.
I have been watching Amanda for almost a year now! She is so authentic and love her storying telling as well as the beautiful scenery she captures. So many realism's in truth to how authentic Amanda lives her life. Awesome interview. First time watching one of your vids, Different Media. My Friend, Ron Sees America turned me onto you! Thanks Ron!!! As always, HI Amanda and Frankie!!!
I so appreciate your honesty and the fact that you admit that you have had issues that you have had to face and deal with. I am so impressed with your truthfulness. I am in my seventies and i wish i could be stronger in venturing out but i need people close by. All the best to you.
I don’t know how I came across this video. What a wonderful way to start my day. I’m a full time caregiver for my queen mom a little over 7 years now and can relate to having the practice of taking a deep breath and dealing with the challenges that come along. I too had very hard working parents that pushed us to become grateful for what we had and helped us become resilient through tough times. I don’t know how long I will be blessed with my mothers presence, but I do know that living on the road will be a part of my life short after she passes as a way to release and reflect. There is definitely something to be said about our connection to nature and the immediate serenity that it induces. I want to thank you both for this video as it has left me with a wonderful feeling about how amazing humans are when they are being authentic. I will definitely be following both of you ✨♥️✨
I've been watching you and Frank for a while. You have shown me that real van life is very very hard but if it suits your needs it can be such a blessing. You are so brave, independent and so intune with your emotional well being. Im twice your age but you are an amazing role model to me. Best advice ever,"follow your heart".
I agree. Respect drenched this interview like brandy does a fruitcake. Amanda's respect for her deeply felt values, her well-being, her ability to cope. Forrest's respect for Amanda and the different perspectives she offered. Both of them respecting natural time and flow. Refreshing.
Amanda. As someone who has watched you pretty much every evening, I felt privileged to hear you speak about your life as a van dweller on a much deeper level. I was introduced to the lifestyle I now live myself following the white bread version I was exposed to on TH-cam. You, my girl are the real deal.
Amanda, you are respected, admired and loved. 👍😎🇨🇦🐾💖 And, thank you for this interview...you're certainly doing what you are good at (sorry, missed your name, "Mr. Different media"! ) 👌⚘
I am older . Can a person live on. A disability. Pension 1k ? I have been trying to save up to live in a van .. I am so scared as it gets to -50 on the parries … but I can’t see me living in a box. With out my things. And being told what I can and can’t do in disability senior housing … and if I can’t take my things and if I can’t maybe I’d be more happy in a van working pT doing something? I have looked at the price of all the things for van life and I wonder ? My minni van is falling apart so I hope I can find a high top cargo van . Big enough to put my scooter in … well I have a few things .. I would love to enter for the boost please .. gleam I will try to enter . Thanks . I am 54 and I hope in 1.5 years I can be starting my build and hope to get out of my rundown home I can no longer take care of. I don’t see the link ?
I saw Amanda’s beautiful smile and had to click! Great interview ❤️❤️❤️. Love this girl and who is this handsome guy doing the interview? Looks like I found a new channel to check out 👍
Love watching you Amanda (every single time)! Frank is so relaxed in the back. He's so precious! Great chat. Thank u for being candid about VanLife and telling your story. I only watch REAL VanLife. I also follow Forest. He's a real deal too. I'm not into brand/image nor care about how fancy your vans are. REAL stories are more genuine
Unless you start eating your natural frugivore diet and don't develop medical problems 🤷♀️ & work to save up an emergency fund for emergencies like accidents where you are physically hurt or car crashes and car maintenance.
That's true thriving, surviving wow!🙏🏾Transparency. Yes, I remember your interview with her. Twice this one. Wonderful. Wonderful. Haven't seen the first one though.
This too will pass is the mainstay of my life ...my life gets simplified every year I started in large house then into campervans now in mini van no power 20 years since I left my house. It's in my blood born on houseboat bought up in a bus only middle years in houses. I cannot stay in one place for too long. I feel a connection to this awesome lady💗
Me too...and she's very intelligent... enjoyed listening to her...
