Adapting to Life in An RV

Since the title of the blog is Living Large In A Small Space I thought I'd talk about some of the adjustments to living in a small space.

Turns out there really aren't that many. We were living in a pretty small house, then we were in a smaller space at my parents' house, so this wasn't such a big leap.

I've read several blogs by full time RVers and one thing they all seem to say is that you'll start out with a large amount of clothes and realize that you really only wear about 10% and I'd say that's accurate for us. Admittedly, with the weather being so hot, we're just wearing shorts and T-shirts most of the time, but I'd say we even have too many of those clothes.

We have plenty of storage, but I expect we'll purge some clothes at some point.

I think the biggest challenge is food storage and preparation. There's a fair amount of space to store pantry items, but the freezer is not very large so that means we need to restock on meat every week or more often. Two people cooking is challenging, but we are getting better at it. (Or I just let Chris do it in order to not be in the way. I'm thoughtful like that.)

The RV is designed for maximum storage so that's not a big deal, so it's more of a dance of the two of us reaching around each other for items.

It also helps that we are able to be outside often so our "patio" space is like an additional room.

At this point, the biggest challenge is just remembering where I stashed things during the great scramble to escape Ohio.

Moral of the story---we don't really need that much space or stuff to be happy.