for personal growth van life is often considered a rejection of the modern lifestyle reject over consumption seek a more minimalist life with less things just a van basic necessities and a few small comforts some may seek to live more sustainably waste less live off the land or at least partially off-grid ultimately they hope to connect with nature and find a like-minded community bonding with strangers over similar values and experiences i find there's a lot of crossover with the appeal of tiny houses rvs houseboats and any other off-grid or self-sustaining lifestyles but again this video will focus mainly on van life specifically in this video i want to make distinctions between how van life is represented on social media versus how regular people who are not rich influencers experience it while they may share some similar experiences undoubtedly the popular van life influencers enjoy many privileges and benefits from earning a living by documenting their lives being an influencer can offer much more flexibility and opportunities than van lifers who have a lot more limitations or much stricter budgets this video will also cover the major differences between choosing to live in a vehicle and living in a vehicle as a last resort hashtag van lifers are often seen as aspirational and cool while others are disparaged for sleeping in their cars there's a lot of classism to discuss and we will get into that but first let's give a shout out to today's sponsor blue land blue land sells a variety of cleaning products that can help you cut down on single-use plastic instead of buying a bunch of plastic soap dispensers over and over i can wash my hands for weeks with one little tablet these start at just two dollars per tablet or could go as low as NUMBER_TOKEN each if you buy in bulk and they are super easy to use allow me to demonstrate fill the bottle with warm to hot water drop in one tablet let it dissolve put the nozzle back on and you can use within minutes no shaking or storing needed i really love the foam it cleans without leaving any residue and it just feels very light and fresh my kit is the hand soap duo it comes with two glass bottles and six tablets with three different scents if you already have bottles or soap pumps that would work you can just buy the tablets but i've got to say these glass bottles are beautiful and you'll save a bit if you do buy a kit blue land has plenty of other cleaning products as well to help you cut down on single-use plastic if you want to try blue land you can click my link in the description to get NUMBER_TOKEN off your first order now shipping to the us canada uk australia and new zealand and getting right back into van life first i want to highlight that van dwelling is not new many different cultures and peoples have historically had very mobile or nomadic lifestyles including but not limited to the romani people romani is an ethnic group that originally migrated from northwest india over a thousand years ago the romani diaspora extends across europe and the rest of the world including the united states for those of us less familiar you may know them as the g word which i am not going to say because it's a slur it's long been used as a pejorative but you may recognize the image of groups of families traveling together in caravans it's hard to generalize or describe the romani as a whole ethnic group because much of their written history has been
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN for sleeping in their cars there's a lot of classism to discuss and we will get into that but first let's give a shout out to today's sponsor blue land blue land sells a variety of cleaning products that can help you cut down on single-use plastic instead of buying a bunch of plastic soap dispensers over and over i can wash my hands for weeks with one little tablet these start at just two dollars per tablet or could go as low as NUMBER_TOKEN each if you buy in bulk and they are super easy to use allow me to demonstrate fill the bottle with warm to hot water drop in one tablet let it dissolve put the nozzle back on and you can use within minutes no shaking or storing needed i really love the foam it cleans without leaving any residue and it just feels very light and fresh my kit is the hand soap duo it comes with two glass bottles and six tablets with three different scents if you already have bottles or soap pumps that would work you can just buy the tablets but i've got to say these glass bottles are beautiful and you'll save a bit if you do buy a kit blue land has plenty of other cleaning products as well to help you cut down on single-use plastic if you want to try blue land you can click my link in the description to get NUMBER_TOKEN off your first order now shipping to the us canada uk australia and new zealand and getting right back into van life first i want to highlight that END_SPONSOR_TOKEN