Preparing for RV Journey with Equipment and Planning

Speaker is at home preparing for an RV journey, testing new recording equipment while reviewing handwritten preparation notes. He's in the planning phase before departure, dealing with downsizing possessions and managing practical logistics for life on the road with cats.

Energetic Signature

scattered but determined

Field State

preparation and tool building

Orientation

toward mobile sovereignty

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March 5, 2024

6:40

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Author

rswfire

Status

ARCHIVED

Type

TRANSMISSION (CAPTURE)

Temperature

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[0:00]so I'm recording with my GoPro that I

[0:03]just got today and it is not doing a

[0:05]great job so far it the first video

[0:09]would only do like 30 seconds the last

[0:11]one that I just did was like 7 Seconds

[0:14]very

[0:15]strange um I Googled it and it doesn't

[0:19]seem like that should be how it works

[0:23]so I hope this thing keeps recording or

[0:26]I'm going to be disappointed cuz this

[0:27]thing really does seem awesome and I I

[0:29]love it so far

[0:31]like um just what I've learned about it

[0:34]but if it can't like if it can only

[0:37]record 30 seconds this thing will never

[0:39]work for

[0:40]me um guys so I just wanted to take you

[0:43]through the notes that I've made so far

[0:46]um as I've been preparing for my journey

[0:49]because I just think you'll find some of

[0:50]it interesting I some of you will find

[0:53]it very boring some of it though I just

[0:56]I find it interesting because this has

[0:58]kind of been my journey of how I've been

[0:59]getting started with this so the screen

[1:02]turned off but there's still a red light

[1:04]I'm just going to do it's

[1:06]recording oh my God so um some of these

[1:10]are just simple things like so these

[1:11]were the notes I took for um getting

[1:14]insurance and it's Progressive that I

[1:16]decided to go with it was um cost more

[1:21]but you know a lot of our viewers

[1:23]especially full-timers do suggest them

[1:27]so just for the peace of mind I'm

[1:28]willing to pay a bit

[1:30]more this one is all about what I needed

[1:33]to get to um be able to tow my Jeep so

[1:38]those are just my notes on Towing my

[1:39]Jeep and the things I need and so we're

[1:43]good there we know what that's going to

[1:44]cost

[1:46]$5500 so these are just some random

[1:49]notes I put require independent

[1:51]inspection and I didn't do that and I

[1:53]want you to know why because it takes a

[1:56]lot of courage to talk to sales guys and

[1:59]tell them

[2:00]and and just insist on it right so and I

[2:03]don't have that kind of Courage I wish I

[2:05]did that's why I wrote it down didn't do

[2:08]it just sad and then next I put require

[2:11]a senior Tech to do walkth through I

[2:13]didn't require that either I have no

[2:15]idea who's going to walk me through the

[2:17]RV guarantee

[2:19]all problems will be fixed before

[2:22]possession pretty much did do that part

[2:25]cuz you know that was important and then

[2:27]it said pre- delivery inspection before

[2:30]payment sale I don't think you can get

[2:33]away with that um I just don't not sure

[2:37]what some of these other notes are but

[2:39]that's you know totally random notes

[2:43]here then this one was big things I need

[2:45]to do get glasses I wear contacts but I

[2:50]don't want to wear them I don't like

[2:51]wearing them all the time it's hard on

[2:53]my

[2:53]eyes and if I'm driving I just want

[2:57]glasses where I can see far away cuz I'm

[2:58]very nearsighted from working with

[3:00]computers on my life I put Alpha this is

[3:03]interesting alphabetized DVD collection

[3:06]so I have a lot of old DVDs hundreds of

[3:08]them and I was thinking you know I'll

[3:11]take those with me and maybe when I'm up

[3:14]in Alaska I can marter those with

[3:16]somebody cuz I know that's a thing they

[3:17]do up there but you know what way too

[3:19]much space cannot get away with it so

[3:22]I'll figure out something else with that

[3:24]take an RV training class get cats

[3:26]vaccinated I mean they are vaccinated

[3:28]but you know just whatever you know the

[3:30]annual stuff update chips and what I

[3:33]meant by that was um you go to a website

[3:37]to update you know your contact

[3:39]information I I don't know exactly what

[3:42]I need to update but I just figured I'd

[3:43]look at that and you know figure out

[3:47]what best to put there considering

[3:49]they're going to be on the road with me

[3:52]um and then flea protection I put 1.5

[3:55]Watts water fountain that's how much

[3:56]their the cat water fountain they have

[3:58]uses as far as power goes 1.5 Watts but

[4:01]I got another one coming from Amazon

[4:03]it's real small and I think it'll just

[4:06]be better so that's all that was big

