Without darkness, the light isn't as bright!
I always think the van life media makes us feel like we should be making all these fancy improvements to our vans. I mean, the old days we'd chuck a matress in and a single gas stove and off we would go.
Now it's all toilets and diesel heaters and water heaters and wood lining. It's a constant rechecking of need vs want. And there's a lot to be said for recycled and Upcycled!
Its true, you are right. Maybe I'm a little too matrixial with all the photos I see everywhere.
The problem is that when you live in it for a long time, you also want to feel good. These are things that can be done step by step, but you know, sometimes when I see all the poor finishes that the previous owner has, I'm really on the verge of dismantling everything and starting again.
But I'm holding back because I'm not sure my girlfriend would like it 😅
matrixial
What a freaking awesome word! I have never heard of it but it makes UTTER sense!
sometimes when I see all the poor finishes that the previous owner has
Exactly how we rebuilt two Land Rovers ahahah - we would be so guilty of ignoring my own advice haha.
I think it's a word that Generation Z uses a lot. I don't know if you can fit people into boxes, so I hate the terms generation Z, generation A,B,C and all the rest.
But I have to admit, it comes in handy sometimes!
Getting back to the term "being matrixed", I've never tried to define it, I think it's pretty easy to grasp the meaning. But to put it simply, it's the fact of letting yourself be influenced or manipulated without realizing it, but also the fact of being fascinated or obsessed by something.
I don't know, but I think it's a reference to the Matrix movie, where after a while, Neo realizes that the world he perceives isn't real, but a simulation created by machines.
I'm not sure where it comes from, but I use it a lot! ^^