Not many deserve a patreon account on TH-cam more....as a longtime viewer of hers , her lifestyle is fascinating and what an intelligent soul !
She is definitely smart!!!! I loved this vid! I wish her well to keep going strong!!!!!❤️ People have sold out to companies who will give products for promotion. They play on people emotions and at the end of it all, they purchase their dream of land or whatever they desire. You did a wonderful job on this podcast. She told truth and your questions were spot on, giving her the opportunity to tell it all. Wonderful vid!!!!!!! She is the real deal! I would follow her life experiences definitely.
Thank you Angela for the thoughtful comment and I'm happy you enjoyed the podcast :)
💯% agree with you!
How can anyone not love dear sister Amanda. She is a such a beautiful strong soul.
Yes she is very lovely ....
Cheers!
lol what a question..why would I love her
This has been one of the most encouraging & real interviews I've watched. A breath of fresh air as I'm currently living in a modest basement suite for $1450/month. That price is considered inexpensive in this area. The application process was very competition is conditional not being able to enjoy my woodworking hobby as it is considered to be too noisy for the other occupants. It's extremely frustrating having to pay this amount and I feel like I don't have the freedoms to pursue my hobbies. This was out of necessity. I have been displaced from major flooding and had lost my woodworking shop and rv I had been renovating. This has lit the fire to not give up to be bound to selling out. Thank you for posting this.
Glad you got so much from this. Thanks for the comment Pierce
Hey Pierce, what's your email address I got contacted by someone who wants to contact you that has a van they are willing to give you depending on where you are located, I'll put you two in contact. You can email me at forrest@differentmedia.ca
There is a couple in Scotland who live in a van, lady is a weaver, the guy is a woodworker, sell their goods online. They travel slowly, parked up in nature, heating and cooking using a little woodstove.
Good luck to you! Don't give up, it's important to pursue a hobby, is there any you could make some $$ off it? Too bad you can't rent a large garage, or old shop to live & work in. Where there's a will there's away! I know you can do it!
Amanda made the right choice when she entered van life. She discovered her true self. She is articulate, thoughtful, pragmatic and a wonderful interviewee. I was only going to watch a few minutes and she kept me here the entire time. Thank you and my best wishes to you Amanda wherever you are.
Same. I stayed with this like a visit.
She's honest, I am always grateful when I come across someone like her... thoughtful and present; by that I mean she seems more concerned with making an earnest connection, sharing her heroic exit from the harsher realities of daily life (many of us just can't do the "groundhog dayesque" robotic, monkey see- monkey do Lifestyle-- it's not mental illness to hate the bizarre reality where everyone is dying since birth and calling slavery the +labor force+ seems like word swapping trickery- +force labor+ -imo🙊🥴). When she said she would not be here anymore if she had to continue living by someone else's ideas of life, I kNEW I was looking at a HERo! 🌹🕊️🥰 #lovingUS #heROSE
this woman sounds like a wonderful person. i'd love to be her friend
Very very intelligent person! I wish I knew what she knows now, when I was her age. Her life is going to be really great with the mind set she has. It’s taken me 70 years to even get close to that awareness. Thanks so much for sharing. Hoping to be in my van full time June 2020.
Let's go Deb, never too late to honor your values shared by others. Let's go lady. Im 33 and just now jumping in.
Btw, it's 2022
@@annag467 thanks so much
Deb, did you do it?
@@TLC- oops I meant 2022, June. And yes I’m on target for it. Cannot wait.
@@debnelsonloveslivintiny I’d love to follow your journey! Where do u live now? 1st place u plan to go?
This was probably recommended to me because I watch Amanda’s channel.
I’ve always appreciated her outright honesty and down to earth attitude. While some other TH-camrs are chasing a certain image (that is feeling a bit cliché lately) Amanda is keeping it real.
