This is the year we decided to put our house, yes our house, on Airbnb and have an adventure filled year with our toddler. It started as a desire to get away more on the weekends and quickly turned into a little side hustle that is helping us pay for nicer trips away, car payments, you name it.

We get into how this started and quickly escalated into our house being booked out every weekend, becoming a profitable side hustle. We went from booking cheaper airbnbs to just buying our own caravan for weekends of adventure while other people enjoyed our countryside home.

Did our house get totally trashed? We dive into exactly how it’s gone so far when people have stayed at our place, we’ve had over 20 bookings at this point and spoiler alert, it hasn’t been trashed yet. We also talk about details like cleaning and logistics of how we actually turned our personal home into a holiday rental, becoming a space people could stay in and what we do with all of our stuff.

Do you want to make some extra income, looking at renting your place out but it seems a bit crazy to let people stay? Or maybe you just want to start camping or caravanning with your family. This episode is for you.

Episode Breakdown:

00:00 Intro & Chit Chat

02:50 Airbnb Side Hustle

07:30 Fully Booked

08:45 Adventure turned hustle

09:47 Caravan Living

10:51 Did our house get trashed?

18:22 Cleaning

20:01 Caravan Adventures

22:25 Logistics of Airbnb

26:04 Main residence renting

27:29 Reviews are everything

28:40 It’s a part-time job

30:50 The easy version

32:07 Target to pay off your big holidays

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In today's episode get into the 5 AM Club, the book and method by Robin Sharma, and how we've adapted this to fit our lives (with a toddler).

We discuss the tools and tactics we implement in our. mornings to transform the way we start the day and how this has shifted from the past. Waking up early and focusing on reflection and mindset has totally changed the way we tackle each day.

Whether you're a seasoned early riser or a sleep-deprived parent looking to reclaim your day, we hope our journey will empower you to transform your routine and embrace the magic of the early hours.

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Today we talk through the Hero’s Journey following four stages and how this can be applied to our life, past and present. We like this framework as it helps us put challenging times into the context of the big picture, and also see when we’re stuck or trying to push a gut feeling down with numbing behaviour.

We discuss the narrative self, doing things for the story, like the story of what we want our life to look like in our 30s and how it’s linked to the hero’s journey. Carly talks about main character energy and Matthew talks about how he likes the dynamic where Carly pushes us to do more things as a family and Matthew help make it happen.

We get into the details of challenges around starting a podcast and what the actual stats have been in our first month. If you’re on the fence maybe this podcast is for you just to remind you, it will be challenging but you can do it! Carly was stuck being the reluctant hero and just not starting for almost a year.

Whether it’s moving to a new county, quitting drinking, starting that podcast or something smaller like starting a workout program, cold plunging, journalling or waking up earlier - the hero’s journey is a great framework to use.

We were inspired by Mel Robbin’s latest podcast episode to talk about this topic - thanks Mel Robbins!

00:00 What is the Hero’s Journey

02:05 Stage 1: The Call to Adventure

06:33 Narrative Self vs. Experiential Self

10:08 Main Character Energy

14:52 Stage 2: You’re the Reluctant Hero

20:12 Stage 3: Cross the Threshold

25:11 Stage 4: The Midpoint & Challenges

28:14 Stage 5: The Journey Continues

33:54 Changes we’re making

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