Description

In this episode of I Do, We Do, we interview our second duo, Heath and Alyssa Padgett. Heath and Alyssa are full-time RVers who have been living and working on the road for almost five years. We chat with them about how they work together and compliment each other with their different styles. We also hear about their travels and favorite spots. Music “Sunny” by Bensound.com.

About Heath and Alyssa Padgett:

Heath and Alyssa have been married since May of 2014. After graduating college and working in jobs that they weren’t too crazy about, Heath and Alyssa knew that they wanted to jumpstart their marriage and careers into something that they were more passionate about. Together, they wanted to establish a time to be more creative so that they could put their passion for writing and video to use. Four days after their marriage, they hit the road in an old RV, left their jobs, and have been in business with their own start-up at heathandalyssa.com interviewing travelers and hosting their annual RV Entrepreneur Summit for almost five years now. Not only do their travels include all fifty states of the U.S., but international places like New Zealand, Australia, French Polynesia, and Canada are included as well. Although they are currently residing in Texas, they’re still operating their successful start-up.

What We Talked about in this Episode:

• We asked Heath and Alyssa to share their similarities and differences and how their difference complement each other
• • “We have a lot of the same interests”
  • • we love making videos
    • we love writing
    • we are very creative
    • we both are very entrepreneurial
  • “We have common values in what we want to pursue in life, what ‘work’ looks like, and what ‘meaning’ looks like, but I think how we carry out those values in our work/job is polar opposite”
  • • Heath is more the dreamer whereas Alyssa is more of the doer and the one in the details
    • • “she makes sure that everything we say we’re going to do gets carried out”
      • “she’s very much like the organizer of our annual RV Entrepreneur Summit, but it was my idea to start the conference”
  • “I think it’s been very helpful how we’re different, because it bleeds over areas where I know I’m not as good”
  • • “We have very different shopping habits”
    • • Heath always wants to buy and shop for all the nicest, shiniest, and finest things
      • Because Alyssa is very frugal, she reminds Heath to be frugal
• We asked Heath and Alyssa to share their personality assessment results
• • They shared their Enneagram results
  • • “Worst case scenario is that we could be workaholics, but we’re known to be a ‘power’ couple based on Enneagram results”
  • They shared their StrengthsFinder results
  • • Heath’s strongest strength was Optimism
    • Alyssa recalls her strongest strengths were Responsibility and Input
  • They shared their Love Languages results
  • • Alyssa’s most dominant love language is Acts of Service
    • Heath’s most dominant love language is Quality Time
  • We share our Love Language results
  • • Ashley’s most dominant love language is Physical Touch followed by Quality Time
    • Billy’s least dominate love language style is Physical Touch (he scored a 0)
• We asked Heath and Alyssa to share their story of what inspired them to start working together to build their business together
• • Necessity
  • They both like to spend time together and want to spend time together as much as possible
• We asked Heath and Alyssa to share their greatest collaboration story or when they feel they collaborate very well together
• • They said when it comes to planning their annual RV Entrepreneur Summit that’s when they feel they really collaborate well
• We asked Heath and Alyssa what a typical day is like when they are together
• • Heath Wakes up
  • Heath brings Alyssa coffee
  • “Heath is a big reader and journaler so we both start our day off reading”
  • Alyssa  likes to do yoga or go outside and maybe walk
  • Usually 9:30 - 10 we’ll start our work day by putting on headphones and give each other space for our work
• We asked Heath and Alyssa what life in an RV is like and asked them to share the benefits of living in an RV
• • Life has been different living in an RV throughout the years
  • • Year 1: “We were living life with constant adventure, spontaneousness, a lot of uncertainty” (since they took the risk of leaving their first jobs)
    • Year 2: “Living in an RV is really cheap.”
    • • “We stayed in one place and started paying down debt and started growing our business”
• We asked them to share their travel recommendations
• • Heath recommended New Zealand
  • Alyssa stayed in the US and said Grand Teton National Park