Digital Nomad Amy Scott figured out 14 years ago that her normal 9-to-5 job and normal life wasn’t for her. She was an Editor in San Francisco for a travel guide publishing company commuting into the city and squeezing out her own travel experiences around her vacation time.

That wasn’t good enough for her so she started the process of planning her escape but it took her longer than expected to save up what she needed. 2 ½ years actually of planning, saving and most importantly keeping her dream secret from her employer until she was ready launch. The day finally came, she left her job and started traveling but her nest-egg that she felt was enough to get her going was just $12,000.

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She is now a veteran at living the location independent lifestyle and her life now reads like the travel guide books that she was once editing. But what’s interesting is that she’s got the same career as an Editor but just in a different industry.

She figured out the formula to create her career around her lifestyle versus restricting her lifestyle around her career. In this episode we discuss... Quitting her 9-to-5 with only $12,00o to start her digital nomad life. Crying at the curb at the airport when her friends dropped her off for her first flight out. Relying on her existing skills as a copy editor to recreate her career and be location independent. Her first years of non-stop travel. Transitioning to 'slow travel' and staying in one place for months at a time.

My conversation with Amy Scott of Nomadtopia is coming up next.

Why she now helps coach people through the transition of 9-to-5 to digital nomad.

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Nomadtopia.com

Nomadtopia podcast

Nomadeditorial.com

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Pat Schulte, his wife Ali and 2 kids are officially the Bumfuzzle family adventuring the world for the last 15 years by land and by sea. They pulled the ripcord on their normal life 15 years ago. Back then, Pat was a stocks and commodities trader in Chicago working the trading pits and living the normal urban life in downtown Chicago but things started to change. Their friends started to move in the direction of buying a house in the suburbs and having kids but they weren't ready for that.

So instead this Midwest couple came up with the idea to buy a sail boat and sail around the world. The problem was that neither one of them had ever step foot on a sail boat.

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They took Sailing 101 on Lake Michigan and launched to sail around the world. From that point 15 years have gone by and they have traveled by land and by sea all over the world and along the way added 2 kids to the journey.

This family of 4 is still moving and Pat is still a stocks and commodities trader. He’s figured out how to continue his profession and make money from literally anywhere in the world. And they don’t even own a cell phone.

They are also helping others follow in their wake by posting pics, tips and life hacks on their site, Bumfuzzle.

Thanks to Cordel McNarland for introducing me Pat’s story.

If you like Pat’s story of selling it all to jump on a sailboat, check out epsisode #58. Bobby White was a corporate pilot when a brain hemorrhage ended his career so he bought a sailboat and is now a Marketing Influencer on Youtube with over 100,000 subscribers to his channel.

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Bumfuzzle.com and extensive blog posts.

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Interview spot, Capital Coworking in Roma Norte, Mexico City

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Caleb James was a TV news reporter in Albuquerque NM chasing down stories in front of the camera, had a very public career and it was the job that he had always dreamed of. But the reality of the job was that the stories he found himself exploring were really just him chasing down bad people demanding that they tell him why they were so bad. One day it occurred to him reliant on horrible things happening in his community for his own job security.

So he decided to chase the good stories as a Documentary Film Maker but to do that everything in his life had to change. He had to quit his job, leave what was safe and the life that he had built behind and embark on a completely different path. He is now pulling an airstream trailer across the US in search of the good stories under his brand, The Greatest of US.

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He’s stopping in a new city every week and creating a weekly documentary out of his experience but its not just any normal Youtube video, he is producing multi-layered stories beautifully and produced. and the stars are just normal people that he encounters along the way. One of those people that he meets is actually Abraham Lincoln. Yeah, I’m not freaking kidding. Honest Abe of my hometown in Springfield IL.

Thank you to previous guest's Derek and Anna Morris for bringing Caleb's story to the podcast. Check out their story in episode #96 when they reached a point of facing their Fears of Doing Nothing and launched out on their around the world travels.

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Thegreatestofus.com

YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @thegreatestofus

Interview spot, Impact Hub, Roma Norte in CDMX, Mexico.

