Last night – the first evening in my new RV – I was pretty cold. It wasn’t particularly chilly out. Maybe it’s because wanting to feel comfy in a place that’s half finished, knowing that this is your new home and everything you have is in the 200 sqft around you. The propane (stove, oven, warmth, food, comfort) isn’t working, the fridge (cooler) neither and there is still a giant hole in the side of the RV where the fridge used to be. And I think I do miss Tom.

Waking up to a beautiful and sunny day isn’t so bad though. I have to admit that the time my alarm clock rang I bolted awake jumping up in my bed only to realize that the ceiling is only 4 foot high and I hit my head while I was only half awake. Which woke me up straight away.

But then sliding open the little window just inches from my head, smelling the fresh air, feeling the warm sun rays and seeing just trees and grass around me (and the Church’s parking lot next door) while I’m still “in bed” and feeling like I’m on top of the world – that’s kinda cool. Very quiet, very peaceful, and everything I need is around me.

I’m looking forward to the days of travelling, when I can wake up in different locations, each day, nature, maybe the ocean, maybe an empty camp ground, and don’t have to think about a big city that is waiting behind the doors to the outside. I will slide down from the bed to the couch area, starting my computer, turning on some tunes & heating up some coffee. Hmmm. Coffee always tastes so great when you’re stripped off all amenities and the comfortable lull of media and entertainment, noises and neighbours, traffic and stress. Coffee is the one thing that warms all your senses. The one thing that helps me feel at home wherever I am.

You don’t need much to be happy. I know this now. And I feel that this will be one of my most important lessons for the next months. Be happy with less. Be happy with yourself. Be happy with what life gives you. Maybe it’s lemons, but maybe it’s a steaming mug of coffee.

Be happy with wheat you have. Starting.. now!