 We're like six weeks in right at this point. No, we're only like three weeks in well feels like six Before we decided to do van life, we were actually in an 1100 square foot apartment with two bathrooms two bedrooms But also we were spending all our money on rent and the rest of our money is going to credit cards from living as a 20-something trying to keep up and student loans Moving into van life was about getting out of the debt we're in so we can start building a future We have to figure out the best way to turn that around into what we want to see for ourselves We have to do something about this internet. I'm sure this is expensive We've reached out to the matinees because we know they're super experienced in van life We're the matinees and we just spent four years straight out on the road and our converted Sprinter van We started educating people Financially about how to live on the road because we made a lot of mistakes Mistakes because we hadn't really figured the lifestyle out What do you think we can help you guys with we keep finding ourselves in a position where we feel like We have to do everything. Yeah, and it's costing us a lot of money and also we're not paying this giant rent check Yes, and you know with the van build and everything over which direction do we push our money and gain control and understand it more You're putting your home through an earthquake every day, and you need to have a budget ready to go Beforehand it'll save you a lot of headache So our top priority on the road is to have five thousand dollars Set aside for the van that if something goes wrong, we know we have the cash on hand We made a list of a literally every single bill that we had Crossed out everything except for six bills at one point. You really don't need much, right? The biggest thing for them is to really take a good look at what are their actual needs and how can they kind of reallocate their money to reflect that? I'm actually a little nervous. Yeah, like what are we gonna have to get rid of all the little payments that add up mm-hmm Credit card payment auto payment. Oh and internet. Oh, yeah, I Think the thing we really love about van life is the freedom We're untethered from an apartment. We are untethered from expectations We've been doing everything as we should and what if we did things as we wanted to So how did it go building your budget? We slashed some items that were hard to slash. Congrats guys. Thanks. You're like flying already It took us a year plus to do any of this going really slowly is great as well Because then you're not spending all this money on jazz We have known so many people jump into this and if people are together on something they always love it We'll definitely see you guys out on the road. Absolutely. Thank you again so much. Of course guys. All right. See you soon after the last three days, I Feel a lot more confident going into our financial situation now that we're living in the van and Having the matinees as a resource now as friends. It's gonna be great And they're also proof that you know, it can be done Don't do what anyone else has done because you've seen it work Do what's gonna work for you Whatever it is an alternative lifestyle There's a million different ways to do things This just worked for us. This is what worked for us