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Todd and Allison Nevins with their bulldog Deuce left Texas to hunt down their ultimate laptop lifestyle of working from the road driving through Mexico. These Digital Nomads have everything they own in their SUV and 30 minutes after driving across the border they make a rookie mistake. After negotiating their way through the border town of Nueva Laredo, they continue on their quest to live in a new city every 6 weeks. So far they've hit San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato and Mexico City. "Everyday, living in Guanajuato felt like we were living in a movie." In this episode we discuss the most commonly asked questions... Are you looking for a place to settle? Is it really safe to drive through Mexico? How do people in Mexico treat you now that Trump is President? What is the healthcare like in Mexico? What is the co-working scene like? How do you make money living a laptop lifestyle? Do you need to speak Spanish? 🎙Listen on Apple Podcasts🎙 How do you really make money as a Digital Nomad? Isn't Mexico dangerous? Isn't Mexico City dangerous? Why are you living and working in Mexico when you are from the U.S.? Allison is building TexMex Fun Stuff, an Amazon FBA store in the United States and Europe selling hand-made Marvelously Mexican goods from artists throughout central Mexico. She details how she sources her products, the challenges of exporting to 6 different countries globally and the unique dynamics of building an e-commerce store compared to a traditional brick-and-mortar retail business. Todd is the founder of CLICKPlacement, a Google Ads marketing agency serving clients across 4 countries. He explains the challenges and advantages of working from the road and the startup and co-working scene in the different cities. Todd just also happens to be the host of the Go Hunt Life podcast. Episode 100 is a continuation from episode 93 where Todd and Allison were 1 week away from pulling the ripcord and crossing the border into Mexico at the beginning of their journey.. If you need more Todd and Allison, you can check out episode 76, 4 months out from pulling the ripcord to Mexico. They interview each other from a bar in a grocery store in Asheville, NC. ----Show Notes--- Allison's Amazon FBA store, TexMex Fun Stuff. Todd's Google Ads marketing agency, CLICKPlacement.

Interview spot, Capital CoWorking, Roma Norte in CDMX, Mexico.

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3 years ago Robert Field was doing everything that society had told him would bring him happiness. He had earned a masters degree that enabled him to get a great job in finance making plenty of money and everything on paper was just fine when all of the sudden he had a really tragic 4 days.

He was fired from the fishing rod startup where he was working in finance, he ended a serious relationship with his girlfriend which left him with nowhere to live and his uncle walked to a city park and committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.

Everything in his life, his beliefs around happiness and his direction changed in those 4 days but he was left with the question,

“What do I do now?”

These experiences catapulted him into following his passion with a vengeance and that passion is kayak fishing and making YouTube videos about his adventures. His pursuit of following his dream and being a YouTube Star along the way had begun.

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Now 3 years later, Robert is a marketing influencer and Youtube star with nearly 100,000 subscribers to his YakFishTV channel, 37,000 followers on Instagram at YakFishTV and the big one SPONSORSHIPS!

But Robert doesn't consider himself a Professional Angler or a You Tube Star, he considers his real profession to be a Professional Videographer.

We go through his evolution into his new profession and that moment during his journey when he absolutely knew that he was on the right path. That moment was brought to him by a 10 year old girl and an emotional call from her mom.

Thank you to previous guest Mark Vlaskamp for introducing me to Robert. Mark also has a story from corporate grind to kayak fishing. You can check it out on episode #79, 15,482 Mile Road Trip Through 37 States With 1 Canoe and Endless Possibilities.

If you or you know of someone that pulled the ripcord to completely reinvent their life, I’d love to know about it. You can reach me at gohuntlife.com

I interviewed Robert from a concrete conference room at the Tercer Piso co-working space in downtown Guanajuato Mexico so any echo chamber noise is my fault. And with that, a shout-out and thank you to my editing crew at Castle Media Group in Austin.

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YakfishTV on YouTube

Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @YakFishTV

Video with 10 year old Kiera Landers.

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Rex De Gusman – ReXDeLRaY on Youtube.