She’s always come across to me as a woman who needs full control of everything in her life and while it has it’s inconveniences, she’s doing what works for her and her pooch with van life. That’s not a bad thing, that’s empowerment. She’s clearly thought things through.
Where can I find this lovely soul
This was such a wonderful interview. When i learned about van dwelling was about 10 years ago, & some ppl did it for mental health, others because of 2008, so it was a kind of necessity. There was nothing fancy about the life, just existing without certain pressures and how they made it work so that healing could come in. I can't stand the instagram image now. I still dream about van dwelling today because of that simplicity and healing aspect, as there are many things about the way we live in society i just struggle with. I really do think some people, through mental health issues or personalities, are truly not meant for this modern way society has developed. Anyway, i'm going to check out her channel. Thank you!
Thank You for your perspective. It has hit home!!!
I’ve been following her for her entire time on youtube. What a breath of fresh air! No pretenses; what you see is what you get; take her or leave her…she’s amazing! I wish her all the best that living her own way can bring to her! Great interview!!!
Great philosophy Amanda. Our personal self is in constant development. I've been a subscriber on your channel for around two years, not real sure. Got your stickers on my van tho. And Frankie's pawtograph, love it. Anyway, I've enjoyed the journey. It's cool that you are so real with your audience. Frank all chill over there. This was a great interview. Much love from Texas.
you're a great interviewer dude. you give people the space and time to formulate their thoughts into sentences. cool channel.
That's our Amanda!! Her perspective is so valuable. We love Frank....And am thrilled she is thriving. Integrity isn't a strong enough word to describe what she puts out in the world.💜🐾☮
5 mins in , I love this lady !! So much in common I feel . Who gives a f what others think of you . Do you , what ever makes you happy do that . I’ve never lived in a van but might want to in the near future 💕 love these vids thx so much 😊
I love u!
Amanda is just amazing to me. She surprises me all the time. She is definitely like an onion with many layers. Candid, but shy. Introverted until she's had a beer. Crazy smart. Artistic and a little mechanically enthusiastic, if not so inclined. Spiritual, practical and a born naturalist. Her videos are wonderful. I wish she made more of them, but I understand that is me being selfish. This was a well done interview, but there is so much to this woman, you could do another one and see another side of her or just watch her videos.💗
Thank you Forrest
Amanda & Frank are some of my Favourite Humane Beans ☕🤗
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Very nice interviewer, inquiring without being intrusive or impolite; sensitive, professional and nonjudgmental. Excellent!
I also really appreciated his sensitivity and gentleness.
38:00 Thank you Amanda!
You are an INSIGHTFUL, HONEST & GENUINE
You being Brave enough to Speak the TRUTH OUT LOUD is what HELPS those of us on the edge, suffering too survive🙏
The truth is powerful!
“I do a lot better as a human, not living on a clock.” I agree. I haven’t had a ‘job’ in two years and have been living on savings paying my rent til I can figure out a way to create a more consistent income without a standard job because I literally cannot be on other peoples time anymore. My sleep and energy levels are very much not normal and erratic so I just don’t have it in me to have a set schedule anymore and to force myself to stay locked into something with such regularity for the promise of consistent money. I should have purchased and moved into a vehicle 6 months ago when I had the opportunity to but I was still locked into a lease and now I don’t have the funds for anything reliable and my current tiny vehicle has been stationary for a month while I work for myself to create something with the foundation of peace and happiness. Love Amanda’s channel and Patreon content. I appreciate most the fact that she seems to have a similar mindset about van life as I currently do as a means to get out of a vicious cycle and not an Instagram fairytale. Can NOT bring myself mentally to going back to a 9-5 lifestyle but may need to pick up some part time work pretty soon to make ends meet until the right set of circumstances line up but I mentally have no interest in being locked in to someone else’s timing of things. It feels so unnatural to me. Has created way too many issues both mentally, energetically, emotionally and physically for me to ever want to go back to that way of living.
