WEBVTT	#Elemental Media Engine(TM) 2.17.1.0

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I was at work one day and
we needed somebody to

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voice a commercial for
one of our car

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dealerships. And as a
joke, I read it and

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shockingly, everyone was
like, "That was kind of

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good." I've done
commercials for national

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airlines. I'm in a video
game for playing soccer.

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I get to voice all sorts
of projects and it's a lot

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of fun. There are times
when I go on vacation

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officially or, you know,
we're on the bus and we

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stop somewhere really
cool and we want to go

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explore for a few days.

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And that's when I shut
off my work and I let my

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clients know that I won't
be available.

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My name is Alice
Everdeen.

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I'm 31 years old.

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I'm a voiceover artist,
and I travel full time in

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my bus conversion with my
dog and my boyfriend.

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And I'm currently in
Lacombe, Louisiana.

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Growing up, I would
always mock the radio.

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Anything I heard.

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One of my favorites was
the Downs Ford commercial

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in New Jersey. Downs
Ford.

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You'll love the feeling.

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Downs Ford, you'll love
the price.

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And if you want to buy a
car or truck,

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they always treat you
right!

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I would do this all day,
every day.

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I don't know why, but
somehow it ended up paying

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off years later, so I'm
not mad about it.

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When I first started
doing voiceovers, I was

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just doing it for the
advertising agency I

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worked at, and I probably
voiced about maybe ten of

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them or so for this one
car dealership nearby.

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That was my only real
experience in that realm.

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My first month on Fiverr,
I made over $1,000 and so

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I would say about three
months in.

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I was really considering
trying to do it full time

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because I started to
match my full time salary

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and within I believe four
or five months I was able

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to quit my full time job.

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At the moment, I'm
completing about 150 jobs

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a month. It's been about
two and a half years and

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I've completed, I
believe, just under 3000

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jobs. So it got really
busy really quickly.

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I mostly do commercial,
TV and radio spots.

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I also do a lot of phone
recordings, which is a lot

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of fun. Thanks for
calling, Stanfield

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Veterinary Services for
Sales, Press one.

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One day Jay and I were
having a couple of drinks.

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We were talking about
goals that we had and

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things we wanted to do,
and we both realized that

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we wanted to travel more
and we never really had

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the opportunity. We
wanted to do a bus because

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they're a lot more
customizable. RVs

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typically have a set
layout.

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They're also not as safe.

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Busses are made to keep
dozens of kids safe.

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We're bringing it home.

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We took out all of the
seats.

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We took out all of the
windows. We stripped this

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thing down to nothing and
built it from the ground

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level. This is our school
bus that we converted into

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our home. From the bumper
to bumper, it's about 30

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feet, but inside we have
21 feet from the dashboard

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all the way back.

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Our seat converts into our
bed, which is actually a

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pretty cool feature since
it saves so much space.

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We are fully set up to be
completely off-grid.

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We have a phone booster
that is a antenna at the

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side of the bus and that
boosts our signal.

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We also have solar panels
on a roof of our bus, so

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that gives us all the
energy we need throughout

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the day to use our
appliances, to use our

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phones, all sorts of
stuff.

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Over here we have our
wood burning stove.

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We really wanted
something that was small

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and super efficient that
we could possibly reach

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from our bed but still be
a safe enough distance

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away that obviously we're
not going to burn the bus

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We have a full kitchen
area because I cook a lot,

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down.

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as you can see by all the
spices everywhere.

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We have a full apartment
size range.

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It's 24 inches.

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This is actually our
freezer.

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We have a chest style
fridge and freezer full of

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alcohol and Ben and
Jerry's.

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The two most important
things.

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Jay is a master with
water.

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He built the bus so that
we can suck up water from

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a body of water that
doesn't have salt in it

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and filter it on board
into purified drinking

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water. So really, really
cool.

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It's a full wet room. We
have a composting toilet

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from separate, full
shower and also we can use

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this as a back door.

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Basically, we just want to
have a really nice view

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when we poop.

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That was actually- that's
not actually a joke.

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My whole life I kind of
didn't have the best

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relationship with money,
meaning I would spend all

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of it on travel and then
I would pay down my credit

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cards and I would do it
over and over and over

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again. When I started
making more money, I

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really realized that I
needed to have a better

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grip on where my money
was going.

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I finally got an
accountant to handle

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things for me and try to
set me on the right path.

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Our expenses are
generally limited to car

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insurance, gas, pet
insurance, some

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subscriptions I have for
my work cell phone bills.

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We have Verizon and
T-Mobile, and that allows

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us to expand our coverage
as much as possible to be

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able to pick up, signal
and have Internet

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connections in more rural
areas and across the

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country. I would say we
usually spend the most

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money on high quality
food and going out to eat

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because we love to try
awesome new restaurants.

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But in addition to that,
gas is definitely a

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killer. Parking the bus
can be difficult at times.

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They have Hipcamp which
is like Airbnb for RV-ers

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or renters. In addition
to that, there's state

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parks, national parks.

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There's government land
where you can park for

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free, or a lot of people
go the Cracker Barrel and

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Wal-Mart route and they
just kind of stay in the

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parking lot. Love Cracker
Barrel.

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They have RV parking
overnight and their

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expectation is that you
go there for a meal and

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luckily we love biscuits
and gravy, so it works out

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for everybody.

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In the past, I've been
really stressed out over

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credit card debt, and
I've kind of come to

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realize that it is what
it is.

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I can't change it. All I
can do is pay it down and

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call it a day. So each
month I pay down as much

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as I can and whatever
rolls over rolls over.