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Kenzo Tran
🎖️ Army Veteran 🚛 30,000 Miles 🐔 Raising Chickens 🌱 Off-Grid Life 💼 All The Side Hustles

Hey, I'm Kenzo. And yes, before you ask — the mustache is intentional. 🥸

I spent my 20s and 30s absolutely thriving. Single, gay, and ready to go at a moment's notice. I've been lucky enough to see a lot of this world — some of it in uniform before I was old enough to rent a car, other places in my short shorts on a beautiful beach somewhere. From the Middle East to Asia, Europe to the Caribbean — I've been living my BEST life! ✈️🌍

I was in the cruise industry for 12 years, which basically meant I had a fancy excuse to travel the world and call it work. Chase Sapphire Reserve in my pocket, airport lounge like I owned the place. Was I saving money? Girl, no. 🍸

Then Covid hit and shut ALL of that down overnight. Just like that. 😷

So I did what any totally sane person would do — bought a truck, built out a camper, and drove 30,000 miles around the country with ZERO plans. 🚛🗺️ I had an old school Atlas map book and literally decided where I was going when I woke up each morning. Just started driving. That was the whole plan.

I turned 40 out there somewhere. And something shifted. 🎯

Now I'm 42, intentionally living as a minimalist on half an acre in Texas — no septic, no running water, no fancy anything. And I mean intentionally. 🌲 People look at me crazy when I say this, but I am genuinely happier waking up every morning amongst the trees than I ever would be in any high-rise luxury apartment in the center of the city. Hauling 5-gallon water jugs 💧, raising chickens 🐔, growing my own food — this is the life I chose. Oh, and my body has started sending invoices for all those years when I thought I was Mr. Invincible. High blood pressure, achy back, all the grown people things. We love a plot twist. 😅

But honestly? I've never been more curious, more alive, or more focused. These guides are everything I'm learning in real time — health, money, food, freedom. Come figure it out with me. ❤️‍🔥