BeckyBlanton.com is a website/blog about my trip around the USA, my escape from “the cubicle nation,” as author Pam Slim would say, and it’s a way to communicate with the people who I meet along the way. In July 2009 I spoke at TED Global in Oxford, England about the working homeless – those invisible homeless who work full-time, but live in vehicles – after a year of doing so myself. The response to the video and the story was so strong I’ve decided to do it again – but document it this time around – the good, the bad, the funny, the insights.

“Becky’s Excellent Adventure,” as my friends and supporters call this – is about living in my van with my Rottweiler – as I travel around the country interviewing people who have decided not to settle for second best, even if that means living in their vehicle, couch surfing with friends, joining the military – whatever it takes to get where they’re going.

I trust God to put people in my path who have remarkable stories and a message and idea worth spreading. That message is one of hope, of faith, of a belief that we all can succeed if we don’t give up and keep showing up. It’s hard. I know. That’s why I’m writing “Stay Hungry, the official guide for never settling for what life puts on your plate.” It’s a guidebook for those of us who could benefit from the insights, wisdom and stories of those who pushed on through.