{"id":10493,"date":"2022-11-17T12:47:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T12:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/17\/i-love-being-an-rv-entrepreneur-but-this-is-my-actual-dream-job\/"},"modified":"2022-11-17T12:47:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T12:47:46","slug":"i-really-like-being-an-rv-entrepreneur-however-that-is-my-precise-dream-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/17\/i-really-like-being-an-rv-entrepreneur-however-that-is-my-precise-dream-job\/","title":{"rendered":"I really like being an RV entrepreneur, however that is my precise dream job&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>This submit might include affiliate hyperlinks. See our affiliate disclaimer <a href=\"https:\/\/heathandalyssa.com\/privacy-policy-legalease\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>All yr, we\u2019ve been speaking about steadiness.<\/p>\n<p>It was our theme for our 2020 RVE Summit:\u00a0<em>discover your steadiness.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a relentless dialogue between Heath &amp; me on how we are able to develop and scale our companies and go on adventures and be good dad and mom. Because the extra you develop any enterprise (or any weblog\/Youtube channel\/and so forth), the extra alternatives you discover.<\/p>\n<p>And extra alternatives means saying no. Lots.<\/p>\n<p>Even to issues we knew we might\u2019ve liked to do! Like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Host a TV present<\/li>\n<li>Partner with an organization to construct 100 campgrounds within the subsequent 5 years<\/li>\n<li>Camp at a <a href=\"https:\/\/baypointlanding.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">luxurious resort<\/a> on the coast of Oregon (this one retains me up at night time. It\u2019s so fairly!!!)<\/li>\n<li>Film a industrial for an RV supplier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But we have been too busy.<\/p>\n<p>Or it didn\u2019t match with our content material technique.<\/p>\n<p>Or it was simply dangerous timing.<\/p>\n<p>Or we have been too far-off.<\/p>\n<p>Or we weren\u2019t actually certified.<\/p>\n<p>Now don\u2019t get me unsuitable, saying no to all these items was the best name. Saying sure to every part would pull us in too many instructions and overwhelm us.<\/p>\n<p>But.<\/p>\n<p>BUT.<\/p>\n<p>Then I began considering of different alternatives. Not the exterior ones, however the ones in my head. Little goals of initiatives and merchandise that I&#8217;d like to pursue, however that I at all times nixed for any of the above causes.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s this one which began simmering in my head again in June after we spent a month caravanning with associates and consuming meals collectively. It grew as we had family and friends camp with us over the summer time. And once I met up with my good friend Barb in August, I actually sat on my fingers to maintain myself from blurting out this venture concept though I <em>knew<\/em> she would like it and encourage me to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Because as enjoyable as it will be, it wasn\u2019t very RV entrepreneurial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It didn\u2019t make any sense to waste time on it because it wouldn\u2019t make any cash or develop my enterprise.\u00a0<\/strong>Besides I\u2019m too busy.<\/p>\n<p>Even after I dismissed the thought, I discovered myself enthusiastic about it.<\/p>\n<p>Dreaming about it.<\/p>\n<p>Watching TV reveals that impressed much more concepts about it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And I began enthusiastic about why we selected this RV way of life within the first place, the issues we discuss consistently on our weblog and podcast:<\/p>\n<p>1. The freedom to personal our day<\/p>\n<p>2. An opportunity to by no means stand nonetheless and at all times push ourselves ahead<\/p>\n<p>3. A strategy to outline our lives and companies on our personal phrases<\/p>\n<p>4. How we create our perfect steadiness between work and journey and life<\/p>\n<p>And I spotted I&#8217;d type of be the most important hypocrite on the earth if I\u2019ve spent years speaking about how being an RV entrepreneur offers you a lot freedom and time after which I actively select <em>not<\/em> to pursue this little dream of mine.<\/p>\n<h3>So again to my dream job\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>Sometime final yr, I spotted that as a lot as I really like RVing and running a blog and journey, a brand new dream job nestled itself within the nook of my thoughts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;d LOVE to be a meals blogger.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guys, I might cook dinner all day. And then eat all day. The RV would scent AMAZING on a regular basis. I&#8217;d personal a brilliant cute apron. People would in all probability provide me my very own cooking present so I can stay my childhood dream and cross \u201chost a TV show\u201d off my bucket listing. I&#8217;d in all probability want to start out exercising extra to maintain up with the elevated caloric consumption, however that\u2019s par for the course. I\u2019ll do yoga for pumpkin chocolate chip bread.<\/p>\n<p>I imply certain, there\u2019s nonetheless all the opposite blogging-as-a-business stuff like product growth, development methods, electronic mail advertising, visitors, blah blah blah. But I\u2019ve been doing that for years. That boring stuff I do know. I might do all that stuff WHILE nibbling on an Instagram-worthy charcuterie board of scrumptious cheese.<\/p>\n<p>(Hey, it is a <em>dream<\/em>. My precise charcuterie boards seem like this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14938\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heathandalyssa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/charcuterie-rv-foodie-.jpg?resize=743%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"743\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"14938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heathandalyssa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/charcuterie-rv-foodie-.jpg?resize=743%2C600&amp;ssl=1 743w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heathandalyssa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/charcuterie-rv-foodie-.jpg?resize=300%2C242&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heathandalyssa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/charcuterie-rv-foodie-.jpg?resize=768%2C620&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heathandalyssa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/charcuterie-rv-foodie-.jpg?resize=500%2C404&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heathandalyssa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/charcuterie-rv-foodie-.jpg?w=777&amp;ssl=1 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This is why I weblog about RV entrepreneurship as a substitute!