The Idea

You know when you get a crazy idea and then you get really excited about it because it might actually work but then you never follow through with it?  This summer I started following through, sometimes.  For example, what if you just woke up and then walked all day until your feet were too tired to keep going? Well perhaps you would have walked 24 miles! Or, what if you just worked full-time almost all summer?? Yeah that was a bad 'crazy' idea.

Well my most recent idea is based off of a frugal, sustainable, adventurous, active, and minimalistic lifestyle.  What?  This fall, at the UofM, I would like to live in a tent for as long as I can.  The point is to live on campus without paying rent and by doing so I could potentially avoid paying a few thousand dollars worth of rent, use relatively little electricity and water, attempt to brave cold and nasty weather (as well as make the most out of beautiful weather), and develop rigorous discipline by creating a rigid schedule and routine in order to make sure all bare necessities and academic goals (if I set any) are met.

Despite several uncertainties I have finally secured a backyard in which I can pitch my tent for at least one week.  Also, there happens to be an unused shed with an abandoned box spring and mattress in the backyard, perhaps it's a sign.  Not all of the details have been finalized as to how this will work but with two days left before school starts, I have thought through a lot of it and think that it is definitely maybe possible.

Maybe some ideas don't work out because they are not supposed to work out but I think they mostly don't work out because of lack of dedication and motivation.  Will this even last a week? A month? Will I keep up with homework? Can I make it past the first freeze? How will I eat, shower, poop, study, and print? Won't someone just steal my tent? Do I even have a tent yet? Guys. Relax. I have some of it figured out.

Wish me luck? Thanks.