One of my favourite Bible verses: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them."
At 45, with 46 fast approaching and my house renovation in progress, I’m preparing for a long-anticipated escape from the UK. Over time, I’ve come to realise that the most valuable thing we carry through life is our memories. In the end, they’re all we truly have. It’s remarkable how little we actually need to be content-some of the most unforgettable moments in my life were when I was completely skint. The resilience of the human spirit never ceases to amaze me. When we put our minds to something, there’s almost no limit to what we can achieve. As a species, we’re capable of extraordinary things, and it’s in the simplest times that we truly grasp that.
100% agree! I’m the same age living in our new 5 bedroom home however, I’m also preparing an escape from the UK, at the very least a second home elsewhere so I completely understand.
Aren't your memories gone when you croak same as the line about being the richest man in the cemetery? I don't want my last memories to be that I can't afford to be comfortable or make choices later in life.
Gotta bet on yourself because if you don’t, who will? It always works itself out anyway. It always has since the very beginning. Much love and prosperity to you brother ❤️ Keep going 🚀
Keep going, l was you in the 80's and l've got to 60 having very rarely had a "boss", which is what it was about for me, being free. High risk? I jacked in my job the day my 3rd child was born and l did that to make me do "something". I always think "it'll work out" and it always has, is it luck, blind faith? All l know is l wasn't suited to 9-5. I'm wealthy now & enjoying myself, l still think "how did that happen". 😁 In your current situation, a home, no debt, money in the bank, you are in the top 25% of wealthy people on this planet! 😉 Advice? No money in t-shirts.
Hi Si, as I've said a few times before I hope youtube and now this new t-shirt venture allows you to fund your journey around the 🌎. Fair play to you for giving it a go mate nothing ventured nothing gained 😊 I wish you all the very best 🙏
Clearly you'll follow your own path, you know yourself better than anyone. I like the sentiment of this video, I also hope something turns up when my chips are nearly depleted. (not the chip van chips obv 😉) Good luck Si - I hope the T-Shirt business takes off soon☘P.S. Sod the 5%ers!
With your health and energy as well as your ability to problem-solve, these are the same skills required by entrepreneurs and self-made people, you'll be alright. I did something similar (in my youth)- deliberately running out of money in Turkey- moving from a dorm room to a disused kitchen to save money in the hostel, getting a "job" teaching English (which turned out to be a bit of a rip off), eventually borrowing money to get home from someone travelling to the UK- I was alright and had an adventure and repaid the person who lent me the money. You sound like you've budgetted and know how much it will cost to get back to the UK. You have accomodation and transport in one, you may even find paid work with ex-pats in Greece.
I'm fed up with the rental system in the UK, your london rent video is first I saw and made me subscribe. I think I need a little risk, the starting point is just buy a van and convert it. Then see what is next.
45 UK 🇬🇧 I completely gave up and started claiming benefits. I'd rather be unemployed than work full time for peanuts to be honest. Employers and governments have destroyed any incentive or desire to bother working nowadays.
@@johnpaul8293 he has a point though, if you are singlet you could work 100hrs at low-mid (11 - 22gbp) pay job and still won't afford essential stuff like housing for years without a mortgage, unless you live in a car or can ride rent free for bit. Hard to be motivated when most work that runs the society simply don't pay. But you want to blame the player, not the game. At the same time while we are talking you are complaining about some dude claiming 400 per month on UC, while our dear MPs and Prime ministers free load 6-30k of shit like food to work, Taylor swift tickets and clothes. Also 20.000 fees of tax payer fund to fund child's GCSE, while daddy has 100k job. But let's complain about those dudes on the bottom first.
@alexandrabellerose3550 I don't read his comment as being either / or. He probably has contempt for the political class, but that shouldn't mean he should necessarily cheer on someone opting out of work and choosing state benefits which come from the percentage taken from the wages of those of us working a 40 hour + week. I don't quite see how anyone would cheer that on, when it was a choice not to earn a wage and instead sit at home and be paid. Its not so great to know I wake up at 4:30am each day to support someone laying in bed receiving state support when such money could instead be going to struggling public services.
