Marriage in 320 Square Feet | Infinite Devotion Episode 154

Dawn and I have lived full-time in our RV for almost two years. We live together, work together, travel together, and do all of it in a house with four rooms, thin walls, and a garden hose for plumbing. When a man heard about this recently, he looked at me and said, "You must be really good people."

We like each other, which helps. Mostly, we've gotten good at navigating discomfort. In this episode Dawn and I talk about what close quarters actually do to a marriage: the space you can't get from each other, the noise you can't control, and what this life has taught both of us about meeting our own needs without making the other person the problem. Then we stick around for a game of "who's more likely to," which gets a little spicy.

In this episode we get into:

Dawn crying through a wave of grief five feet from me making breakfast, and why she didn't ask me to stop
Why the biggest challenge of a small space is emotional room, more than physical room
What happens to a marriage when the eight hours apart disappear
The weekenders, a 10 PM golf cart parade, and recording content with a remote control car outside the bedroom wall
Three nights of storms, a 300-mile tow, and the dent in the truck that reminds me not to drive exhausted
Hard water, Dawn's hair, and the real logistics of plumbing a house with a garden hose
The laundromat saga in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Enforced minimalism, and why we still dress up in a campground
Dawn's one-word answer when strangers ask what we do for work
Who's more likely to: forget things, wake the other up, get sappy, speed, laugh at a funeral, and forget how thin the walls are
The recipe app Dawn and I built together
The Infinite Devotion book launches November 10

CHAPTERS & TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Marriage in 320 square feet
04:00 Why this episode, and the game coming at the end
05:14 The biggest challenge: room for your own energy and emotions
08:13 Four rooms, one small house
09:54 The outdoors as living space
12:18 Sickness, flexibility, and being together almost constantly
14:13 Thin walls, the weekenders, and a golf cart parade
18:04 Storms, earplugs, and the dent in the truck
21:30 Thin walls and recording content
23:08 A tiny bathroom, and a month in a real house
24:38 Hard water, softeners, shower filters, and reverse osmosis
28:32 Laundry on the road
30:14 Surprising each other in a small space
31:43 Enforced minimalism and the wardrobe question
33:43 Dressing up in a campground
36:08 "So what do you do for work?"
38:28 The "who's more likely to" game
40:32 Packing, campsite frustrations, and middle-of-the-night wake-ups
44:54 Forgetfulness, letting go, and fist bumps
47:20 Sappy moments, misremembering, and laughing at the wrong time
48:02 The spicier round
51:05 Video ideas, speeding tickets, and who's the better cook
54:57 Dawn's cookbook app
57:46 The book launches November 10

Mentioned in this episode The Infinite Devotion book, out November 10. Get notified: https://infinitedevotion.com/book

Our RV: Brinkley Z 3515

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Dawn of Desire: https://dawnofdesire.com

Prefer to read? The companion essay: https://infinitedevotion.com/blog/marriage-in-320-square-feet

Listen to the full episode

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/infinite-devotion/id1703653891

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YouTube: https://youtu.be/UPqBz9WA2fw

Marriage in 320 Square Feet | Infinite Devotion Episode 154

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