Riding with Rita

Why we decided to live in a bus?
Travelling and living full time in a Mini bus with this guy has really transformed our relationship. Like another layer of life has been added to it.

We’ll look back and cherish all the memories of “that year we lived in a bus in New Zealand”

At the beginning i was open to it, but as times got tough and I found I wasn’t adjusting well, I almost gave up and left.

Reading the stories and seeing the latest Instagram posts, looked like it could be fun and chill....But no one shared the real s**t of life coupled with a 30 year old mini bus tour.

How do we get money for our worth?
How do we change our money mindset?
How do we nourish ourselves and each other?
How do we maintain our sanity on rainy days?
How do we give ourselves a sense of direction or purpose?
What do we do when communication is lost in a tiny house?
How do we overcome toxic behaviour and show compassion?
What does s*x really mean to us?
What are our bodies telling us?

But ultimately, the buslife has shown us exactly what we do and don’t want to move forward with our next adventure.

I’ve grown new pathways in my mind that are pushing me closer to my dreams. I’m completely aware of who I want to be, with myself and within my relationship.

Living in a bus has woken me up!

So if you’re feeling like you’ve done something a million times or you just want to get out of your comfort zone. Try living in a bus for 18 months!

You’ll grow like wild flowers 🌱

We decided to live in a bus for a CHANGE of lifestyle 🤩
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To explore New Zealand our way. We had lived the 9-5 for over a year in Wellington and we worked so hard, we saved so hard that we just wanted a break.
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But a change of lifestyle was the ultimate goal...
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And this meant changing our money mindset, how do we get money, how do we spend it? Savings? What’s that? 😂
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Very quickly I realised I wanted to work online, I wanted to be able to work from my laptop. I tried to do the blogging, that didn’t work, building my following, why do I have to speak to the masses? And then I found this!
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Come and join the absolute vibes of my tribe, for 5 days ONLY!
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We’ve got daily LIVES, we’ve got competitions and lots of amazing stories to share with you!
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Check out the link in my bio!
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So damn excited for this for any travellers out there, this is
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We are half way through the APPLE HARVEST in Timaru 🙌🏼🙌🏼 thank f**k
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It’s hard work that’s for sure
Unfortunately, we are treated like s**t and there’s been a few rainy days, we’ve been getting soaked in 🌧 because they don’t provide us wet weather gear 🤬
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And people think it’s okay to settle into this way of being treated just because we need the money🤨

It’s meant to be an experience, not a place where we are taken advantage of
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In network marketing ✨
I’m choosing the experience I want to have & give
I’m choosing the people I want to work with
I’m choosing my work environment
I’m choosing how & when I get paid
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I am practising patience with them blimmin apples and trying not to fall off a ladder so I can go home 😂😂
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In 5 years time, I’ll be working full time from my phone 📲
I’ll be in a little bus at the beach
Connecting with the most vivacious humans all over the world

Who else is just trying to survive with their day job?💪🏽💁🏽‍♀️
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Why we decided to live in a bus?
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To challenge our 💰

We used to earn heaps of money
We saved heaps of money
And now we have spent heaps of money 😆
Because we bought a 30 year old bus 🚌 ⠀⠀
She’s taken us all over NZ and has shown us there is more to life then paying someone else’s mortgage, settling and listening to that constant BS sound track of life. ⠀⠀
But NOW the money we earn
goes so directly to OUR home, travel & transport
Our money mindset is stronger than ever
We don’t earn very much money
And we don’t save
And we don’t spend much either
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It’s not relative, it’s personal and here is what we have experienced living on the road in NZ money mentality🙏🏽🙏🏽
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1. Plan and budget, this is simple to do because I fricken love but I use cash-flows, weekly budgets and what we need to pay for in the up coming months. Makes life a whole lot easier having a sense of direction for our money. Even if it doesn’t go according to plan, we can see how much we have and when to ask for help💫
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2. We have enough money! Expanding your comforts zones is something that the buslife has taught us. Instead of feeling like we never have enough, we shift our mindset and it’s less stressful. We appreciate and value our money, we have a great quality of life.

3. We no longer emotionally spend or feel bad about spending. The scarcity mindset is so common these days, but we know what we want to spend our money on, we know when to treat ourselves and when it’s good to invest money on things that will return a profit in the future.
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4. Multiple income streams: We have a couple of income streams but primarily its seasonal jobs. However, the more you have, the more money you can make in less time, im so open minded about my network marketing business as is just the beginning guys 🔥
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💪🏽We used to think about how much money was in our bank accounts, to save for that trip to South of France or Bali, to save hard for the house or apartment, now it’s about how we circulate our money in the right places that leads us to abundance. ⠀⠀
We are so fricken blessed! Learning every single day 🙏🏽

When stuff gets really boring at work
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Apple harvest circa 2019, Timaru
Making history here
I hit the caterpillar 🐛 lottery
I found one
I knew I was going to
I get paid $10 bonus per caterpillar that finds me 🤗
Because they are a pest for these organic 🍎
She believed she could
So she did



Might start a tally because I’m feeling so lucky

Hehe peace guys

Have a great night 🙏🏽

Imagine if you had no fear, the things you would do!
I’ve been looking at photos of myself when I was younger and I know I’m trying to find my way back to my fearless resilient self.
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I’ve made the decision to push through my mental blocks and things that get me down. 💪🏽
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I want MORE
I want the best
And I am f**king worth it💕
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No second guessing here! Owning this movement in my world 💫

ARE YOU?