But she lives dirt poor how can somebody be comfortable living dirt poor. There's things like medicine that food things you have to have to live. Nobody likes work but I like to eat and I have a lot of medicine I have to buy I don't know what I would do without money.
@@tonyastanphill715 I also live dirt poor, but I also don’t have to pretend that I’m a machine anymore. The less you need the more you have. Someone could give me $1000 and it would last me way longer now than it would have when I was making that much after one week of work. When I had a consistent job with consistent money I burned through it like no tomorrow and still lived paycheck to paycheck. Now I literally just pretend like money doesn’t exist and the money I do get goes way way further in the long run. It requires a lot of lifestyle adjustments but it’s also very freeing to not feel like a slave to pieces of paper. If you watch her channel, she’s doing just fine and has been making steady improvements. It’s all a matter or priorities, and hers happens to be free time to explore and learn, not build up someone else’s wallet for scraps.
Been watching her channel for a while, and watching her grow. Content is straight from the heart, informative and entertaining. One of my favorites. Thanks for doing this interview!
We follow Amanda. Great podcast. Her content is very good. She's authentic.
Thanks for doing this video, documenting this way of life in such an excellent way.
Glad you enjoyed it!
You, sir, are an excellent example of active listening! Quite the skill set! Impressed that you interview without passing any judgment.
I feel Amanda to my core. Very impressed with her life's work -making conventional and frugal life work, transitioning to van life in a thoughtful way, honoring her convictions and values. Do it your way, take action based on your values, reject conventions that are toxic. Chances are high that if something is toxic for you, it's toxic for many others. She knows herself so well that the only reason a stranger would have difficulty with her would be entirely because of their own circumstances, not hers.
What a great video, Amanda, all the best to you hun, it was great to hear you’re receiving blessings in your life, your a breath of fresh air. Greetings from Australia 🌟
I relate to your story more than any other van lifer. Thank you for sharing ✌️❤️
Great interview thank you. I'm four years in an old van, and can relate to much of Amanda's story. I'd also love a bolthole, but the System disallows it. Always been a fringe dweller, but it's only in recent years that I learned to embrace it.
She just said everything I have felt my entire life. She is crazy cool!
She explains it well how many live their lives paying rent because it seems to work for everyone else. We live in the desert and some wonder why until we explain it's not as hard as most are lead you to believe.
I’m so happy Amanda’s channel led me here. Wonderful interview, such a self aware conversation on both sides. A breath of fresh air.
lovely interview and Amanda has a wonderful insight and the ability to put it all together verbally. It is so helpful for some people! Thank You for the Interview with this intelligent lady!
Thank you so much for sharing this podcast/vlog....it's been the best (almost) hour of my week...I love what Amanda has to say....so much wisdom for someone so young....kudos to her!
There is so much about you I so get girl you are very interesting smart and beautiful god bless you sweetheart
@tidelinetoalpine is one of my favorite humans, she is so inspirational, honest and transparent. I was one of her first subscribers as I've been following her on instagram for almost 3 years. It's been a pleasure to watch her recent subscriber success on youtube, and it's been so much fun to watch her channel blossom as her photography/videography skills are just awesome. She keeps her videos real, no background music (which is so rare, and I loathe it) and hearing the sounds of nature while she's doing her thing is the best. I beg all youtube creators to stop using background music in their videos. It often ruins the video.
Amanda & Frank are both beautiful spirits. Love her channel.
Yes, I dislike the music also. It distracts from the content.
Omg you are great and so smart and strong, I feel the same way but I don’t know where to start. I just want to have the freedom!
It is called intestinal fortitude and self awareness. She knows herself.
There are at least as many different potential ways to be happy as there are people in the world.
We got our Econoline because the cost of booking hotels and airbnbs for my wife's tattoo conventions has become insane compared to what you get, and I also needed a flexible work vehicle for home improvement projects. Even I, as a person who doesn't live in my van, get tired of seeing underwear models in $90k Sprinters.
