2 Life Changing Years Living in a Van Full Time as Digital Nomad - Micro Documentary

Finding Simon: https://goo.gl/mDs5ur
We met up with Simon to chat about his 2-year van life trip but we didn't expect to find out that it had changed the course of his entire life.

Instead of returning to so-called "normal" life after his 2-year trip as planned, Simon is making long term travel as a digital nomad his permanent lifestyle and has several large scale travel adventures planned.

First up is a 5-year plan to buy and fix up a used sailboat to try his hand at the liveaboard lifestyle. He wants to sail around the world with some backpacking and motorcycle travel in between.

During his two years on the road, Simon went through one relationship breakup and several mechanical breakdowns. Despite the challenges and discomfort, he says the van life experience changed the way he reacts to things, the way he thinks about himself, and also gave him the skills to make long term travel possible.

To fund his epic road trip, he did photography contracts for Airbnb, wedding photography and other commercial photography contracts, and he also started a YouTube and Patreon page to share his adventures with the internet.

He creates beautiful vlogs about his daily life on the road with his dog, Champ, and most of the footage in this video was taken directly from his vlogs (with Simon's permission of course!).

You can keep up with Simon's adventures here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/shelbyandsimon

And you can support his video & travel project on Patreon here:
https://www.patreon.com/FindingSimon

Thanks for watching!

Mat & Danielle

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VIDEO CREDITS
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Music & Song Credits: 
All music in this video was composed, performed, and recorded by Mat of Exploring Alternatives.

Editing Credits:
Mat and Danielle of Exploring Alternatives

Filming Credits:
Interview: Mat of Exploring Alternatives
Travel B-roll: Simon of Finding Simon

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