How to Declutter to Move into an RV Full-Time

Stuff takes up a lot of energy; emotional, physical, and spiritual. It can remind you of things you'd rather forget. You have to maintain it, replace it, clean it, move it. It can stop you from fulfilling your potential.

There is nothing inherently wrong with stuff. There is only something wrong with you if you let a physical possession decide for you how you will live your life.

I gave up so many opportunities because I had a household to maintain. When I began the long, often painful, and ultimately rewarding decluttering journey that led me to full-time RVing, I set my soul free.

My ebook Sorting It Out: From packrat to full-time RVer is a chronicle of my five-year quest to subdue my hoarding tendencies.

Drawing lessons from each step of the process, Sorting It Out explores the following concepts:

What does it mean to be organized?

How do you start a decluttering journey?

What is the process to triumphing over clutter?

How do you overcome barriers to successful decluttering?

How do you deal with special challenges, those items that are particularly difficult to declutter?

Why bother doing this at all?

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Examine your home and life today. What activities that you enjoy do you spend the bulk of your time doing? Things that support these activities should probably come with you in the RV.

You can pursue almost any hobby in an RV. I know a lot of quilters who are worried they won't be able to quilt anymore or woodworkers who will miss their shop. Pick an RV that will give you space for your projects, such as a class C with a rear bedroom or a toyhauler, and make room for your toys, even if it means stuffing the overflow into the wardrobe and getting rid of most of your clothes. Who cares if you're going to be wearing the same pair of jeans and two t-shirts day in and day out? You're traveling around! You won't see most of these people again!

There is a secret of life. I discovered it while my father was dying and I'm going to share it with you.

This secret is that the only thing in this life that matters is the only thing we can take with us when we die: our memories.

Full-time RVing is a lifestyle that constantly challenges you and exposes you to new things. It enables you to build a rich memory bank of memories instead of being caught in the haze of the same old routine.

It was only a few short years ago that I thought I had reached a point in my life when it was too late to fulfill dreams, especially those of visiting the far north. There just wasn't going to be enough money. I didn't realise that what I needed was less stuff, not more money.

I got rid of the stuff, saw my income drop by a third, and, just like that, I was standing knee-deep in the Beaufort Sea. And that wasn't the only dream I realised after successfully decluttering and hitting the road. There are days when I feel like the richest woman in the world.