Canadian journalist Coleman
Molnar has spent the last year
travelling North America in a vin-
tage Volkswagen Westfalia with
his partner in life and business.
Check out the adventure at
LietCo.com.
A note on minimalism from a man who
lives in a van.
Vandwelling is no small feat.
Well, technically, it is a small feat.
(And beneficial to those with
small feet--all those shoes have
to go somewhere.)
The fact is, it’s remarkably
complex to live with such sim-
plicity. Imagine: everything you
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own, folded, rolled and stuffed
into a vehicle no bigger than a
minivan. Step one, as you might
guess, is to own less. The Great
Shoe Cull of 2016 truly was
something to behold, and we
did have to discard a bunch of
mugs (why did we have so many
mugs?). But ultimately, we pared
it down, eventually stuffing all
footwear into one cupboard,
closeable now only by hipcheck.
To this day, all clothing is limited
to a one-in one-out policy-sure,
you can buy those flip flops, but
something else has got to go.