@@Makmak-yf4dt Yeah sure, but for all you know OP could have worked for 20+ years since he said he is 45 now. Contributed way more to system than he will ever get back and you have yolks calling him free loader. Probably more than you and me combined, but automatically when you stop working you get called a bum and a thief. While society completely forgets taxes you paid throughout the years. All those taxes he paid were used to support politician's needs like their fancy 200gbp meals a day, clothes they don't need and bribes. Supporting single mothers, the disabled on benefits and so on. But fingers pointed only at OP, ultimate bad guy scum
Whoever is saying just get a job has not had a look at the job market in the past 2 years, this is no longer an employee strong market, there are too many unemployed and too little jobs available, I have been an IT Contractor for the past 2 years and have been laid off last week only to find that the typical roles I looked for a few years ago no longer exist, so I now need to contemplate going after an entirely different career despite being in IT for 12 Years.
Hi ,how about setting up some things for sale like mugs ,t shirts sticker ..The store that print send it out and send you some money .also email some people for advertising get paid put business email in you box .We love watching you and we like to reward for your efforts you do what many like to do ..many thanks Life of si .
Hey Si don’t be rushing back to the UK 🇬🇧 it’s the same place with the same things that you left ! The way I see it you have enough left in the bank for another 5-6 months so stay making memories don’t be freezing ur bits off in Northern Europe stay in the warm until you get down to a grand then make your way back. Stay warm and positive bud anything can happen just enjoy whilst you can . Peace out ✌🏽
Nice good honest video 🫡 good luck Wasting time is worse an wasting money 😂 probably think better with less money anyway Do a T shirt with a fisherman putting a fish back into the water
Nice out look on life, I’ve had 33 jobs , it will all work out regardless of which way it is, travelling costs money though, unless your sitting with Rick Strassman
maybe, if you want you could look for jobs in the area where you are at that moment, extra money could come in, I think there are also some apps for that. I believe in you, you will see that now with the channel and some sacrifice of superficial costs. you will succeed without problems. love
As I said to an old girlfriend of mine many years ago, there's having no money then there's having NO MONEY when you have £100 + in the bank your not skint trust me plus you have a home your van. Try being on the streets with NOTHING & No one different story.
I'd say when you're young, go out there and grab life all you want, but when you're going older, you lose energy and it's nice to have some stability. Says a 40 year old.
Yeeeeees lad. If you could do some cheap prints to frame I would appreciate that. I’m redecorating and could do with some art. Thanx. Loving your work Si.
I get what you're banking on, as there is a theory out there that the best opportunities only manifest when the water has reached boiling point and the water evaporates, almost like life puts that litmus test out there to test your resolve and faith (so to speak), but equally we often don't hear from those who rolled that dice and it went awry. Such folks probably scuttle off quietly with their tails between their legs rather than crowing that it went spectacularly wrong. Personally I always return with a cushion foundation to build upon. Each to their own.
So true. you know your own mind. People say to me how much money do I need to save before I can retire. I tell them, nothing. Retire now whenever you want to. I had £200, and a mortgage, no savings. I saw it as a challenge and I would make it work. Through careful budgeting, I got my freedom back. ilona. 😍🤩😛
Im a lot older Si, have you thought about getting some crypto for the long run??. Because it doesnt get easier as you age . Hats off to you though, keep it up and you seem to have the life skills to do what you do. I was just in Greece and Albania cycling and camping on the cheap
Time to get a job then.not being harsh but I think people like yourself have done well to get this far, but reality is saying you need a job now because many utubers want hard working people to fund there life,hope it works out for you buddy.
No point in telling somebody who's given up high paying job, to get a job. Also, if the content is right then l send £ to vloggers, it's entertainment, l don't expect something for nothing. He has to find his niche.
Great advice. Part of my self-improvement work learning about evolutionary biology and philosophy, I've discovered that doing hard things is what creates a good life.
Clothes is silly....you need tons of potential sizes for each potential client......anyone can go on a site....upload an image...and voila - clothes business. If you want to live for free / giving nothing to ppl.....goto a cheap country.....but at some point - you will have to ask what you give to humanity.
