What inspired your decision to make the transition to living and working remotely, and what have been some of the biggest surprises and rewards that you’ve experienced in the process?
For many years the high desert landscape has been a really huge inspiration to us. Nature and its rhythms are a big part of our lives here. We have space out here, both physical and mental, which has allowed for us to explore work in new ways. So for those reasons and more, as soon as we found the right property here – which took us a good two years to nail down -‐ we said so long to the city and dug in.
I think one of the biggest surprises are how social we are here, even more so than when we lived in big cities. The world sort of comes to us and it comes here for quality time. The biggest rewards come from the big and inherent limitations of the desert. We’ve handled the better part of building our home learning the skills as we went along because we had to. We’ve slowly built a brand from out here and that has been equally as rewarding.
What advice would you give to those out there looking to make a similar lifestyle change?
Community building is important in small towns – get to know your neighbors. Embrace the challenges because limitations can lead to great growth and surprising creative breakthroughs. Also, learn how to cook!