[Phssthpok]

I am in the first stages arranging my affairs so that I may go 'mobile' and live in a 24' Trailer for a couple of years to reduce living expenses in order to rapidly save money for land.

No fixed location = no rent
No power bill
No water bill
No sewer bill
No cable bill

My only bills will be the occasional propane refills,cell phone, and food. (and student loan) There are about a half dozen places I can park temporarily for sure near my work (which has sanitary facilities I can use....including showers)... and a couple I might get permission to use permanently.

People at work tend to view this plan with (putting it politely) skepticism. Some just plain think I'm nuts. One guy thinks it hilarious...in a good way. Keeps calling it a 'coup' and that he'll be laughing his arse off when I 'retire' in 2-3 years. ( but he's also the one who's looking at buying an old fishing trawler and converitng it to a living space, so HE at least understands...)

Yet these same people would think that getting a second job (to save up money) would be a stellar idea! Why would I burn myself out at a second job, only to pay a portion of my extra money to the gummint? So I can keep a fixed address with all those bills and have no time to do anything but sleep? Not to mention that the 'extra money' I'd get from a second job (most likely part time/minimum wage) wouldn't be anywhere NEAR as much as the savings I'd realize by paring my life down to a spartan existance in the TT.

You think it's latent jealousy, maybe? Or maybe it's just a 'herd' mentality.

Spartan life = nuts
Second job = noble

I just don't get it.