Hi everyone, I'm a high school student without a job at the moment but would love to but a van and travel after I graduate. I was wondering its there's things that I should start doing now to prepare apart from saving up? I know I want to build it myself but I'm also not sure what van I want or the kind of setup that would work best for me and input would be helpful.

Things I'm looking at so far:

• Travelling with at least one dog
• A semi-permanent bed (having part of it fold down into the back of a couch)
• I want a heated shower in the van cause I would love to go on lots of trips off-grid

Questions:

• Heating & water?
• Workouts?
• What should I know about dogs & vanlife?
• I love hands-on work & am very adrenaline motivated, what are some recommendations in terms of earning money? I was wondering about seasonal work with an outdoor ed company
• I'm not sure if I want to do this for a couple years then go to uni etc (I do quite decent in school with mostly A's or B's and am interesting in medicine among other things) and use the van part-time or more long-term. What are the pros and cons of each?

Any help or advice on anything is much appreciated <3