Also just a sidenote, I've developed a minor crush on Amanda from different interviews I've seen of her. I don't align with her philosophically in a lot of ways, but she strikes me as very authentic, not to mention entertaining AF.
Love her channel she is the “real deal”‼️🚐😎👏🏼♥️
The realist van-lifer on TH-cam.
Love you Amanda 💕
Incredible video. Thank you Amanda. Congratulations 🎊. You did it. So proud of you. What you believe in we is as the world should expire to live. Not what we own or what we have, but what makes us happy and content.
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“Don’t start at the end point” Profound Amanda, PROFOUND!! #vanlife 💐💐
I love my vanlife,and wouldn't trade it for nothing. Especially now. If people would let go of all their crap ,they'd feel less stress.xoxoxo God Bless
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There is so much about you I so get girl you are very interesting smart and beautiful god bless you sweetheart
In my younger old, converted school bus with a boyfriend on a communal farm. Several years later, I lived with a different BF in a car with NO reverse while traveling to visit old friends in about 4 States. We had sleeping bags, a Coleman cooler and my Uncle gave us an old Coleman Propane stove so we didn't have to cook on a campfire anymore. I loved it; loved the feeling of the open road. I later got a college degree and lived a semi-normal life working a 40+ hour week for about 37 years. My plans when I retired was to get a van and fix it up and just travel all over. I missed my old life so much. But my body had different ideas. Now, with two major surgeries pending for a rotator cuff and a rebuilt knee, I am unable to fulfill that dream. So, I am living vicariously on the lives of other travelers and van dwellers. I still long for that old life; I was much happier being free. Enjoy your freedom while you can. There will come a day when you may have to change once again. Nice to meet you Amanda. I wish you all the best. God speed.
Wow best interview ever thank you thank you. Absolutely love her realism. 💜🦋💕👋💙🧚♀️ PS and you’re such a great interviewer.
Thanks Renea!
This girl is the real deal and it comes through loud and clear. Props to the interviewer too. Great questions and great listening skills!
Thanks Ronald, Glad you enjoyed it
Beautifully done, Thank You 🙏🏽. She is cool because she is honest and brave. Good interview, Keep up the good work.
I love that you actually talk to people some Van life tour channels rush people and their stories.
Thanks Marilyn. There's a lot of information that people can share when the lines of communication are open 🙂
What Amanda says about facing your inner issues is so very important. People run away from any inner discomfort in so many different ways. I realized, not intil my 40’s, that I had to just “ sit” with myself and face any issues that caused me emotional pain and discomfort. People are told they shouldbe “happy” at all times, which is impossible. Rather than live with some emotional pain inmordervto work through it, they run to alcohol or drugs to alleviate the pain…..and, thereby, never finding any true resolution or peace, which keeps them stuck.
What a refreshing conversation! My aha moment came with hearing van life culture described as a gentrified space. It always seemed to me anyone who lives on the road, has found a way to exist on their own terms. Rather than a cool lifestyle, it was driven by a deep need or a passion. This conversation has definitely shifted my ideas for the better. Thank you.
Fantastic video! Amanda is very interesting and self aware. Beautiful person.
I like Amanda, and I've watched her channel for a while now, BUT... All that talk about living without heat and carrying around all your water is fine when you're young. Let's talk to her in 20 years and see what the difference between her 'comfort' and her 'necessity' is.
I really like this lady. She's very simple and I like that she's not sucked into a way of life not desirous to her. She's a tough gal. I'd like friends like her that keep things simple and fun to talk with.
I enjoyed your kind interview with her.
Hope to see more interviews/podcasts.
Amanda is an amazing person. She is about my #1 favorite youtube channel. She is such a deep thinker and her love of nature is a big draw as I love nature so much, too.
