Plan what you can but be ready to make changes and never give up. I am 64 today. Divorce 10 years ago finished raising my 4 kids put them all though college and retired at 62. My youngest son just graduated from Stanford University computer science degree and the other boys are also working with computers, my daughter is in Japan English teacher. So far all is well. Take care.
Good advice, different generation, married ready made, one stepson, married 35 yrs, wife passed son doing great living in van since 2019,17 yrs older than you, one old geezer
I have the good of both worlds. All my children were adults by the time I was 45. Now I have the freedom to roam with the support of my kids. I'm blessed! ☺✌🙋♀
Yep, make that mistake at 18, not saying my two boys were mistakes. Happy accidents. Now after years of hard work, I can now do what you're doing if I so choose. Tho at limited ability. All used up. Living vicariously thru you.
Your video resonates in my mind. Having grown up poor, children would have cost me my freedom and locked me into a low paying corporate grind for life. The freedom that both the man and the woman lose when they create children is enormous. I tip my hat to those couples that do everything within their power to support their partner and to compensate each other for that loss of freedom. I am single, 74, financially set, and have enjoyed my freedom to the fullest. I would not be here unless my ancestors had surrendered a big part of their freedom, and I am grateful. But that life was not what I wanted.
Hi Matty...van life is the best ..forget about the rest...until you retire..and hope you don't expire...the hummingbird was sweet ....looking for a treat ... your dinner looked delicious... better than mine..back in October I dropped it and ran it over ....have a great week...take care. .... Deborah 🇨🇦
We had a clam a couple of years ago, similar to yours except bigger. we also had a hummingbird trapped.... I carefully caught it in my cupped hands... When I tried to let him go he just set there on my hand. we fixed it some sugar water and set him next to the dish and a short while later he just flew away.
Aloha wow 52 thanks to sharing what could have happened,loves great but paying for a life time due to a night of pleasure,drinking, with a issue that will be a huge part of your life.I am going to share this with my brother to hopefully 🙏 share with my nephew.best explanation I have ever heard.I had a girlfriend in the late 80’s that told me she was pregnant,Ihad to ask my mother to loan me 900 dollars,broke my moms heart.next day girl said she had a dream she was not. True decent.still I really hurt my mom and this changed are relationship. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and advice. Mahalo Bishop
😮😮😅 hummingbirds like red. My neighbors had a hummingbird stuck in their tent for who knows how long I saw it and had to do the same thing, flush him out.🎉
I couldn't have timed watching your video any better. My 16 yr old cousin was sitting with me. I'm trying to talk him into going on the road with me for a bit when he turns 18.
I've had the "World's Tiniest Violin" played for my love life (or the attempt), but the positive side of that is I have not been involved in toxic relationships or conceived any unwanted children.
Good one. Hummingbirds are so light and fragile. You right on what you do when young has drastic effects on your quality of life maybe all your life. Zipper control and don't do crazy shit. I tell young people this all the time. Some listen others flip me off. Hey Leeds is a great place. Been there many times at the Barber Museum and track. We have had a couple BMW motorcycle national rallies there. Mr Barber abd his wife were so gracious. I got to drivecan F1 car of my heros. Wat cool for a country boy from east Kentucky. Did you ride any through my area? Sure you did the Blue Ridge. I have ridden most all my life and still do at 69 plus. All over North America wgen young 19 or so. Went to college and had some hard days and some great days. Prepared for it and did what I wanted to do. Worked 41 states and rode all 49 and all Canadian Provinces. It's been real good. Get back over this way I got place you cab camp. Power water FREE long as you want. Just out of Hazard KY 40 miles from Virginia border. Nice mountains. All good next time
I intended on a permanent pairing, but ended up as a baby mama. Best thing ever, imo. Now I'm the full time caregiver to my own ma. I never intended for my first day of freedom to be one of the worst days of my life..... but that's how life seems to be headed..... throwing curve balls atcha whenevers clever 🥲😂 They say its all for a purpose so roll with the waves and duck the punches 🤣🤣
Yes, I'm a care giver to my ma. I could be traveling. I dream of traveling, I'm prepared to travel, but something in me continues to be a caregiver..... like getting up to tend to a crying baby at 2 am...I do it. I tell myself, this too shall change. Thanks Matty for all your posts.