How old are you now SI? I am 28 on 31st and think like running out of time too, need to do something drastic low pay 9-5 jobs just won't cut it I believe your youtube will kick off, but needs time - then you will be making enough to cover basic expenses
The Tourism season ends in about 3 weeks lol. However, agricultural things open up soon such as Olive Picking in November and Tsikoudia making later in the year.
@@Makmak-yf4dt Sounds like a good way to keep a small income and get a lot of exercise- I've done agricultural work abroad- from date tree preparing to grape picking and stawberry picking- you definately need fitness and edurance, but you work with all kinds of other travellers and workers so it's a rewarding experience.
@alexmousley7213 Cool. In Greece nowadays it is ordinarily Albanians doing it due to the hard graft. Could still be an option, though, for some. I'm 50 now and on my feet all day at work loading lorries, pulling pallets, etc etc but I doubt I could keep up with the Albanians in Greece 😄
@@Makmak-yf4dt When I was picking strawberries in the Netherlands myself and a Dutch friend were the oly Europeans picking, the rest were Turkish- I could easily keep up with the guys but not the Turkish women who worked liked crazy. It's the nature of agricultural work that's not mechanised, it's very tough and definately something to do when young. Grape picking in France were for distant relatives of a friend of mine who treated all the workers really well, it was hard work but we were fed really well and could drink as much wine as we wanted (I quickly found out that doing so at lunch time could mean going home with less fingers!)
I know you think that those of us who play it safe are dullards and you probably think or life is boring and predictable. But the weeks of steady paychecks, although they are nothing to set the world on fire, they've paid the bills, children are born, grow up, fun times, not so fun times, memories made, now grandchildren are here and life is a bit easier. I'm 60 now. Every month, there is a little more left in my bank after the bills are paid, the house is paid off and I've been thinking of retiring at 62. I have a pickup with relatively low mileage, I've bought me a cheap slide in camper for my pickup, I've beefed up my rear suspension, added solar and lithium batteries to the mix, no holding tanks, wash dishes in a pan, cook on gas, composting toilet, 5 gallon Solar shower hanging in the bathroom standing in a bucket from Walmart and shower water thrown out the back door into the grass along with the dishwater which are both completely legal. I plan to travel the US, visit and stay as long as I want visiting my grandkids, leaving when they are sick of me, traveling the mountains in the summer, and the southwest US in the winter. I won't get much Social Security at 62 but I won't need much either. I see flying by the seat of your pants as wreckless endangerment but you know, hike your own hike, you do you. But I have no worries, no anxieties and I'm comfortable and there's nothing wrong with that. But I stick around to see how it works out for you because I'm still 2 years away from my goal and I'm packing some cash back waiting for my time.
You're about to try the same lifestyle as Si but with some security behind you, that's fine, too. Age makes most people more cautious (I certaily would't take the risks I took travelling in my youth now I'm a lot older). Youth/health/fitness allows a lot more risk-taking in my experience.
@@deannafisher-benson4903 Generally good outcomes will be achieved way more often than by living hand to mouth and flying by the seat of your pants though.
Most people can't see far enough ahead to understand that building wealth and security takes a lot of time, effort and sacrifice. It can feel like it will never happen but the day that it does is an amazing feeling imo.
It's poverty especially in South England where rent costs 1200-1400gbp One emergency like something breaking in house or tooth emergency and you really having bad time In his case one breakage to van could easily be half or more of that to fix Better than being in debt or having to live below 1000gbp for sure, but it is dangerous spot to be in 2024 To feel safe people really need to have 10000gbp for bigger emergency and couple months of emergences
I was gonna say wow, that's loads but if he has no job....I got very sick just over 3 years ago, couldn't walk properly and we lost everything we had + still can't work much so that amount is a lot but it will run out eventually.
well if you have business running full time and money coming in full time , then you can travel the world other wise its just going get you no where , because what happens if you need money for food or gas or you need to see a doctor all that cost money its ot free ... Most vanlifers in canada have jobs , which sell there products on line , like shirts or store front ....with out income you will not make it !