I understand her need to be in control by using her skills to make do with what she has. It's akin to survivalism and it is a great power to have because it makes you feel strong and independent. It's truly awesome. But beware of time: with age, we need more and more comfort to survive and it is a good idea to bear that in mind: upgrade as needed, without feeling that it's a failure ! 😉😀
Love the vibes of this way of life. Well done!! 👏👏🎯
Amanda, you are a sharp cookie. You are a true Nomad with a very logical mind. Good Luck to you.
I prefer a solitary path too.....having been married multiple times I finally decided to stay single for the rest of my life. I enjoy it immensely.
"There's no Freedom in doing what everybody else is doing" that's a bumper sticker right there!
Love her! Been subscribed to her since the beginning.
A truthful, authentic woman who adopted the van living option for real reasons. A refreshing and honest perspective on a lifestyle that is demanding and requires resilience and commitment. Best wishes to you, Amanda on your continued contentment and good health. Much respect, Joe. UK (Great interview. Thank you)
Thanks for the comment Joe and I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed the interview 🙂
Amanda, how refreshing are you! So enjoyed what you shared. I like your values young lady. Thanks.
Excellent interview.
I really enjoy Amanda's videos and appreciate her views on living with less.
She's very inspirational
Congrats to this young lady! She is a real one, it’s so refreshing ! May the best be with you Amanda!
Hello guys...
You just meet a real down to earth Being, the rest of us humans could really learn from this Lady...
So nice to see a person who doesn't feel entitled to everything. She is much stronger and resilient than the snowflakes you see everywhere.
I totally agree with you!
“You don’t need rules if you know the value of morality”. I live my that and hearing someone articulate it so beautifully gives me proof the world is becoming aware and a lot of us live in vans.
Wow!! I love your attitude. A real minimalist . Looking forward to more videos.
Glad you enjoyed it Rich
You're talented and I really enjoyed the interview.
It does not take more time to maintain a house than a van conversion. And much less so an apartment. Your day to day maintenance is much more mundane, time- and energy-absorbing, and labor intensive in a vehicle. That said - Love her points of integrity about not being forced to be dependent on others for her right to housing, not participating in housing as a commodity and not allowing herself to be exploited for others to make money to use in unforeseeable, dubiously ethical ways.
Great Video...I've been following her for awhile...She is a super cool young lady. I have watched her doing some amazing repairs on her van. One Tough Cookie! Love the interview with her, Great Job!!
Such a relief to hear Amanda talk about her life and sound delighted to have done without and not whine about it. She is strong, she is real, she is great fun. Wherever you go there you are! For sure. Clocks! I agree Amanda. "I'm just content existing."
Forrest: You wrote "If you read all this give us 1 thumbs up emoji, 1 tree emoji and 1 Video camera emoji in the comment section." I have no clue how to do emoji's! But I read it all.
👌🏻🌲📽️. A whole menu of emojis lives under the smiley face at the bottom of a cellphone keyboard.
Love her calm sense of peace in her life choices. Even the dog sleeping in the background…
Good stuff!
I am "that plant"too. I felt almost every sentiment. you expressed Thank you bunches.
"There's no freedom in doing what everyone else is doing." Very Well Said!!!
This was the most interesting interview I have ever seen on living in a van. No talk about the things in the van, just talking about the why, which is so very inspiring in her case. No talk about what she is missing in her van life. All talk about what she is getting. Amanda, I truly wish you wrote a book. Thank you for this video.
Great talk. Inspires me. I live in an apartment but have similar values and live simply....
Smart lady !! Great C/Sense 👍good to see and hear
I have been watching Amanda for almost a year now! She is so authentic and love her storying telling as well as the beautiful scenery she captures. So many realism's in truth to how authentic Amanda lives her life. Awesome interview. First time watching one of your vids, Different Media. My Friend, Ron Sees America turned me onto you! Thanks Ron!!! As always, HI Amanda and Frankie!!!
I so appreciate your honesty and the fact that you admit that you have had issues that you have had to face and deal with. I am so impressed with your truthfulness. I am in my seventies and i wish i could be stronger in venturing out but i need people close by. All the best to you.