The friendly hummer was a good omen for sure! Google what does it mean when a hummingbird visits? I wish that young people would take advantage of the opportunities that are out there for them to expand their horizons when they graduate from High School and join the Peace Corps or work with Americorps and travel a bit before they decide to have a family or settle down into their career. Some people know at a very early age that they do not want to have children. I never wanted kids and I have no regrets about that decision that I made when I was 24. There are soooooooooooo many more options to pursue. That food looked great!
Matty your camera work is outstanding because I watch plenty of van life. Video's and some are bad enough to make me dizzy watching. Hello from Prescott.
You can still have kids young and be at our age, living vanlife, if you can do it correctly. Minimize your expenses and maximize your savings. In fact, you can say i am, was in a van because i didnt do it correctly. And i dont recommend it unless you are really ready for the responsibilities, that includes who you have casual sex with...
Economically, its getting harder for yound people and poor people to survive as the wealth gap continues to grow year after year. We all have heard about how one income could support a family, those days have long gone and set sail for the average person. In fact, the average person can ɓarely survive on their own, let alone, to support a child or another person. I dont think that there will be a time again when the economics of the past would return to the days of yesteryear. My message to those putting themselves to have children...don't. Don't even stick it in. Its just no worth the risk of having a child, even in marriage, divorce rates give you a 50/50 chance. Most relationships don't last or make it.
It's kinda sad that panels that don't put out full power, given they're angled right, has become the norm. If there's not a review of someone saying it put out full power I won't buy it. And I'm not talking name means expensive panels. My 100w flex panels were $70 and I've seen 107w from my victron controller. That was in winter with the sun lower in the sky.
I'm 1 of the "lucky" people who made those better decisions to not have kids. Tho it still didn't make me more money LOL but I'm not tied down in that regard.
Well matty almost rt , would of invested In a st8cks n bricks live within your means. One must treat the equity as the retirement plan , nvr tap into , nxt thing you know you paid 80k owe less 50k its now worth 320k cash overs all day long. Bought a can in Jan 2020 now looking into sailing to pacific with my boondicking skills. . 60 now guess retired early at 56 ...., glad I don't have to make youtube , I do enjoy your travels . You should spend more time in oregon , cosstal not are only beauty. May be in quartzite come Jan. Smart birds I think
I dont like that term, man up, because some guys didnt sign up to have a baby and find themselves with no choice in the matter. It belittles those men as if they made the ultimate decision to have a child. And dont give me that, he shouldnt have stuck in in crap, because sticking in it is one thing, having a child for the rest of your life is a completely different decision! So stop grouping those two things together and lets get back to #VanLife...shesh!
Plan what you can but be ready to make changes and never give up.
I am 64 today. Divorce 10 years ago finished raising my 4 kids put them all though college and retired at 62. My youngest son just graduated from Stanford University computer science degree and the other boys are also working with computers, my daughter is in Japan English teacher. So far all is well. Take care.
Good advice, different generation, married ready made, one stepson, married 35 yrs, wife passed son doing great living in van since 2019,17 yrs older than you, one old geezer
😊 Go Matty, GO😅
"Think before you do that thing"😂😂😂 You crack me up.
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I have the good of both worlds. All my children were adults by the time I was 45. Now I have the freedom to roam with the support of my kids. I'm blessed! ☺✌🙋♀
Yep, make that mistake at 18, not saying my two boys were mistakes. Happy accidents. Now after years of hard work, I can now do what you're doing if I so choose. Tho at limited ability. All used up. Living vicariously thru you.
Your video resonates in my mind. Having grown up poor, children would have cost me my freedom and locked me into a low paying corporate grind for life. The freedom that both the man and the woman lose when they create children is enormous. I tip my hat to those couples that do everything within their power to support their partner and to compensate each other for that loss of freedom. I am single, 74, financially set, and have enjoyed my freedom to the fullest. I would not be here unless my ancestors had surrendered a big part of their freedom, and I am grateful. But that life was not what I wanted.
WOW - 80 here and enjoying every moment I have left.
Great advice! I think I could listen to you read a whole book, you voice is so calming ❣️
Great advice and good work with the hummingbird! ❤
Correct analysis of life. I planned my life instead of just drifting through life. I am 67 now and retired at 55. And, four children 😮
The hummingbird was one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time! Bravo!
So cool to see that hummingbird!
