Thoughts from Inside The Box

I’m not talking about securing in the sense of safety and making something inaccessible, but rather in making sure something stays static relative to its container.

In Charting the Waters, I mentioned two books that I picked up to get myself in the travel mindset.

Back again with another riveting installment of Questions and Answers.

Okay, that’s definitely a bit of a dramatic title, but I am definitely not happy with this turn of events.

It appears I have a few prolific inquirers, so here goes Q & A round two.

A few days ago, I opened up a question form where people can ask whatever they want about the truck-life.

Tips from the Truck is a new series I’m starting now, where I talk about the various little things you can do to make truck life easier.

I’m a very judgmental person, I have been for as long as I can remember.

So I’ve been at work almost a month now, and living in the truck for just as long.

Unfortunately, I’m not talking about some more RV/Hippie Van/Truck neighbors.

Something I noticed when I first bought this truck was that it had a special permit in it.

I occasionally mention how glad I am that I’m able to live the way I do, but it’s definitely not for everyone.

As I’ve mentioned before, I drove buses in a past life (read: two months ago).

Every so often, I like to apply a simple Litmus test to my life to help me figure out a couple things.

Before you get too worried, the title probably isn’t what you think it is.

As you may or may not have noticed, I’ve been slowly rolling out new functionality to the site.

My parking situation is very much analogous to my housing situation: I don’t quite fit in.

I’ve mentioned in the past that I believe getting enough sleep is a key component to happiness and success.

As I’ve talked with more and more people about my living situation, I’ve noticed a few questions that come up all the time.

This is another post on philosophy, take that as you will.

Ok, so I have a confession: this is the first post that I’m actually typing up FromInsideTheBox.

Look at that stupid thing.

My first two Home Improvement Projects weren’t exactly the highest caliber works of craftsmanship.

I’ve survived my first (nearly) whole week of work.

Don’t worry, I’m not going to post about every single night I spend in the box truck, but this one was markedly different than the first, and deserves to be noted as such.

I did it.

With the bed out of the way, I was ready to try bigger and better things.

One important part of this whole process is turning the back of a truck into a livable, comfortable space.

So I’ve already laid out my pros and cons of why I’m actually doing this, but there’s another aspect to it that I didn’t really explore in that post, and it basically revolves around the idea of minimalism.

When you move into a new home, a trip or two to Home Depot isn’t just likely, it’s inevitable.

So here we are, almost a week into living in California.

And here is where things start to get interesting.

Graduation The weeks leading up to my inevitable departure from UMass Amherst are but a blur at this point, a torrent of papers, finals, and tough goodbyes.

It took me a few days to code up this blog, so I’m going to write a couple of posts back to back just to catch the site up to speed with my life.