Sustainable Savings

In this episode Mike discusses his travels through the final week of his trip and a recap on the lessons learned through 3 weeks of car camping / travel.



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In this episode Mike discusses his travels through Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.



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In this episode Mike discusses his travels through Nevada, Utah and Colorado.

He discusses saving money on camp sites by using BLM land and his progress on his savings challenge.


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In this Episode, Mike breaks down the rules and itinerary for his 7000 mile road trip.  



WHAT ARE THE RULES OF THE CHALLENGE? 

RULE 1: CAN’T SPEND OVER 1000$ MY EXPENSES (FOOD, GAS, SHELTER) WILL ALL HAVE TO BE UNDER 1000$. THE AVERAGE PRICE PER GALLON IN THE US IS CURRENTLY AROUND 2$ PER GALLON.  7000 MILES DIVIDED BY 350 MILES PER TANK IS ROUGHLY 20 FILL UPS. MY TANK IS 15 GALLONS SO THE AVERAGE COST WOULD PUT ME AT AROUND 600$ FOR THE WHOLE TRIP! THAT LEAVES ME WITH 400$ OR ROUGHLY 100$ PER WEEK TO DO THIS THING.

RULE 2: I HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR COACHING.  IF YOU ARE IN ONE MY CURRENT COACHING PROGRAMS OR CONSIDERING JOING FOR JUNE OR JULY, HAVE NO FEAR, I AM STILL HERE!  I WILL HAVE AT LEAST TWO DAYS A WEEK WHERE I AM STATIONARY AND AVAILABLE TO HELP PEOPLE, WORK ON MY CONTENT, MY PODCAST ETC! 

RULE 3: NO HOTELS, I HAVE A PRETTY SWEET CAR CAMP SET UP.   I CAN SLEEP IN MY CAR. SHOWER AT FRIENDS PLACES ETC. CMON SOCIAL DISTANCING YALL.

RULE 4: YOU HAVE TO DOCUMENT THIS BAD BOY. I HAVE TO TAKE A PICTURE EVERY SINGLE DAY AND POST IT SO ALL OF YOU LOVELY PEOPLE CAN SEE WHERE I AM AND WHAT I AM UP TO. CHECK ME OUT ON INSTAGRAM USING THE HANDLE PODCAST SAVINGS IF YOU WANT SOME COOL UPDATES EVERYDAY! 

RULE 5:   THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE!  I HAVE TO ROCK A SWEET ROAD TRIP MUSTACHE.  I HAVE BEEN GROWING A PANDEMIC BEARD THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS AND ITS TIME TO SHED SOME WEIGHT! 


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Sam Lanier is a Retired California Fire Fighter, Business Owner, and Program Coordinator for the Tahoe Food Hub.

Sam Lanier grew up the child of two Hippie parents. His parents always dreamed of one day owning a small piece of land and living sustainably off the grid. After a career fighting some of largest fires in the west, running a tech startup, and working for one of the largest utilities in the world, Sam decided to live out his passion and fulfill his parents dreams. Sam listed his house for rent, downsized his things, and got a job in management at a ski park in the Sierra Nevadas. He moved his life from a loft in San Francisco and California Craftsmen in Mt Shasta, to a house on wheels. Sam is in the process of finding some land to build a micro farm and live a life of sustainability by reducing his footprint on earth!


To support or donate to the Tahoe Food Hub, please see the link below:

https://tahoefoodhub.networkforgood.com/projects/69315-general-fund


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Vanina Howan - Host of the "Ecopreneur Show" discusses her Podcast, as well as realistic use of consumer products, and how the narrative around them is changing.

Please see the link below to check out her show!

https://open.spotify.com/show/4KmY3xdMgSTeA7xYZtV36c?si=hG2p7u84RhG_tlaU-UWYVg

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Diania Merriam is the founder of EconoMe LLC.  She was motivated to start a conference after the pursuit of FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) movement changed her life.  After she discovered blogs like Mr. Money Mustache and Frugalwoods, as well as books such as Your Money or Your Life and The Simple Path to Wealth, she used her new found knowledge to get out of $30k of debt in 11 months.

Please see the link for info for the 2021 EconoMe conference:
https://economeconference.com/


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Mark Olson is an engineer, content creator and health enthusiast based in St. Paul, Minnesota.   Mark has always had an interest in the natural world and how it works. He grew up watching and helping farmers, gardeners, and the DIY types make the best of what they had to eat and forage.  In Minnesota, nature is never far away and life is constantly changing with the seasons.




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Laura Goellner is a content creator based in New Jersey.  Laura has a YouTube channel and Podcast, "Let New Adventures Begin" where she and her partner, Patrick, document their experiences.

Laura moved into a 192 square foot Tiny House on Wheels in April 2016 as a way to consume fewer resources, gain control of her finances and create more time for travel. This transition allowed her to move from working 50 hours a week and struggling with debt, to working 32 hours a week and being debt free.

Get in touch with Laura:

E-mail: [email protected]

Instagram: @LetNewAdventuresBegin @LauraGyoga #StellaTheTinyHouse

YouTube: Let New Adventures Begin https://www.youtube.com/c/letnewadventuresbegin

YouTube: LauraGyoga https://www.youtube.com/user/LauraGYoga/featured

Website: www.LauraGyoga.com 

Podcast: Let New Adventures Begin https://anchor.fm/letnewadventuresbegin 

Blog: Let New Adventures Begin https://let-new-adventures-begin.blogspot.com/




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Nash Gierak is a writer, content creator, and consultant based in London.  Nash began documenting her experiences living in a 35sqm attic flat with her partner and son in 2019, as a way to show how sustainability and minimalism could work hand-in-hand, in even the smallest of spaces.  Nash has turned her specialized knowledge of Zero Waste and Minimalism into a popular podcast.  How to Be a Minimalist (The Sustainable Way) was released on iTunes in February 2020, and forms part of a greater project, which will include an online course, and a book.

Links to connect with Nash:

Website: http://www.defyingspace.com/ 

Instagram: http://instagram.com/defyingspace

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-to-be-a-minimalist-the-sustainable-way/id1497429561

Mailing List: https://mailchi.mp/bbcf83747eac/defyingspace

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