IKITAO

IKITAO is the Tao of living a harmonic life of meaning, passion, privacy, and freedom.

[Ava Aum @avaaum]

I have known men to hazard their fortunes, go long journeys halfway about the world, forget friendship, even lie, cheat, and steal, all for the gain of a book.

— A. S. W. Rosenbach, Books and Bidders

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[Ava Aum @Ava_Unbound]

Mine just shipped. Can't wait to get it set up in the rolling command center. They say good things come in small packages, and she's a beast.

Have a look.

Bluetti Elite 300 the real off grid test
https://t.co/8FxiwuoKCN

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[moxie @_moxiecat]

Moxie girl 💜 vs blinds :)

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[moxie @_moxiecat]

Moxie girl 💜

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[Ava Aum @Ava_Unbound]

Cold storage is handled :)

I went with the BougeRV 30QT 12V fridge/freezer + insulated cover.

Same footprint as the 23-qt, just 2.5" taller, so more fridge without losing floor space.

It'll be here Thursday.

The rolling command center is coming together.

#AvaUnbound #IKITAO

[Ava Aum @Ava_Unbound]

The Hele Box Solo is here :)

This height-adjustable car-camping platform + 3" hybrid pad is exactly what I was looking for.

I haven’t even opened it yet, and @_moxiecat has already claimed it.

One more piece falling into place as the journey gets closer.

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[IKITAO @_ikitao]

RT @avaaum: Use Linux. Learn the terminal (AI can help you). Learn keyboard shortcuts. Thank me later.

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[Ava Aum @Ava_Unbound]

Shop says the Hele Box Solo Car Camping Platform and Sleeping Pad are shipping out tomorrow and set to arrive this Friday! I'm pretty excited about it. Definitely looking forward to getting it set up for the road.

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[Ava Aum @Ava_Unbound]

Just ordered the Hele Box Solo for the ride!

The sleeping platform is one of the biggest pieces of this no-build build, so I’m excited to finally have this part coming together.

Can’t wait for it to get here. :)

Ig: heleoutdoors

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[Ava Aum @avaaum]

If you want to make peace, you must be peaceful.

— Peace Pilgrim

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[Ava Aum @avaaum]

In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

— Eric Hoffer

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[Ava Aum @avaaum]

Was passing through this little town in Alabama today and saw some amazing classic cars.

Apparently, on the first Friday of every month, they block off the main street through historic downtown and fill it with classic cars.

I only had about 15 minutes to look around, and I really wish I’d had more time. I could have spent a long time walking up and down that street.

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[Ava Aum @avaaum]

Upgraded my Bible.

Got the SBL Study Bible. This is the updated edition I've been looking forward to, and probably the last book I buy before I head out.

I have many versions of the Bible, from William Tyndale to the Lamsa Bible. But if I could only keep one English translation, it would be the NRSVue, the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition.

It's the latest revision of the NRSV, which comes out of the RSV tradition and carries forward the long English Bible tradition from Tyndale through the King James Version and later revisions. The American Standard Version was the RSV's direct ancestor.

The RSV was published in 1952, the NRSV in 1989, and the NRSVue in 2021. Over that history, each revision has incorporated advances in textual criticism, linguistics, manuscript study, and our understanding of the ancient world.

The NRSVue is not an entirely new translation. It's a substantial scholarly revision of the NRSV, incorporating newer textual evidence and developments in the study of ancient languages. It takes the ancient texts seriously and puts them into clear, contemporary English.

It’s readable, precise, and based on the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. The SBL’s preface explains that the RSV was “authorized to improve the translation, based on more evidence of the original texts and early translations of the Bible,” including ancient translations into Arabic, Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopic, Georgian Greek, Syriac, and Latin. Not somebody’s interpretation of somebody else’s translation. Going back to the sources.

This is the kind of translation serious biblical scholars, seminaries, and academics use. Bart Ehrman, one of the foremost New Testament scholars and textual critics of our time, has called the NRSV the best English translation of the Bible available, a view shared by many other biblical scholars.

The Society of Biblical Literature took the HarperCollins Study Bible, a long-standing academic and seminary resource, and thoroughly revised it with the NRSVue. It was published in 2023 as the SBL Study Bible and was the first study Bible to include the complete NRSVue text.

It has introductions, notes, textual criticism, historical and cultural background, maps, charts, essays, and the Apocrypha.

This is the version I've been waiting for. I'm also waiting for the print edition of the updated New Oxford Annotated Bible, which will also use the NRSVue. Those are really the two best English-language academic study Bibles to own.

There's only so much room in the car, so I have to get selective about which books come with me on the road.

This one gets a spot alongside the Hindu classics, Buddhist texts, the Qur'an, Taoist and Sikh scriptures, Osho, Science of Mind, Sanskrit language books, and a few others.

I'll have my entire digital library with me, of course, and plenty of audiobooks. But some texts just feel better in your hands. And there's something nice about being able to sit down and read without needing power.

A little library of essentials to take with me on the journey.

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[Ava Aum @avaaum]

To find yourself is to find God, and to find God is to find yourself.

— Anandamayi Ma

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[Ava Aum @avaaum]

A man built more than 1,000 homes for squirrels... and put cameras inside some of them to see what they get up to.

This may be the best use of surveillance technology I've seen yet. :)🫂💜

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[Ava Aum @Ava_Unbound]

Just ordered the Hele Box Solo for the ride!

The sleeping platform is one of the biggest pieces of this no-build build, so I’m excited to finally have this part coming together.

Can’t wait for it to get here. :)

https://t.co/JfGTaPXN8I

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[Ava Aum @Ava_Unbound]

Building out the Corolla Cross for life on the road and heading west with my hairless cat, Moxie @_moxiecat.

Freedom. Adventure. A more intentional life—and seeing where the road leads.

I'll be sharing it all here.

Welcome to my journey.

#AvaUnbound #IKITAO

[Ava Aum @avaaum]

Prepping apps for the journey 👀
Holy #Snowden reference, Batman!

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[Ava Aum @avaaum]

How to live in a Van - 2024 - Full Documentary Movie
https://t.co/4Qjb5VEtWx

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[Ava Aum @avaaum]

Markets always revert to the mean.

— Jack Bogle

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