Worlds Collide
This ended up being a really tough weekend for me in multiple ways. It seems obvious in hindsight that the traditional male bachelor party and a van life with a focus on minimalism and moderation would conflict.
Money for me was a huge deal this summer and I picked and chose every dollar I spent carefully. For others being on their main vacation for the summer so it didn’t matter what things costed. This 4 day weekend ended up costing 1/6th of my nearly 100 day summer.
Moderation was my other struggle. Van life has unique challenges to health and wellbeing and I used a strict sleep schedule and moderated my eating. This weekend challenged habits I spent a month cultivating and just sent me into a weird mental spiral. Either fully join in and set myself back or isolate myself. It was a tough choice.
I’m writing this months after the fact with the assumption that nobody will fully read this. Its more of a reflection for myself. It took me nearly another month to shed the anxiety of the weekend. But hey, the lake was pretty and someday I’ll be able to post a really cool drone video from it.