<\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019m not beginning a meals weblog.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t want a fourth enterprise within the Padgett family. I&#8217;d by no means have the time to observe the<em> Great British Baking Competition<\/em> on Saturday mornings if we did and that\u2019s clearly too essential to overlook.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But I found out a strategy to stay out my dream job, if just for per week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I emailed my good friend Barb\u2014who labored within the meals business for years and taught a number of cooking courses\u2014and advised her this loopy concept I\u2019d been sitting on for months.<\/p>\n<p>With extra full-time RVers on the highway this yr and so many individuals not getting collectively in individual for the vacations this yr, what if we did a cooking present on easy methods to rejoice Thanksgiving in your RV? You know, recipes you can also make even in case you don\u2019t have an oven or suggestions for planning a Thanksgiving feast once you positively can\u2019t cook dinner a full turkey.<\/p>\n<p>She was in.<\/p>\n<p>Which is nice for you, as a result of her recipes are SO MUCH BETTER than mine.<\/p>\n<p>So in two brief weeks, Barb and I are internet hosting our very personal cooking present stay on Facebook.<\/p>\n<h2>RV Foodie Kitchen: Holiday Cooking Show<\/h2>\n<p>Along with Barb (AKA RV Foodie Kitchen), we\u2019ve shared the thought with a number of associates who all agreed to companion with us on this enjoyable group occasion. We\u2019ll be sharing movies and recipes from our associates at RV Love, RV Geeks, The Virtual Campground, Wandering Wagners, and plenty of different superb RV cooks to create a weeklong RV cooking present. It\u2019s going to look one thing like this:<\/p>\n<p>Monday, 11\/16: Appetizers and no-oven-needed recipes<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, 11\/17: Side dishes<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, 11\/18: Entrees<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, 11\/19, AKA one of the best day: Desserts ????<\/p>\n<p>Friday, 11\/20: Snacks &amp; Drinks<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/therventrepreneur.teachable.com\/p\/rv-foodie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can study extra and get reminders when the present begins right here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m actually excited to deliver this venture to life with so many associates. We aren\u2019t promoting something. We\u2019re only a bunch of people that love cooking in our RVs who wish to share a bit vacation cheer! (Okay, and who additionally actually like consuming.)<\/p>\n<p>Plus, we\u2019re compiling an RV group cookbook with all of the recipes from the present that you simply\u2019ll be capable to obtain at no cost. You may even <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScsAxpR-TZ1xAlFNeT9WtyyzKl7IrFvEZkpeIa63eA6_8PECA\/viewform?usp=sf_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">submit your personal recipe<\/a>, in case you\u2019d prefer to be included within the cookbook.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This goes to be enjoyable.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s going to provide me further work to do proper earlier than the vacations, sure.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s going to make $0, sure.<\/p>\n<p>It is on no account business-related, aside from that we\u2019ll host the Facebook stay movies on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/heathandalyssa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heath &amp; Alyssa Facebook web page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s going to imply doing one thing I\u2019ve been enthusiastic about for months, with superb individuals who I really like, AND on the finish of the day I\u2019m going to make and eat 100 of the chocolate candies my mother at all times made in the course of the holidays rising up. And that\u2019s okay. It\u2019s what Heath and I name making a high quality of life resolution (extra on that subsequent week). <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14939\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heathandalyssa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/alyssa-and-ellie-baking.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"14939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heathandalyssa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/alyssa-and-ellie-baking-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heathandalyssa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/alyssa-and-ellie-baking-scaled.jpg?resize=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heathandalyssa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/alyssa-and-ellie-baking-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heathandalyssa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/alyssa-and-ellie-baking-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heathandalyssa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/alyssa-and-ellie-baking-scaled.jpg?resize=500%2C667&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heathandalyssa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/alyssa-and-ellie-baking-scaled.jpg?w=471&amp;ssl=1 471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>So in case you\u2019re on the lookout for suggestions and recipes for how one can rejoice the vacations in your RV this yr, I hope you get the possibility to <a href=\"http:\/\/therventrepreneur.teachable.com\/p\/rv-foodie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tune in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now Ellie and I must go observe our baking! (Yep we bake on the ground typically so Ellie might help with out attempting to leap off the counter\/desk\/dinnette\/and so forth. #momlife)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] This submit might include affiliate hyperlinks. See our affiliate disclaimer right here. All yr, we\u2019ve been speaking about steadiness. It was our theme for our 2020 RVE Summit:\u00a0discover your steadiness. 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