Hi Matty...van life is the best ..forget about the rest...until you retire..and hope you don't expire...the hummingbird was sweet ....looking for a treat ... your dinner looked delicious... better than mine..back in October I dropped it and ran it over ....have a great week...take care. .... Deborah 🇨🇦
We had a clam a couple of years ago, similar to yours except bigger. we also had a hummingbird trapped.... I carefully caught it in my cupped hands... When I tried to let him go he just set there on my hand. we fixed it some sugar water and set him next to the dish and a short while later he just flew away.
Aloha wow 52 thanks to sharing what could have happened,loves great but paying for a life time due to a night of pleasure,drinking, with a issue that will be a huge part of your life.I am going to share this with my brother to hopefully 🙏 share with my nephew.best explanation I have ever heard.I had a girlfriend in the late 80’s that told me she was pregnant,Ihad to ask my mother to loan me 900 dollars,broke my moms heart.next day girl said she had a dream she was not. True decent.still I really hurt my mom and this changed are relationship. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and advice. Mahalo Bishop
Loved the pep talk but mostly the humming bird
Good advice Matty. Studies have been done on how out of wedlock babies keep moms in poverty.
😮😮😅 hummingbirds like red. My neighbors had a hummingbird stuck in their tent for who knows how long I saw it and had to do the same thing, flush him out.🎉
Matty: You're never to old to enjoy freedom, Haha !
👍 Rock on 🙂.
That food at the end looks goooood!
MATTY YOU DID YOURSELF RIGHT!!-- YOU ARE A CAREFREE INDIVIDUAL...FREE SPIRIT LOVING THE LAND...what alot if us want to be NOW!
You been Tinkering with that solar panel😂
Great advice for young people - most can have the "independence" if they avoid the things you mention.
Good video. Nice job on the solar panel hook-up and should work great.
I couldn't have timed watching your video any better. My 16 yr old cousin was sitting with me. I'm trying to talk him into going on the road with me for a bit when he turns 18.
I went from Oregon to my home in Arizona. When I went by Quartzite I thought of you!
Fluffy approves this message 😂 Let me know if you’ll be going to Mittry Lake. I may go down around Christmas. Wondering if Larry will be there 🤔
Kid's definitely delays plan's 😊
Nice work on solar panels ✌🏿🏕
I've had the "World's Tiniest Violin" played for my love life (or the attempt), but the positive side of that is I have not been involved in toxic relationships or conceived any unwanted children.
Good info Matty! 👍🏽
Hummingbird may have wanted shade!
Hummingbirds they say are the easiest for cats to catch because they have to slow down to get nectar.
For an introvert you sure are an extrovert ❤
Yeah No baby mama's in my life either. Some of us have chose the the road less traveled.
Solid advise from a Solid Man!
MVH #1 in my book
The best advice. Decisions, wow.
Big Matt, dropping knowledge...
Happy belated Thanksgiving!
Watch out the little hummer doesn’t get his beak stuck in the mesh. Good job getting him out.
Good one. Hummingbirds are so light and fragile. You right on what you do when young has drastic effects on your quality of life maybe all your life. Zipper control and don't do crazy shit. I tell young people this all the time. Some listen others flip me off. Hey Leeds is a great place. Been there many times at the Barber Museum and track. We have had a couple BMW motorcycle national rallies there. Mr Barber abd his wife were so gracious. I got to drivecan F1 car of my heros. Wat cool for a country boy from east Kentucky. Did you ride any through my area? Sure you did the Blue Ridge. I have ridden most all my life and still do at 69 plus. All over North America wgen young 19 or so. Went to college and had some hard days and some great days. Prepared for it and did what I wanted to do. Worked 41 states and rode all 49 and all Canadian Provinces. It's been real good. Get back over this way I got place you cab camp. Power water FREE long as you want. Just out of Hazard KY 40 miles from Virginia border. Nice mountains. All good next time
I intended on a permanent pairing, but ended up as a baby mama. Best thing ever, imo. Now I'm the full time caregiver to my own ma. I never intended for my first day of freedom to be one of the worst days of my life..... but that's how life seems to be headed..... throwing curve balls atcha whenevers clever 🥲😂 They say its all for a purpose so roll with the waves and duck the punches 🤣🤣
Yes, I'm a care giver to my ma. I could be traveling. I dream of traveling, I'm prepared to travel, but something in me continues to be a caregiver..... like getting up to tend to a crying baby at 2 am...I do it. I tell myself, this too shall change. Thanks Matty for all your posts.
