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when i was in the planning stages of my vardo and i was talking out vardo lifestyle choices with wes and savana of tiny watts solar, one thing i was really worried about was my blow dryer
i really thought i had to have it!— but of course, an appliance like that is a real energy pig
back then, wes and savana were talking to me about things to consider that were just so hypothetical to me while i was still living in a “sticks and bricks,” as they say
i have lived through my second winter in my vardo now— granted it’s a santa cruz winter, but hey, it is still a real winter in terms of solar because the sun is so low in the sky, and there are lots of cloudy days
i have my awesome van life tech hydronic heating system that keeps me soooo cozy on cold nights, so i am not relying on my solar for heating my interior space or my water
i am super tuned in now to how much charge i may or may not get on any given day, and about how to park to get max exposure— definitely north-south aligning!
my vardo uses approximately 1% of my battery charge per hour unless i am using my toaster oven— or a blow dryer!
i have switched to using a single burner butane stove in the winter to save battery charge, and will switch back to my electric cooktop in the next couple weeks when i will be able to rely on the sun to fully recharge
and i have actually never used my blow dryer since i moved into my vardo!— so i think i can free up the real estate it is taking up in my drawer— but it feels like a big move
i like to listen to random uplifting, “positive thinking” stuff on you tube— louise hay, abraham hicks and this woman who popped into my feed and had some really valuable insights who i haven’t been able to find again— or not yet as of writing this— i am sure she will turn up again sooner or later
i have a little piece i compiled with a bit of her stuff and some bits of louise hay that i have been reading every morning—
As long as i believe in possibilities and myself i can begin again
Sometimes life had a certain trajectory i had to adapt to
I outgrew my old self— but sometimes i’ve held too tightly to the person i used to be or the life i used to have
I believe in my own ability to change
I choose positive change toward happy, joyous and free— i choose positive change toward loving, supportive people, experiencing abundance, and manifesting my full presence, gifts and abilities— i choose receiving from spirit and accepting with my sacred self
I acknowledge negative thoughts and then go beyond them
I float in total support in the sea of life
the part about holding on too tightly to my old self resonates powerfully for me— and i think the blow dryer is really a symbol of how much i have let go of— it’s been almost 7 years since my daughter attacked me and the world as i had known it came to an anguishing and seemingly irrevocable alteration
The phase of my life when i was the absolute embodiment of the american dream with my corporate ladder climber husband, stock option home, 2.5 kids, a coffee maker, a minivan and my blonde, perfectly coifed, blow dried hair
it feels like living without a blow dryer is another life trajectory that i need to adapt to— but this time it’s initiated by me— out of belief in myself and courage and a desire to live a little bit more fully into the me that i am becoming
when i was searching around online for the mystery you tuber, a bunch of stuff about outgrowing friendships came up and how and when to end a friendship
so i guess i can say— blowdryer— it’s been real but i’m ready to move on ;)
i think i will still keep blowdryer in my studio for now— it may come in handy for a crafting project!