I don’t know how I came across this video. What a wonderful way to start my day. I’m a full time caregiver for my queen mom a little over 7 years now and can relate to having the practice of taking a deep breath and dealing with the challenges that come along. I too had very hard working parents that pushed us to become grateful for what we had and helped us become resilient through tough times. I don’t know how long I will be blessed with my mothers presence, but I do know that living on the road will be a part of my life short after she passes as a way to release and reflect. There is definitely something to be said about our connection to nature and the immediate serenity that it induces.
I want to thank you both for this video as it has left me with a wonderful feeling about how amazing humans are when they are being authentic. I will definitely be following both of you ✨♥️✨
I've been watching you and Frank for a while.
You have shown me that real van life is very very hard but if it suits your needs it can be such a blessing. You are so brave, independent and so intune with your emotional well being. Im twice your age but you are an amazing role model to me. Best advice ever,"follow your heart".
So much respect!
I agree. Respect drenched this interview like brandy does a fruitcake. Amanda's respect for her deeply felt values, her well-being, her ability to cope. Forrest's respect for Amanda and the different perspectives she offered. Both of them respecting natural time and flow. Refreshing.
Amanda. As someone who has watched you pretty much every evening, I felt privileged to hear you speak about your life as a van dweller on a much deeper level. I was introduced to the lifestyle I now live myself following the white bread version I was exposed to on TH-cam. You, my girl are the real deal.
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Amanda is the face of minimalist.
My mental health has been so much better than when I had roommates and no peace
Interesting interview. 👍🏝📹
Love this interview. Going to have to watch Amanda's channel.
Amanda, you are respected, admired and loved. 👍😎🇨🇦🐾💖 And, thank you for this interview...you're certainly doing what you are good at (sorry, missed your name, "Mr. Different media"! ) 👌⚘
Happy you enjoyed the podcast, my name's Forrest but Mr. Different Media is fine as well 😉
Just saw it in reply above: Forrest Stevens
Wow, I really enjoy looking up to this woman.
I am older . Can a person live on. A disability. Pension 1k ? I have been trying to save up to live in a van .. I am so scared as it gets to -50 on the parries … but I can’t see me living in a box. With out my things. And being told what I can and can’t do in disability senior housing … and if I can’t take my things and if I can’t maybe I’d be more happy in a van working pT doing something? I have looked at the price of all the things for van life and I wonder ? My minni van is falling apart so I hope I can find a high top cargo van . Big enough to put my scooter in … well I have a few things .. I would love to enter for the boost please .. gleam I will try to enter . Thanks . I am 54 and I hope in 1.5 years I can be starting my build and hope to get out of my rundown home I can no longer take care of. I don’t see the link ?
I saw Amanda’s beautiful smile and had to click! Great interview ❤️❤️❤️. Love this girl and who is this handsome guy doing the interview? Looks like I found a new channel to check out 👍
Love watching you Amanda (every single time)! Frank is so relaxed in the back. He's so precious! Great chat. Thank u for being candid about VanLife and telling your story. I only watch REAL VanLife. I also follow Forest. He's a real deal too. I'm not into brand/image nor care about how fancy your vans are. REAL stories are more genuine
Wonderful, but in USA it works until you become ill and have thousands to pay for hospital and doctor bills plus hundreds for medication.
Unless you start eating your natural frugivore diet and don't develop medical problems 🤷♀️ & work to save up an emergency fund for emergencies like accidents where you are physically hurt or car crashes and car maintenance.
Join with others trying to get a universal health care system off the ground. Pretty sure one of your political parties are open to that.
Nice approach! 👍🌴📹
Hey Amanda!!! Glad to see ya here.
That's true thriving, surviving wow!🙏🏾Transparency. Yes, I remember your interview with her. Twice this one. Wonderful. Wonderful. Haven't seen the first one though.
Thank you Forest for interviewing Amanda! Amanda, you are the best!