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Retirement Visions
With just 9 more years of the working life I find that my mind is constantly focused on my visions of retirement. What will retirement look like for me when I hit the age of 65 and can lock in … Continue reading
Posted in adventures, aging, camping, debt, family, finances, fitness, fun, growing up, health, hiking, life, marriage, minimalist, prepared, simple living, work
Tagged adventure, aging, camping, debt, family, finances, health, hiking, life, minimalist, moments, nature, now, positive thinking, retirement, simple living, work
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A Whole Life
Slowly and carefully I am taking small steps towards going from a Whole 30 diet to a Whole 30 Lifestyle. I suppose you can say I am trying to create a Whole Lifestyle. With new born excitement about not just … Continue reading
Posted in adventures, art, awards, blogging, body building, camping, debt, diabesity, diet, emergency, family, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, intermittent fasting, life, MAC, marriage, meditation, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, photography, prepared, primal, quit smoking, roses, simple living, stress, the whole 30, type II diabetes, vaping, vegan, vegetarian, walking, work
Tagged adventure, aging, art, blogging, body building, camping, debt, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, family, fasting, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, keto, life, meditation, minimalist, moments, natural health, nature, now, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, positive thinking, primal, quit smoking, retirement, simple living, strength training, the whole 30, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, vaping, vegan, vegetarian, walking, weight loss, well being, whole 30, whole life, work
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Our Emergency Fund and Practical Decisions
Back in late 2013 I made the decision to purchase a reliable vehicle that would be strong enough to pull a travel trailer. After considering many options I decided that since my track record with Hyundai pretty much perfect I … Continue reading
Posted in adventures, camping, debt, emergency, family, finances, fun, growing up, hiking, life, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, Oregon, prepared, simple living, work
Tagged 55+, aging, camping, debt, debt free, essentialism, finances, gratitude, hiking, hyundai, life, minimalism, minimalist, money, nature, over 50, retirement, santa fe, simple living, today, traveling, trucks, vehicles, wisdom
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30 Day Emergency Stay at Home Plan: Food
It’s another cold Saturday morning as I sit once again wait for the doorbell to ring and my Survival Coach John to arrive. Today John will be reviewing my plans for having enough food to survive 30 days without leaving … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, camping, diet, emergency, family, food, health, life, marriage, minimalist, nature, prepared, primal, simple living, stress
Tagged aging, bugging in, camping, family, food, food storage, health, life, minimalist, moments, nature, now, positive thinking, prepare, prepared, preparedness, primal, simple living, survival
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30 Day Emergency Stay at Home Plan: Water
Saturday morning yielded yet another knock at the door and a visit with our survival friend and expert John. “Good morning John”, Good morning Bill”. “You know these visits are just 15 minutes long Bill, so lets get started”. I … Continue reading
Posted in emergency, prepared
Tagged adventure, aging, bathing, bathroom, brushing your teeth, bugging in, camping, drinking, family, food, h2o, health, life, minimalist, moments, nature, Oregon, positive thinking, prepared, preparedness, prepping, primal, simple living, survival, toilet, water
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Baby it’s Cold Outside
Winter has arrived here in Oregon and with it I have added a new item to my prepper collection. While living in a modern home in the City doesn’t allow for certain options like a wood burning fireplace or wood … Continue reading
Posted in camping, emergency, health, life, minimalist, Oregon, prepared, simple living
Tagged aging, camping, emergency, family, health, heat, minimalist, moments, nature, Oregon, positive thinking, prepare, prepper, primal, simple living, warmth, winter
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Living in a Van
I just finished read a book on my kindle called “Minimalist Living, How to live in a van and get off the grid” by Mary Soloman. So with this title in my mind you must be asking, “Billy, why are … Continue reading
Posted in adventures, camping, debt, family, finances, food, fun, growing up, life, minimalist, simple living, work
Tagged adventure, aging, camping, debt, family, finances, food, life, minimalist, moments, positive thinking, primal, retirement, simple living
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Good Health is Simple Living
I have been writing a lot of posts lately about my own health and my challenges with Type II Diabetes. I tag these posts with “minimalism and simple living” tags. The reason I do this is that I feel one … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, body building, diabesity, family, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, intermittent fasting, life, marriage, meditation, minimalist, nature, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, primal, roses, simple living, type II diabetes, vegan, vegetarian, walking, work
Tagged adventure, aging, art, blogging, body building, camping, debt, diabesity, diabetes, exercise, family, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, keto, life, meditation, minimalist, moments, nature, now, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, positive thinking, primal, quit smoking, retirement, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, vegan, vegetarian, walking, weight loss, work
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It’s all About Image
When we think about self it really all comes down to image. There is not one of us who doesn’t look at ourselves in the mirror and make judgements about what we see. Those judgements we make correlate to what … Continue reading
Posted in art, family, fun, growing up, health, life, minimalist, simple living
Tagged adventure, aging, art, blogging, body building, camping, debt, diabetes, exercise, family, fasting, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, image, keto, life, meditation, minimalist, mirror, moments, now, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, photography, positive thinking, primal, quit smoking, retirement, self, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, vaping, vegan, vegetarian, walking, weight loss, work
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And I Simply ask the Question, “Why?”
I have never been one who thinks on the lines of going along with the pack. I love to think about things outside the box and simply ask the question “why”. This in a sense makes me an independent thinker … Continue reading
Posted in adventures, camping, debt, family, finances, health, life, meditation, minimalist, nature, primal, simple living
Tagged adventure, aging, blogging, camping, debt, family, finances, fitness, fun, growing up, health, hiking, life, meditation, minimalist, moments, nature, now, positive thinking, primal, simple living
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