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10 years ago Cissy Jones was living the Silicon Valley startup life of 100 hour work weeks, sleeping at the office and was smothered by the ‘what have you done for me lately’ mentality of that world when one day her aunt asked her, what would be your dream job.

Her answer, "I want to be a voice on the Simpsons." 👈 🚀

A lot has happened since answering that question 10 years ago.

Cissy is a professional Voice Actor in LA, a massive voice in the Gaming world and just earned one of the highest awards in her industry by the BAFTA Games Awards that honors ‘outstanding creative achievement’ in the video game industry.

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We discuss…

How her Dad’s love of his profession and a simple question from her aunt would change her entire direction.

How it is actually possible to fit in 100 hours of work when she was slogging it out in Silicon Valley just after college.

How she fit in voice acting school and keept up with the pace of Silicon Valley.

Moving to Los Angeles to start and build her voice acting career using the tools that she’d learned in Silicon Valley.

Never having a doubt that she was meant to be on this Voice Acting path.

The validation she felt winning the award for Performer at the BAFTA Games Awards.

If you like this story of massive life & career reinvention, also check out my conversation with Steph Jagger. She quit her job to ski around the world for one year and in the process broke a downhill world record. Listen to episode #89 with Steph here.

Thank you to Randall Ryan, fellow podcaster and friend back in Austin for introducing me to Cissy.

If you or you know of someone that pulled the ripcord to completely reinvent their life, I’d love to know about it. You can reach me at gohuntlife.com

I interviewed Cissy while I was sitting in a concrete conference room at TERC3R Piso coworking space in downtown Guanajuato Mexico so any background noise that you might hear is definitely on me. And on that note, a shout-out to my editing crew at Castle Media Group in Austin. Thank you Thomas Umstattd and the crew there for putting this episode together.

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Cissy Jones

Twitter and Facebook: @cissyspeaks

YouTube 2016 Gaming Reel: Watch It Here

Acceptance speech for winning Performer at the BAFTA Games Awards 2017: Watch It Here

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Heath Padgett convinced his fiancé Alyssa to quit their jobs after their wedding, buy an RV and set out on the road for an extended 1 year honeymoon to live the RV life. His idea was to travel to all 50 States in their first year of marriage and along the way, find and work an hourly job in each state.

Heath's goal wasn’t to document the plight of hourly workers but to explore how people find meaning in their work.

"It really set the stage for us to live a whole year in a constant state of discomfort." - Heath Padgett on working an hourly job in all 50 states in 1 year.

Alyssa, without any videography experience grabbed a camera and began filming their adventures and it blew up and turned into the documentary, Hourly America. They were featured on CNN, Forbes, CBS and all of the others.

But what they also discovered was that executing on their idea was more difficult than they anticipated and half way through their mission, they almost quit. We talk about what happened and what drove them to continue.

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Since then, the honeymoon is in the rearview mirror but the road trip hasn’t ended. they have not stopped RVing and continuing to use their entrepreneurial spirit to fund their adventures and also solve their own problems.

They are living the RV Entrepreneur life and building a company from the road that solves one of the RVers biggest challenges.

Like most startup visionaries, they are trying to solve a very simple problem but the solution is more complicated than expected.

A shout out to Chip Sampson in Austin TX for introducing me to Heath and helping me get this interview set up. If you or you know of someone that pulled the ripcord to completely reinvent their life, contact gohuntlife.com

If you are dreaming of an RV entrepreneur life, check out episode 83 with Paul Kortman that explores him and his wife Becky's decision to raise their 4 kids on the road RVing across Mexico.

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CampgroundBooking.com

The RV Entrepreneur podcast – 100+ episodes on RV living and location independence

Facebook and Insta @heathandalyssa

Twitter @heathpadgett and @bookacampground

Living in an RV by Alyssa Padgett on Amazon

Jia Jiang's TED Talk on why he pursued 100 days of rejection.

Looking for an hourly job in your area, check out Heath and Alyssa's first sponsor and leader in hourly jobs,  Snagajob.com

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A few years ago, Anna and Derek Morris had everything that they ever wanted in Houston TX. Derek had a corporate job in the oil and gas industry and Anna was self-employed building a startup. They had a perfect house with a pool, a big yard and a mortgage so on paper they had the perfect, normal life.

