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Car Living & Meditation
Maintaining a meditation practice can be challenging when living in your car. Learn more about how to make it work for you.

Mary @ themidlifemile
Apr 105 min read
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Hygiene and the Highway
Anyone who has ever taken the leap and given up the sticks and bricks life for a life on the road can tell you...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Apr 25 min read
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Here to There and Back Again
Living a quiet and meditative lifestyle full time in a car or SUV can be challenging. Connection with others is key!

Mary @ themidlifemile
Mar 264 min read
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I Have Got to Tell You...
Since I’ve last written (and I know it’s been a minute), life as a nomad, as you might have suspected, has been pretty much an unexpected...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Jun 4, 20244 min read
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And Then They're Gonna Kill Ya...
Flying Eagle Wildlife Management Area “You carrying?” Cal had driven his pickup truck right over the open field of the campground and...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Mar 26, 20244 min read
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Flotation Device
Biolab Road, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Have you ever allowed your body to free float in a pool of water, suspended between...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Mar 12, 20244 min read
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Dung Intended
There is a such a huge influx these days of people who seek the freedom of travel and life on the road and as I myself career around from...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Feb 10, 20245 min read
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Car Camping
While I do have stories to tell, I thought this week I’d take a moment to share some travel tips I’ve learned on my (relatively short)...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Apr 9, 20234 min read
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Small Victories
One of the things that precipitated my move away from a more traditional lifestyle was a bout of deeply disconcerting juju that happened...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Mar 8, 20235 min read
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Ocala Auto Repair
Oh, yes – the mechanics of it all. The best of plans undertaken by the best of planners can still leave a lot of space for mishaps,...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Feb 28, 20234 min read
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Redundancy is Critical
Redundancy is Critical in Key Situations Life on the road can be a bit of a balancing act. Without a traditional home to, well, go home...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Feb 12, 20236 min read
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Sleeping in a RAV4 - The Build
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Mary @ themidlifemile
Jan 25, 20231 min read
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Water Log
Remember that scene in the film Cast Away where Tom Hanks is waving a blazing palm frond in the air yelling “I HAVE CREATED FIIIIIRE”?...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Jan 9, 20233 min read
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Why the Nomadic Lifestyle?
As you can guess, the answer to this question isn’t universal. Some people hit the road to avoid spending money on traditional housing...

Mary @ Midlife Mile
Jan 3, 20233 min read
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Safety First or Surviving the Buffalo Blizzard
December 23, 2022: As I sit here nice and toasty in my daughter’s Buffalo apartment listening to the blizzardy winds blowing between the...

Mary @ Midlife Mile
Dec 26, 20224 min read
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Spare Me
Retrofitting the RAV4 spare tire compartment for storage

Mary @ Midlife Mile
Dec 13, 20222 min read
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