Here, almost no one asks what we used to do for a living.

For weeks now we've been on the road, meeting travelers, farmers, gas station attendants, other overland-vehicle owners. Almost no one asks what we used to do for a living, or who we were before.

More often, people here ask about our vehicle. How many horsepower. How much diesel it needs. And then, how long we've been on the road and where we're headed next.

Back home, a conversation with a stranger almost always starts with the same question: And what do you do for a living? The answer places you immediately — entrepreneur, professor, consultant.

Here, that happens less often. Almost no one knows our résumé — but most people are seeing our vehicle for the first time, and some have never seen one like it at all.

We used to introduce ourselves first. Today we more often listen first.

Not because the profession no longer matters. But because something else matters first, here.

Who would you be, if your profession weren't the first thing others learned about you?