I meet up with JD Roth from Get Rich Slowly and had an amazing conversation about mini-retirement, extended travel, and finding passion income.
Conversation
- Pancakes 0:03-0:56
- Pop-up camper, campsite and glamping 1:06-1:30
- Why we took a 10 week trip to 10 National Parks 1:40
- JD’s 15-month road trip 2:00
- JD’s travel lessons 2:36
- Cost of travel 2:50
- Need vs Want and culture shock 4:21
- Creating outdoor spaces at home 6:20
- Travel and mini-retirements to battle burn out and reignite creativity 8:00
- JD on trying to find your purpose 11:57
- ….more conversation about pancakes 19:20
Add to the conversation:
Have you ever taken an extended trip? What do you think you got out of it? Or would get from doing something like that?
This video touchs so many important concepts I’ve learned from you during mentoring. Mostly, I love the ending and the idea that when you look back on life there might be highs and lows, but you tried it all and there aren’t regrets. Side note, I have tried marrow once. I agree it’s gross.
I accidentally ate a brain once. Never again. =)
Jillian, I LOVED This conversation – I feel like you touched on what “vanlife” is more than most vanlife blogs I read. Living on the road really does teach us how much of our lives is excess.
In the video, you touch on needing to unplug from daily life just to be able to take that step back for self-reflection and determining life purpose. You discussed this in a post 1.5 years ago: “Last year was “get caught up.” We had taken the year off after 4 really hard years. And we were behind on everything. Rest, sleep, adventure, visiting family, hobbies/passions, projects around the house, decluttering, reading books, conversations with friends: you name it. We spent the year giving time back to the things we had stolen time from.” https://www.jillianjohnsrud.com/find-your-focus-for-the-year/
I am REALLY interested on this topic as we are not yet F.I., but I reached burnout last December (due to school, life, and being sick for 1.5 years straight from mold) and determined this year’s focus was going to be centered on “abundance”. I am trying to find ways to reorient and hold that space for self-reflection, but cannot take a big step out the way you did for at least 3-5 years (depending on a couple factors). What were some of the things that you did during the four hard years to keep your “eye on the prize” so to speak?
Most of the things that made those years hard there was no way around. Our oldest son had passed away, we added three foster kids to our home, and had done a few years of infertility treatments.
I tried to simplify our life as much as possible and did everything I could to take care of myself. I made sure I made it to the gym. I slept 8 hours a night. And I read books. I practiced the habit of deep breathing. There were a lot of things I couldn’t change, so I just focused on the ones I could.
What a wonderful video! So much inspiration and insight. I love that you are doing these posts via video, it lets everyone see that you don’t need a “special place” to do what you want to do. Although a park is already a special place 🙂
That’s for sure! Just start with whatever you have.