I don't know what the point is of this video but you are welcome to live however you see fit. You seem quite motivated so I guess that has got you out of a lot of scrapes in the past. I would add however that it is possible to screw up to the extent where getting back your livelihood becomes very difficult. Don't end up in prison and don't get into thousands of dollars of debt. Some people have a moral problem with taking welfare. I have no problem with it at all. The government considers us tax cattle so any way in which you can squeeze money from the system is good. You will have to get a plan together again or you will end up on welfare and homeless and that's not fun.
You should have produced this vid before the other one....... it would have made more sense. I understand your strategy. Grow you views for those that want to witness a potential financial tragedy for yourself. The problem is...... we know that you are deliberately putting yourself on the edge for views. Yes, it is boring when your produce content that shows a comfortable life, however , to try and make it otherwise is very disingenuous. If anyone gives advice to help you....... should it be to help make your situation more precarious? I am very interested in following your journey, because I have no idea what you will do or say next! It is entertaining for sure (the strategy works for me) but your sincerity should be protected......if that has any value to you.
Good luck to you... Your thoughts put me in mind of a beautiful soul called Titus, interviewed by Peter Santanello, who is lives an Amish-like life, and goes out from his beautiful farm, into the cities, often barefoot, often even in quite dicey and dangerous situations, to find people to minister to... He just walks with faith that he will find his way home, even not a penny in his pocket, and it always works... Go well!
@LIFEOFSIofficial. My friend has very similar facial features to you,you need a good grooming, haircut and shave,then go to the gym and you could do modelling and acting,thats what my mate did and now his lifestyle is amazing,stop all this rubbish of traveling around like a tramp/hobo/hippy,long term it wont work brother,I know you have a good heart but honestly you will always be in poverty,stay in London and build your life,London is still a Mecca that can make you very wealthy but only if you have the right mindset.
he doesn't need to change appearance for a job, he had 100k job while living in a van. Clearly he knows what's he is doing more than your average Jane / John Probably seeks more out of life than corporate nightmare, even if they pay you much at what cost and freedom
@@alexandrabellerose3550 You are really talking bull crap,sooner or later he will have to find a job and why not do a job he loves but it will still be a job,if he cannot make RU-vid pay enough,the bottom line is dreams and well wishers dont feed your hungry belly or put a roof over your head, skills and skillsets do.
Hey Si don’t be rushing back to the UK 🇬🇧 it’s the same place with the same things that you left ! The way I see it you have enough left in the bank for another 5-6 months so stay making memories don’t be freezing ur bits off in Northern Europe stay in the warm until you get down to a grand then make your way back. Stay warm and positive bud anything can happen just enjoy whilst you can . Peace out ✌🏽
@@loadsamoney-u3xactually i think you are underestimating the business of youtube. This type of guy (handsome/relatable/honest) can get big and make a living of of it. I belive in him! So do we in us.
@@NOMARCVanlife Its actually young girls and women that make the most money on RU-vid and it always seems the most illogical content until you realise that most subscribers are men,young men and older single guys and thats why you see silly videos of young women making camping videos in winter in tight T shirts and hot pants lol.😆🤣😂 Cant see SI in tight shorts and no shirt in winter lol.
Women cannot live for too long on the broke side, they will dump you eventually. So make sure you can provide for yourself and her, or you will end up alone.
You're just a doper...... mate get off the drugs ..... and as for the money issues you can just phone up mummy and daddy for a hand out if all else fails.....
@@alexmousley7213 are you kidding me, I now own 17 houses/ wife/ children etc and have led the doper's lifestyle.... trust me it leads to nothing but mental health issues and loneliness as your peers get on with their lives and leave you behind..... get out, get a career, put the hard work in ... stop playing at life.....
@@simonsmith7251 If you own 17 houses you clearly have no idea how to relax and have some kind of need to show off your wealth to make up for lack of personality!
@@simonsmith7251 Perhaps, but craven materialism is not a life, workaholsim is an addiction that robs you of enjoying life. There are plenty of miserable people with careers, families and even with more than one house who find themselves living a mediocre and unfullfilling life that material things fail to make up for. You do you.
