Inspiration needed?!
Creating one’s own reality…
After jumping into this bus thing head first and making all the wrong choices, (I’m on my 3rd bus and haven’t gotten rid of any of them yet) getting burned by bad mechanics, overcharged for everything, haven’t had enough time to get anything done myself the way I hoped…been laughed at, called crazy, and felt a underlying sense of guilt for all the time and money I’ve spent on this bus thing so far, when I should have been doing other things and on top of that the price of fuel keeps climbing, WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME??
IS THERE A CURE FOR THIS ?
What is it I’m looking for??
Is it some kind of primal quest to explore the unknown? Some kind of conquest?
Or is it simply a way to lose myself in something other than all the bull—- of my everyday responsibilities and the life I have created for myself?
Right now there is nothing I would like more than to jump in my bus and be gone————but it ain’t that easy —- or is it…?
We do create our own realities don’t we???????????????
– Lance, March 9, 2005
Diagnosis: Excessive Combusive Disorder.
No Known Cure!
– t gojenola, March 9, 2005
Only Doing Something IS Doing Something
The usual problem is folks from our consumer society think by purchasing a pile of parts, they are “Doing Something.”
Sorry - only Doing Something IS Doing Something, so start on the coach and do all the hundreds of things that are almost NO money, and you will have a feeling of accomplishment.
AND drive the poor thing a hundred miles a month to keep it alive and begin to develop your driving skills.
– FAST FRED, March 9, 2005
You are in the race and don’t know it!!!
Take heart in the fact that you are not the first dog in the pack. Look up ahead … there by the skinless bus … standing in a pile of “parts” … other busnuts. And look behind you, watch the frenzied pack of busnuts ripping parts off of otherwise driveable hulks. Man … you are in the race and don’t know it !!
We all, upon occasion, fall to the weaknesses of doubt, reticence and even self-pity. There are times when I am so laden with a pile of this emotional trauma that I feel I’m suffocating. Then, for what reason I’m not sure, along comes “INSPIRATION” … sometimes in the form of a new idea for interior design, and other times from looking at the achievements of other busnuts. (photos and stories) In my younger years I could have equated this to an overload of testosterone … and I might add sometimes the end result is the same.
Keep chuggin’ … and keep networking with we who are in the same pot of stew.
– Merlin, March 10, 2005
Pick one thing to accomplish and finish it
You have to make time or it will never get done. I bought an 82 Prevo seated coach last year and have raised the roof, skinned the sides, installed RV windows, new floor, 8KW gen, installed a new 8V92TA, rewired the coach to 12V and installed a NavStar Truck dash /w elec wipers, 2 rood airs and painted the coach. I am now starting the interior and will be done by June, I hope.
I had to force myself to work on the bus every night for four hours and every weekend for 10 hrs a day, and to stay focused on the task-at-hand for the day’s time period. I also work a day job, I’m not retired.
This is the only way that I could get this done. Converting a bus came be sooooo over-whelming and so complex (you have to focus on what you are doing but always keep in mind what else is going to be affected)than it is easy to say “well I’m going to relax tonight and watch some TV” or go to some social funtion. It’s way to easy to put off working on the bus.
I also have a very understanding wife. Before we bought the bus I told her that I must commit two years to this project and she agreed - sometimes she forgets that she agreed to this, but with the interior being worked on she now can start to see the end….and so can I.
I believe if I had not put this much energy into this project it would have dragged on and on and I would have never completed it. I pick one thing to accomplish and finish it, then I pick the next thing that needs to be done and finish it.
Works for me.
– Ron, March 10, 2005
Self discipline - comes with practice
At least part of the time, reason has to overcome urges; if it doesn’t we are imprisoned or become homeless. You don’t need more inspiration as much as you need self discipline. This is something you practice and get used to.
I hope you can.
– Tom Caffrey, March 12, 2005
From a now-expired post on the Bus Conversions Magazine Forum.