But their ripcord decision began to build and it peaked when they realized that their fear of doing nothing was greater than their fear of potentially screwing up their lives by quitting everything safe to travel the world. They made the daunting decision to live their motto, We Play Everywhere, and launched out into the unknown and chaotic world of constant travel.

Their story includes.... The safe lives that they built in Houston. When they reached the point of their fear of doing nothing became greater than their fear of screwing up their lives. The process of getting rid of their stuff. What it was really like to travel and hit 30 countries with nothing but backpacks and carry-ons. What it was like coming back to the States after being gone for so long. Why they decided to road trip with their dog into Mexico.

Their big house in Houston is now a distant memory after traveling through 30 countries and we catch up to them from a small little beach town in Mexico where they are regrouping on their next adventure which involves building a startup to solve their own travel problems that they encountered along the way.

Thanks to Nifty Gosney for introducing me to Derek and Anna. If you know of a crazy story of letting go of everything safe to pursue a path less traveled, contact us at gohuntlife.com.

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Weplayeverywhere.com

Insta @annakmorris_ and @derekbmorris

If you like this story of adventure travel, check out last week's episode with Will and Jessica Sueiro that hit the road with their 2 kids. Their interview took place in the middle of Morocco from their RV. 💪 🚐

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Will and Jessica Sueiro left their 9-to-5 jobs in Boston behind, pulled their kids from school and set out on an adventure wandering the world but the first 6 months of their new lives turned into a living hell. Their first stop was Costa Rica and what they quickly learned is that there was no amount of planning that could have prepared them for the transition from normal life in the States to their new lives full of unstructured chaos wandering the world.

They kept pursuing their dream and didn't let the minor setbacks force them to go back on their decision to live a bolder and fuller life. Fast-Forward a few years and they've just relived that first 6 months of chaos and frustration after their kids convinced them to buy an RV and for them to wander across Morocco. "We do not learn from our mistakes but that has made all the difference in our journey." Jessica Sueiro In this episode the Sueiro's share... Pulling the kids from school without ever home-schooling them before. Telling their friends but deciding to avoid naysayers by telling them that it was just for a year. Battling the first 6 months of chaos in Costa Rica and why it was so difficult. The mistakes that they made in the transition. Balancing their new roles as Jessica's income was now supporting the family. Getting adjusted to home-schooling the kids. Creating WorldTowning.com to help others transition into pursuing the road less traveled.

I would like to thank previous podcast guest Kim Dinan for introducing me to Will and Jessica. You can find Kim’s story of adventure travel re-shaped by an unexpected gift, a yellow envelope, on podcast episode #86.

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Worldtowning.com

Socials @worldtowning

Youtube @worldtowning

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Greg Caplan is the founder of Remote Year and their tag line is Keep your job. See the World. Leave the planning to us. He’s created a company that allows you to pull the ripcord and start traveling the world for 1 year but keep your real job and money coming in. What he's also built is a 1,500 person community of like-minded individuals from all over the world.

This is how you can chase your dream life and if you have one, still keep your dream job.

🎙Listen on Apple Podcasts🎙 The company's motto is simple but the core reason for Greg to keep growing the business doesn't have anything to do with profit or loss. "To create a more peaceful and productive world through authentic human connections among diverse groups of people. Creating authentic interactions with other people makes the world a more peaceful and productive place."

In this episode we learn...

Greg's initial idea to quit his own job to travel the world and invite a few people to join him. Helping people negotiate with their boxx to work remotely and travel for either 4 months or 1 year. How Remote Year takes care of all of the planning from travel and housing to excursions and experiences in 12 different cities around the world 75 people, 12 cities and traveling for 1 year together. Building a global community of over 1,500 like-minded individuals. The ratio of freelancers to employees with a real job. How much does it cost for the Global Work and Travel Experience? 👉 Programs & Pricing 👈 A recent success story of 1 person getting promoted 2 times while she traveled the world.

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Remoteyear.com

Socials @remoteyear

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