No home required: freelancing and freewheeling from the road
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Like a lot of young couples, Heath and Alyssa Padgett entered marriage with a mountain of student debt. But instead of finding desk jobs, the couple opted for a life on the road, where they’ve been traveling the country in an RV since 2014. Last fall, they paid off the last dollar of their $30,000 burden, thanks to a freelance video production business run from their mobile home.
The Padgetts are an example of a new breed of so-called location-independent workers seizing on the new economy to work, travel and playall at the same time. “If I’m 25 and I could work from anywhere, why not go see the world?” says Heath Padgett.
Their adventure started four days after they got married, when they packed up a used RV, eyes set on an epic honeymoon during which they planned to visit every state. He gave up a software sales job in Austin, Texas, and she left a nonprofit in New Orleans. “Originally, the plan was go do the trip, come back, get jobs, figure out life,” he says.
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