As a tiny home entrepreneur, I am often able to meet people who want to make their Tiny homes for homeless Veterans dreams a reality. Today’s society has an undercurrent theme. It could be called awakening, awareness, or restlessness. A large number of people feel resistant to the mainstream lifestyle. Accept that you are not happily pursuing possessions that do not bring happiness. You put off living your life in the hope that you will still be able to enjoy it after fifty to sixty years of work. A movement is underway to change all this. Instead of looking at life in the future and focusing on the present, see life as it is now. You don’t have to wait 50 years to travel across the country in search of the wilderness. Instead, you can do it now. Although it may seem impossible, there are many innovative ways you can achieve your goals.

Let me share some personal examples. As a project manager, I manage large-scale software development projects. My passions include yoga, mountain biking, reading, gardening and solving entrepreneurial problems. My home is only 1200 square feet in Jacksonville, Florida. I’d be happy with half of that space. The house is small on a large lot with a great neighbourhood. My yard is the largest in the neighbourhood, and I have the smallest footprint house. It is exactly how I want it to be so I can garden and feel the “woods” in my backyard. I’m fortunate enough to work at a company that allows me the freedom to work remotely one day per week. I discovered that I spend most of my free time outside in the garden or on the computer pursuing one of my entrepreneurial passions.

It was a wonderful solution for my employer and me. I thought, why can’t it be like that all the time? It’s not difficult to achieve something that others might consider unusual. So I decided to make it my goal to be completely remote from my job for the next six months. Through great conversations with my Manager, I could go completely remote in 3 months. I have been doing this for 6 months with great success. This means I can now work from anywhere I choose, provided I have internet access and a quiet environment. This is an extraordinary luxury for me and gives me joy every day. This is the fundamental understanding. It’s not an additional $10,000 per year, it’s the freedom to work remotely from home, a campsite, or in a co-work setting. This freedom is what gives me joy, so it was my top priority.

I settled down after I returned from my remote job and began to travel. I also thought about what other lifestyle changes I could make to create the ideal life I wanted. Over the past year, I have learned a lot about how to become money neutral. This means that you can have things that are self-sustaining so you don’t have to pay any extra. One example: I can rent my house out while I travel to cover mortgage costs. My mortgage can be paid in half, 3/4, or even the entire amount while I’m traveling. This allows me to provide great value to my tenants and gives them the opportunity to travel the world.

This is my personal example of Lifestyle Design. It shows how looking at things from a high-level perspective and then digging down to the innovative, sometimes unorthodox solution that facilitates your lifestyle can result in truly life-changing experiences. It is important to take the time to really think about what you truly want. What makes you smile? What are you most proud of? What are you proud of? However, achieving long-term goals, volunteering for a cause or pushing yourself beyond your comfort zone can provide genuine happiness for many years. The joy of being able to look back at those memories and feel the emotions is far more important than the new car.

Take a look at your goals and motivations. Take another look at the list. Talk to a trusted friend. You can take another look at it. You will eventually have nothing left to add, delete or change. You will know you have a solid foundation and can now design your path to get there.