Well i forgot what the video was about at the end with that deliiiciious food 😋
Good advice. Not being a baby mama helps too.
The friendly hummer was a good omen for sure! Google what does it mean when a hummingbird visits?
I wish that young people would take advantage of the opportunities that are out there for them to expand their horizons when they graduate from High School and join the Peace Corps or work with Americorps and travel a bit before they decide to have a family or settle down into their career. Some people know at a very early age that they do not want to have children. I never wanted kids and I have no regrets about that decision that I made when I was 24. There are soooooooooooo many more options to pursue. That food looked great!
Matty your camera work is outstanding because I watch plenty of van life. Video's and some are bad enough to make me dizzy watching. Hello from Prescott.
Excellent advice. Some people need to cross their legs and think about how cold it gets in Alaska.
You can still have kids young and be at our age, living vanlife, if you can do it correctly. Minimize your expenses and maximize your savings. In fact, you can say i am, was in a van because i didnt do it correctly. And i dont recommend it unless you are really ready for the responsibilities, that includes who you have casual sex with...
Here.😊
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Great advice. You know how it is tho. 18 year olds are thinking with the other head😆✌🏻🇺🇸
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Very good advice!!!
@Matty - Nice bungie job!😊👍
Love riding was hit n run, 4/16/24. I'll not share the road that way again.
I love hummingbirds. Was that turkey in your meal?
Hi Matty
Where do you store the solar panel?
U b the. Greatest
Say Matty, your van hood appears to be partially open - do you run lights to keep mice out? thanks
Great topic!
If you lost your income from RUclips, how would you continue living as you do?
Economically, its getting harder for yound people and poor people to survive as the wealth gap continues to grow year after year. We all have heard about how one income could support a family, those days have long gone and set sail for the average person. In fact, the average person can ɓarely survive on their own, let alone, to support a child or another person.
I dont think that there will be a time again when the economics of the past would return to the days of yesteryear.
My message to those putting themselves to have children...don't. Don't even stick it in. Its just no worth the risk of having a child, even in marriage, divorce rates give you a 50/50 chance. Most relationships don't last or make it.
Maddie he was eating the insects inside your tent
If I missed it sorry why do you HABE rocks by the side of your tires?
🤰🤰🤰🤰🤰 LOL
Good advice
It's kinda sad that panels that don't put out full power, given they're angled right, has become the norm.
If there's not a review of someone saying it put out full power I won't buy it. And I'm not talking name means expensive panels. My 100w flex panels were $70 and I've seen 107w from my victron controller. That was in winter with the sun lower in the sky.
So how much money do you have to have saved to do vanlife?
Totally off topic...just curious...do you carry those tire marker rocks with you? Lol.
I'm 1 of the "lucky" people who made those better decisions to not have kids. Tho it still didn't make me more money LOL but I'm not tied down in that regard.
Made that early choice to not have kids as well. No regrets in my 60’s by not having them.
But if you have kids, you always have someone to go camping with you.
Per my gb ? Last vid. You don’t watch movies or stream much to eat up 50 gb of Starlink?
I am Thrice divorced!!
"Don't have kids". Matty Van Halen, 2024
@@schmonsequences Umm..... that is not what he said. 🙄
Well matty almost rt , would of invested In a st8cks n bricks live within your means. One must treat the equity as the retirement plan , nvr tap into , nxt thing you know you paid 80k owe less 50k its now worth 320k cash overs all day long. Bought a can in Jan 2020 now looking into sailing to pacific with my boondicking skills. . 60 now guess retired early at 56 ...., glad I don't have to make youtube , I do enjoy your travels . You should spend more time in oregon , cosstal not are only beauty. May be in quartzite come Jan. Smart birds I think
@@MISCIFMAKER Good grief, please fix your typos.
Wise words and very true
I dont like that term, man up, because some guys didnt sign up to have a baby and find themselves with no choice in the matter. It belittles those men as if they made the ultimate decision to have a child. And dont give me that, he shouldnt have stuck in in crap, because sticking in it is one thing, having a child for the rest of your life is a completely different decision! So stop grouping those two things together and lets get back to #VanLife...shesh!