Full-time RV living is not for everyone. Here are the top six reasons why people have quit. [♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ Welcome to the channel, I'm Liz. And I'm Paul and these are exciting times to push past fear, build confidence and live amazing. And if you're thinking about full-time RV living, you might have some fear to push past. Paul and I have been full-timing for two years and we meet people who aren't so much like it. Now we don't meet a lot, but we do hear of why people quit and we thought it would be helpful to you. If we did a video of the top six reasons why people quit this life. Like Liz said, this life is not for everyone. There are challenges just like every other thing in life. Let's talk about it. So we met a couple in Oregon last summer and one of the first things they said was, we're thinking about quitting and we're said, oh, well, how long have you been full-time RV living? And you know what they said? Three months. That was three weeks. Three weeks, probably. That's right. Three weeks. So number six, some people don't give it enough time. Do not try and make this decision at three weeks. You definitely want to give it more time. And one thing that I think would help would be once you make this decision to full-time RV live, give it six months before you make the decision again. How do what it seemed like was happening with them and with other people? Is they revisit that decision every day? There was a bit of, oh my god, what have we done? You know, we need to get... They have sold everything. He's done wind his mask. Commit to it. Commit to it for at least six months. Because you'll make yourself crazy if you decide every day am I going to do it or not? Yeah. You can't be on quicksand like that. It will swallow you up. This couple in particular, they had come from Florida to Oregon in three weeks. In three weeks. That's traveling fast folks. That's moving. And we meet people like that who travel. Really fast and I think that would make you hate this life. Yeah. They're treating it more like a vacation than a lifestyle. You just have to remember that this is your lifestyle. Now you're not in a hurry to get anywhere. And so take your time, see the areas that you're passing through. That's what makes this life so special. One of the many things that makes this life so special. That's right. And you'll wear yourself out if you're setting up and breaking camp every day or two. Yeah. If you're staying at Walmart, so you're not even getting the enjoyment of this life or if you're rigged. We kind of got into that when we went from from Washington to South Dakota. We were doing we were on a bonsai run to South Dakota. And by the time we got there, we'd warn ourselves out. We were kind of hating this line. Yeah. For whatever reason, we decided that we needed to do the trip fast. And there was no particular reason for that. We just had that in our brains. He said, let's just do it really quick. Yeah. Yeah. We learned. I'm sure it is. Yeah. I'm sure I played a big role in that. Yeah. But I also, when we got to heart ranch in South Dakota and saw how nice it was, we said, you know what, let's stay here for a while. So we extended. And then slowed the pace way down. Even after that, we realized the mistake that we'd made. Made a big difference. Sometimes we meet couples where one person is driving the bus on the idea and the other person is maybe not totally on board. Yeah. If you're going to do this and I'm sure you think, well, I'm really in it and my partner will maybe once I get him or her out here, she'll fall in love with it. Well, that's wishful thinking. And if that person is not committed before you, before you hit the road, you're doomed to fail. You really are. I mean, you might be one of the lucky ones where that person does fall in love with it. But if they're not on board in the beginning, if they're not as excited as you are, yeah, be honest with each other and be honest with yourself about this. If you're not committed in the beginning, your chances of doing this full time are not very good. The next one is make sure you get the right rig. We talked about this in the other video, but I was either going to get a fifth wheel or quit this life. Then it was down to that. I had decided it was one of those two things. And right, so if you come out here on the road and you decide you don't like it, be open to the fact that is it the rig? Because I started out full time RV living in a camper van. And I realized do I hate the liper? Do I hate the van? Turned out to be the van. I didn't really hate the van. It just wasn't suitable for me. Similar thing for me, I bought a travel trailer, a 24-foot travel trailer, and it was just too small. It seemed big enough when I bought it, but when that's your living space and that's all you've got, the walls start closing in on you. Right, so just be open to that. You can also buy too big, where every time you travel, it's so stressful because you've got this big thing or you can't fit into places that you want to go. Yeah, that's our situation right now. We have a 35-foot fifth wheel, and it's right on that, for me, it's right on that blind, where it's almost too big, because there are times when pulling into a space gets very stressful. And the number two reason why people quit full time RV living is family reasons, like obligations, right? So if you have elderly parents, you might need to take care of them. We met people that were quitting this life because their daughter gave birth to a child that was special needs. And oh, there was someone else we met. The daughter had twins and needed help. So she was going to go take care of her, you know, and help with the babies. There's somebody in the A team that has mentioned in the comments that she's taking care of her 90-year-old mother, I think, or father, I can't remember which. But yeah, there are reasons that you can't do this because of obligations at the point. Right. And so maybe that's something where you can do it part-time, you know, around that or get some help and, you know, get away. There might be a way to work around that. The number one reason why people would quit this life or never even come into this life is health and mobility. You have to have a certain level of fitness and mobility to be able to do this life. It's very physical. Set up and break down is not for the faint of heart. Well, you need to be able to, you know, pick up hoses. You need to be able to climb a couple of stairs. And what kind of way you have, there's going to be steps to get in. I go up on the roof every time we break down and set up to do some stuff up there. To check things or do something with an antenna. Yep. The reality is you have to be somewhat physically fit to do this life and be comfortable at it. It's true. If you have your health, you can have, you know, the whole world in your hands. If you don't have your health, then, you know, the options are so limited. And we hear from people, I wish we could join you, Liz and Paul. Unfortunately, our health won't let us. And this video, you know, is a reminder, if you have your health and you're free, come on out here. Yeah, I'm fortunate. I guess good genes. And you take care of yourself. Yeah, I was a lifelong runner. I stopped running a few years back, but I ran marathons for 30 plus years. I took up cycling, so that helps. Yeah, and some people that, you know, have had misfortunes, whether it's been car wrecks or illnesses. I mean, our hearts go out for you. I mean, we know that life can turn on and on. Every day, we're grateful that we have our health and we can be here. We know that that can change like that. Yeah, yeah. And you had the bike accident that luckily, you know, other than some road rash and a broken nose, that you came away. But, yeah. But you just lost a friend? Yes, I did. I, I just lost a good friend. He had a, a fall. It wasn't even that big of a fall. He was paralyzed from the neck down. They did a surgery and he seemed to be doing well. And then his body, for whatever reason, just shut down. And so he's gone. He was, we were the same age and, and, uh, Life on friend. Yeah, maybe rest in peace. Phew. Yeah. I mean, really, I mean, we're just grateful to be here. And we hope you can join us. And we hope this video helps. You make that decision. Live well. We're all in this together. We're all in this soup together. Let us know in the comments if there's any reasons that we've missed as far as why people would stop living this life, I guess, other than they just don't like it. We didn't even think about that. Yeah. That's a bonus one. Some people just don't like it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, some people don't like the, all the travel adventure fun. All the traveling, the uncertainty, you know, the, yeah. I mean, stuff happens out here. You know, you get a blow out or flat tire or, you know, all kinds of things can go wrong when you're traveling. If you want the predictable same day, everything, this is not going to be the life. It's not your life. You don't want this life. Yeah. Yeah. This is a lot of adventure and it may be too much adventure, too much uncertainty and we get that too. So we actually have a video that you can watch called the downsides of RV Living and we'll put a link to it right here. See you in the next one. See you next time. And I won again. I quit.