Wealthy Affiliate - Running a Business While Traveling!
Good Day Fellow Wealthy Affiliate Friends!
It has been a great week for Pam and I so far! For those that don't know us, we are full time RVers who have been on the road since 2008. What does that mean you ask? Well, we live in an RV 24/7, 365, and travel the United States to locations we want to go to and run our business from our RV home!
For a while we work camped. That meant we exchanged work hours in an RV park for our site. It was a way to pay for it with pre-tax dollars. In 2011 I decided to return to running my own business again, from the road, and thought that if I could start a website where I could sell things.
That's when I found Wealthy Affiliate after much searching and investigation. But, I really did not go full steam ahead until 2014 when I decided to launch an RV inspection company, also run from my RV home.
I had my full time RV living website up and running and added the inspection business to it. It has worked well as I have page one rankings in so many related keywords of the RVing niche.
But, today, after an inspection in Nacogdoches TX on Monday, Pam, Lindsey and I decided to head south to the beach on Galveston Island.
This is the RV we examined. It took eight hours, and fluid analysis too (oil and coolant samples taken from motorized components and sent to a lab for analysis).
Isn't it pretty? Looks good from the picture, right? Well, such was not the case! There were lots of major and minor issues with this RV.
Any way, today, we are here at the beach trying to relax, yet here I am sitting on my computer catching up in WA and deciding to share our story in hopes it might inspire others to greatness.
Here is our RV today:
The beach is just behind us, about a five-minute walk. We took a stroll along the beach yesterday, about two miles down and then back. We wanted to check out the area and find a place to have Happy Hour and snacks today. Here's what we found:
This is Pleaure Pier on Galveston Island.
Maybe some snacks at Bubba Gump's in a bit. Hey, it's five o'clock somewhere! LOL
The beaches here are not bad. Destin, FL is better but I do like the flat hard sand that you can walk comfortably on for miles, even drive on and bike on.
Why am I sharing all this?
Well, certainly not to brag about our wonderful lifestyle of freedom and economic success, but to inspire others to the fact that if you work hard enough, and the dream is big enough, you can achieve anything in life you desire!
You see, part of our success is because of what I learned here at Wealthy Affiliate! My website is hosted here, was created here, and is successful in achieving my business goals because of all I learned here!
I have been able to create a lifestyle that I dreamed of back in the late 1980's. It did not turn out as I had planned, it turned out even better.
So, dream big!
If you don't already have one, create a dream board by your work area where you can have pictures of all the things you want to do and have. When times get tough, that is what you can look at daydream about. It will inspire you to keep working!
"Thoughts become things!"
Here's the picture I had on mine back in 1986 when I was making phone calls to get people to join me in Amway.
I envisioned us there and doing exactly what these folks are!
Here's the first RV I owned. Is it better than the one I dreamed about? It sure was!
We switched over to this in 2015 due to the other was just too big to get to the places we really wanted to go to. Plus, for a full time RVer on the go running, and running a business like we do, a motorized unit works better for us.
So what is the next one? Perhaps this!
Do you think this is on my dream board? Well, my electronic one anyway. Not much room in the RV to have cork boards hanging around.
What do you really want from your Wealthy Affiliate endeavors? Share them here! And not money goals.
Tell us what you would do with the money that will come from your online business. It will help you to keep the dream alive and the reason to work all the extra hours while dealing with your day-to-day issues and things that brought you here in the first place.
So like and comment away!
Thank you and best wishes for YOUR Success!!
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You sound like the most interesting couple. I would like to meet you one day in person. Well done on your manifestations!
Great points! With WA there is no need to have a physical product in your possession to make money, so you can truly work from anywhere. Just the motivation I needed this morning.
Hi...you paint a great picture! No matter what lifestyle we choose, I think WA can help us create it. The point is to be in control of our own life. Great pics.
Debbie
Yes, Debbie! You got it. Dream big and control the outcome by taking daily action.
Our dinner tonight was awesome. Second floor overlooking the gulf of Mexico.
Thanks for stopping by!
Hi again, we have commented before and we keep you in our minds because we think it is great what you have achieved. And do-able!
We live in Ecuador, on the gorgeous coast of Manta and our goals are to buy a nice condo here close to the beach and to be able to go scuba diving all the time, which is our passion and which we did for work for many years. Just want to be comfortable enough financially to do this and feel secure in the years to come.
We like your idea about putting a dream board by the work area.
Thanks for your inspiring story and we shall continue to work hard towards our goals. WA is a fun journey and we are following the training which really is excellent. Safe travels to you. Colette and Philip
Thanks for sharing Colette! I wish you all the best as you continue your journey here in WA! I hope your new dream board moves you to new achievements!
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This is a great success story! Love the timeline of how things played out for you two. I want to be able to enjoy my spouse’s retirement, live at the beach and be at 5 o’clock happy hour every day. I never finished my vision board. This definitely reminds me to do it! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for stopping by Kim! Best wishes on your retirement plans!