so all of us have bad habits but some habits can actually be more detrimental than others
and in this video, we're gonna talk about seven bad habits that could potentially
ruin RV living or that next RV trip so you're going to want to stay tuned
okay okay here's here's the deal for today at 901 we're going to get in the jeep so we're already
running late on this now at 905 we will arrive at the city center and then we have approximately
two minutes to get parked before we need to be at the movie at 9 10. now the movie's going to
go until 1 20 at 1 25 we can go get lunch but we need to make sure that we have lunch eaten by 1
40 because we only have 20 minutes to go from the city center over to the subway catch the
subway to go to where our next stop is then in new york city all right so you got that yep
so bad habit number one is actually overplanning now sometimes I hate to admit but I'm a little
bit guilty of this because I am a planner by nature I plan out our trips i plan out
where we're going to be and what we're going to do but this is something that can actually
get you into trouble because we've learned the hard way there can be so many things that you
find in an area maybe you talk to a local and you find out there's this really cool little
restaurant that you want to go visit but you've planned everything to the gills and
your schedule is so full that it doesn't leave time for that spontaneity to happen so as you're
living RV life and as you're planning that next RV trip you want to make sure you don't over plan
wait oh my gosh are you the paper is coming over the top now everybody knows it is supposed to go
this way I don't understand why this is such a hard concept people bad habit number two
that could potentially ruin your RV trip is actually sweating the small stuff and
letting those little annoyances get to you now here's the deal we're all guilty of this I'm
guilty of this but let me tell you after four years of living RV life there's going to be a
lot of small annoyances things in RVs happen stuff breaks and it breaks more often than not
and if you let those things get to you and pile up well it's just going to turn into a more stressful
trip than a stress-free trip so learning how to just not sweat the small stuff letting
those things go so that you have a more enjoyable time is a habit you're going to want to get into
so bad habit number three that could ruin your trip is just not taking care of yourself and
one of those things where you want to take care of yourself is to make sure that you are
getting a good restful night's sleep not getting enough sleep obviously can lead to things like
irritability and for me if i'm not getting good quality sleep i tend to be way more emotional with
things than i am when i am very well rested so getting good night's sleep while you're out there
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should really organize this so bad habit number four that can absolutely ruin your rv trip is
being disorganized now if you've watched this channel for any length of time you'll know that
i'm a fan of all things organization but that has actually been birthed by being a recovering
disorganized person so the biggest thing with rv living especially is if you can't
find what you're looking for it just causes more stress but moreover with rv living is that you're
trying to cram your whole life into your rv or even if you're just going out for the weekend
there's a ton that you need to bring with you and if you can't find what you're looking for when you
need it you tend to end up spending more money to go out and replace that thing you can't find
only to find it when you go to unload the rv after the weekend so do yourself a favor at
the end of this video i'm going to put a whole playlist of videos on how to organize inside of
your rv so i know you're going to want to watch those after you have finished watching this one
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so the number five habit that can ruin your rv trip is poor eating habits now this is a
hard one because part of the reason that we all want to live the rv lifestyle and to travel is to
go to new places and one of those things is trying new foods but you just got to make sure
that you're balancing out when you're eating the junk with feeding your body what your body really
needs the biggest thing that we notice when we're not eating in a healthy way is that we
are so tired such a lack of energy that we experience when we're not giving our
body the nutrients that it really needs and that actually can ruin your rv trip
because if you don't have the energy to go and do and see all the things you want to see or
you're constantly feeling tired well you're going to end up sleeping in more going to bed early and
not really maximizing the time that you have in a given area so eating those healthy foods and
staying on top of proper nutrition is essential to make sure that you can enjoy the rv life
uh oh what people oh no people so the number six bad habit that can ruin your rv trip
is self isolating now we actually have seen this affect our children more than it has
affected ben and i personally but we are really meant for connection and especially our kids
are meant for connection and what we have learned over the last four years of living the rv life is
that when our kids don't have the connections that they need and they're able to play with other kids
and develop friendship they really end up not being the healthiest version of themselves and
really the same goes for both ben and i too we need people in our lives we need people that we
can just sit around the campfire with and talk to and just enjoy each other and so you want
to be careful that you're not self-isolating it's really easy in an rv campground to actually go the
whole trip and not talk to anybody it can happen but when it does you're going to not have those
emotional connections and those connections with people that we really all need at a basic human
level so make sure that you say hi to somebody at the campground and maybe strike up a conversation
you never know what friends you might meet while you're out on the road
leaking should probably fix that maybe later
the next morning
oh no this is a big problem I should have fixed this earlier so bad habit number seven
that can definitely ruin your RV trip is ignoring maintenance items or small repairs on your RV now
there's a ton of maintenance and small repairs that need to be done on an RV from time to time
some of those bigger things include things on the roof and redoing seals making sure that you
don't have things like water leaking out of those freshwater connections and that those are tight
and that those gaskets have been replaced tons of things that will turn into a much bigger problem
if you don't take care of it while it's small so don't ignore those small things get on it
right away before it becomes a much bigger issue oh crap I wasn't recording are you kidding me
how do I look from this angle okay okay
we kind of all know what are those pitfalls out there that we pitfalls pitfalls
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you'll have to let us know in the comments below what are some of the bad habits that you
have seen ruin your RV trips let us know in the comments below that way we can all learn from
each other I'm going to put that playlist right up here for more videos for RV organization so
that your next trip isn't ruined with some disorganization and if we
don't see you out on the road or around the campground we'll see you in the next video