Former corporate America dropouts, Jessica and Will Sueiro, are avid adventurers who have been traveling the world with their free-spirited children, Avalon and Largo, since 2014. After burning out in their careers as a corporate accountant and graphic designer, Jessica and Will quit their jobs to move abroad and start a YouTube channel called World Towning.
Today, they've visited 70 countries in their quest to provide their children with a global education, while building a deeper bond as a family.
In part 1 of this two-part interview, Will and Jessica shed light on why they decided to leave their corporate jobs to pursue content creation and culturally rich travel experiences as a family. They also get candid about the challenges of raising and homeschooling kids outside of the US and share lessons learned in 7 years of full-time travel.
Would you ever travel long-term with your family? Have you ever thought of becoming a content creator?
Listen in for tips on travel vlogging, educating kids through global experiences, and discovering yourself through travel.
"Nothing's handed to you on a silver platter when you live outside the box." - Will Sueiro
"After 7 years of full-time travel, we realized we know nothing." - Jessica Sueiro
EPISODE 130 TOPICS DISCUSSED:
- How your identity changes when you move abroad.
- Normalizing full-time travel for everyone.
- The concept of "travel addiction."
- The ups and downs of a long-term travel lifestyle with kids.
- Living and working with your spouse.
- What it takes to travel the world for 20 years.
- How to balance documenting travel with content creation and bonding as a family.
- How traditional education stifles creativity and what society de-values creative profession.
- Using travel to "take a break from life."
- Surviving the pandemic on a boat in France.
- Fighting through the backlash they received from leaving their jobs to travel.
- Struggles of workaholism, perfectionism, and US overwork mentality.
- Forming your identity when you leave the US and letting go of bad habits.
- The realities of travel burnout and remote work burnout.
- Why Jessica and Will started WorldTowning.
- How they split work and family responsibilities as digital nomads.
- Hiking AND vlogging 580 miles along the Camino Trail in Spain.
- What it's really like to maintain a YouTube channel while traveling.
- Why and how they learned to edit videos.
- Discovering hobbies, interests, and creativity through travel.
- Breaking down gender roles, perfectionism, and societal expectations.
- Lessons learned from the disruption of the pandemic.
- How to express yourself as a repressed artist.
- How to transition from being an accountant to a video editor.
- How to get through creative blocks.
- Changing your career in your mid-40's
QUESTIONS ANSWERED:
- How can you transition from a corporate career to a creative one?
- How can you start an online business with no experience?
- What are your tips for balancing work and life while traveling full-time with kids?
- How were you able to survive the pandemic during lockdown with your family on a boat?
- How old were you when you decided to leave the US and travel?
- How do you balance work and content creation with family time?
- What were your previous jobs and how were you able to transition out of the corporate world?
- How did you realize you wanted to be content creators?
- How were you able to overcome the stereotypes of US workaholism and follow your dreams of working in your creative passions?
- How do you support yourselves while living abroad?
- And much more!
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