He was just another office worker in his early 30s. He had been working here for a decade and was already on the brink of burning out. It was exhausting. His work is eating him inside, slowly, day by day. It also doesn't help that his boss is a bastard and his co-workers are toxic.
At this rate, he might die before 40.
It was break time. He brings food he made from home because the food stalls outside his office are basically scamming people with the ridiculous prices. Sitting alone by himself, he browses videos on UTube, searching for a video to watch while eating his food.
Then, he stumbled upon a video about a man turning his van into a mobile mini home. His title alone piqued his interest. He watches the video while eating his food, but the food barely moves. He is glued to the video.
The man in the video buys an old van and transforms it into a full mini house complete with a bed, AC, shower, kitchen, and a small sofa. The video is 30 minutes long, but he barely feels it.
By the time the video is finished, break time is already over, and people start coming back. He quickly finishes the food, almost choking along the way, before continuing with his work. However, he can't focus on work at all. The video keeps playing inside his mind.
He wants what the man in the video did. Transforming an old van into a mobile mini home, cruising the road with the mini home he built, not stressing over useless work.
For the whole day, his work barely budged. At 5 pm sharp, he gathers his things and goes straight home, completely ignoring other people.
At his home, the first thing he does is not take a shower or change clothes like he usually does. Instead, he watches more videos about turning an old van into a mini home. He watches them and another,
Another one, and more...
Until he realised it's 1 am and he just wasted six hours of his day watching videos. But he doesn't regret it. Not a tiny bit. At all.
Instead of going to sleep as a sane person would do, he opens his laptop and researches about turning an old van into a mini home. Cost, time, pros and cons, tips and tricks, do's and don'ts. Those kinds of things. He searches for a cheap old van on an online marketplace. Calculate his salary, savings, and investments to see if it is possible for him to do what people on the videos do.
After hours of calculations and consideration, he makes a choice.
"I will build this home and cruise over all the roads in the entire world."
He sets his goal and his is determined to reach this goal no matter what. He will quit his job if that is what it takes, cut all ties with his friends and family if necessary, and take a risk of death if it means he gets to live in a mobile mini home.
By the time all the plans are laid out, it is already morning. Morning sun shines bright into his apartment. For the first time, he finally has a life plan, and he is determined to make his dream a reality.
And of course, he falls asleep right away and doesn't go to work.