[4:08]things I need to do and then I started

[4:11]to think about okay so what if I have

[4:13]to um well I have to sell everything in

[4:16]my house I had to get rid of all my

[4:18]stuff right so I put taking taking with

[4:21]me selling discarding and by discarding

[4:24]it just meant I'll give it to Goodwill

[4:27]or you know just something like that

[4:29]trying not to just throw things in the

[4:31]trash and this was I find this one funny

[4:35]because okay first of all I didn't

[4:36]haven't done a lot on it yet very

[4:39]basic and undertaking I put books movies

[4:43]game

[4:45]consoles um and I can't really take any

[4:48]of those things I don't have the space

[4:50]for them so yeah that's not going to

[4:52]work it's real hard it's it's real hard

[4:56]to give up your stuff let me tell you so

[4:59]this one was just I was just thinking

[5:01]about what questions might I have you

[5:03]know questions that I wanted to um ask

[5:06]chat GPT because I ask you questions all

[5:08]the time and I have conversations with

[5:10]about stuff how do I maintain tire

[5:12]pressure in an

[5:14]RV um and what I meant by that is where

[5:17]do I fill up where do I fill them up how

[5:19]do I put air in them where do I go to

[5:22]service scent for oil changes Etc I know

[5:24]you can go to

[5:26]dealerships um I assume I don't know

[5:28]where else you can

[5:30]go how do you get mail or packages on

[5:32]the road I kind of know the answer to

[5:34]that now how do I find an access how can

[5:39]I find RV accessible campsites kind of

[5:42]know the answer to that now how can you

[5:44]judge your clearance for trees and

[5:46]obstacles I'm not good at that like I'm

[5:48]real bad at judging distances and I feel

[5:52]like I'm going to have a problem with

[5:54]that do I need a low distribution hitch

[5:57]so that's all solved and that that was

[5:59]just that just some random

[6:02]questions

[6:05]um this one was from last night I just

[6:08]started writing down what are the just

[6:09]different tasks I got to deal with right

[6:11]so get pet insurance get vet records

[6:14]take cats to a new vat and the reason

[6:16]for that is because Bailey's vat won't

[6:18]see him anymore um when I took him in

[6:21]there during like Co and I know that was

[6:25]quite a few years ago sorry to admit um

[6:31]she he went in by himself because of all

[6:34]those covid rules and she just um he he

[6:38]was not happy and it just was

Summary

The speaker tests a new GoPro camera that's malfunctioning, only recording 30 seconds to 7 seconds at a time. He reviews handwritten notes documenting his RV journey preparation process. **Insurance decisions**: Chose Progressive insurance despite higher cost based on full-timer recommendations. **Towing setup**: Documented requirements and costs for towing his Jeep ($5,500). **Pre-purchase protocols**: Listed inspection requirements he didn't follow due to lack of courage with sales staff, though he did ensure problems would be fixed before possession.

**Personal preparations**: Getting glasses for driving (nearsighted from computer work), managing hundreds of DVDs (too much space for RV), cat care including vaccinations and chip updates, and a 1.5-watt water fountain. **Downsizing challenges**: Struggling with what to take, sell, or discard - books, movies, and game consoles won't fit. **Practical questions**: Researched tire maintenance, oil changes, mail delivery, campsite accessibility, clearance judgment, and load distribution hitches through ChatGPT conversations.

**Recent tasks**: Getting pet insurance, vet records, and finding a new vet for Bailey after the previous vet refused service following a COVID-era incident where Bailey became aggressive during an unaccompanied visit.

Signal Analysis

Substrate

This transmission maps the cognitive and logistical architecture of a major life transition - the systematic preparation for mobile living. The field is holding multiple simultaneous pressures: technical learning, material downsizing, and vulnerability acknowledgment while building operational capacity for sovereignty.

Dominant Language

I didn't do thatI don't have that kind of couragereal hard to give up your stuffquestions I wanted to askI'm real bad at judgingtasks I got to deal with

Symbolic Elements

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Ontological States

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transitional
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vulnerable
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methodical
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overwhelmed

Subsystems

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cognitive
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infrastructural
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emotional

Transmission Details

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youtube

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