The view of one of the bungalows here on our Mayan compound. Greetings from curbside at the Cancun International Airport! I arrived and my driver is currently waiting on one other person before heading out to Taninah, where I’ll be hanging out with some pretty cool people for the next week (more on that Thursday). I’d never been to Mexico until about 30 minutes ago, so I’m excited to get started early on my goal of heading to 5 new countries this year. Every once in awhile I think it’s worth stepping back and realizing how lucky we are to be living during this time. We have more tools, resources, and power at our fingertips than any generation before us. In
Continue Reading > 10 Comments posted: January 23rd, 2012
I get emails all the time from people who are trying to become location rebels, trying to find a career that’s more suitable for them, or just want to make changes in their life – but can’t. Some have been trying for years, some literally only a matter hours, but almost all of them have very similar things in common which need to be pointed out. Its worth noting that I’ve been there, and thats why I feel it’s so important that I write this post. As I mentioned my unhappiness lasted for awhile. It took me a over a year to admit to myself that I really needed a change, and to put the plans in motion to get
Continue Reading > 41 Comments posted: January 19th, 2012
One of my favorite photos from Ken Kaminesky, who makes a living from his travel photography. One of the biggest misconceptions I hear when it comes to the idea of becoming a Location Rebel and working from anywhere is that you have to have a big blog, with a big audience in order to do it. This could not be farther from the truth, and the reality is, the vast majority of the people in the world who are successful at working from anywhere actually don’t have big audiences. Every single day I get emails from people who want to live an unconventional lifestyle, but aren’t exactly sure how to do it it. “Should I do something that I’m passionate
Continue Reading > 11 Comments posted: January 16th, 2012
This morning I’m on the (not-so) snowy slopes of Vail, Colorado. I’ll approve any comments as soon as I’m done All too often I find myself looking for the magic bullet. No, not in the grand scheme of things because we all know there is no magic bullet to life, love, or business. However on a smaller scale, I find myself on a fairly regular basis looking for that magic tactic that’s going to propel me to the next level. Perhaps it’s new copywriting ideas for my email marketing, maybe it’s a new productivity app for my computer, or perhaps it’s something as simple as buying a new gadget. I’m constantly looking for that tactic that will make life easier.
Continue Reading > 3 Comments posted: January 5th, 2012
No, not that kind of slash Some people call them “slashers”. Emile Wapnick calls them “multi-potentialites”. I call them Location Rebels. However you want to describe them, there’s a growing movement of people who are working to make their living doing a wide variety of things, rather than specializing in one. “So what do you do?” “Oh you know, I’m an “SEO specialist/affiliate marketer/HDR photographer/blogger/consultant/world traveler.” No joke, I’m pretty sure at one point or another that has actually come out of my mouth. Right now is the era of the slasher. I’m a blank slash blank slash blank. Get it? When you combine books like Never Get a Real Job and the 4 Hour Work Week with a lifestyle
Continue Reading > 3 Comments posted: December 29th, 2011
This is a guest post from my good friend and Location Rebel Expert Joel Runyon of the Blog of Impossible Things and Impossible HQ. As a kid, I used to play in the sandbox all the time. I’d move stuff around without a care – building, creating whatever I wanted. Everything from castles to landscapes to active volcanoes that I managed to make by putting the garden hose in at the base of a mountain of sand and wait for it to erupt. It was awesome. I had total freedom to do whatever I wanted to do and make whatever I wanted to make. Nobody could tell me what to do and whenever I got tired of building something, I
Continue Reading > 19 Comments posted: December 27th, 2011
It wasn’t until recently that I really figured out what my dream job was. I wrestled with this back in the days when I was a financial analyst. I knew I wanted to be doing something different than that, but I couldn’t really tell you what it was. I found that the first step towards figuring it out was simply a matter of doing more stuff that I liked doing. When you’re kicking it in a cube for 50 hours a week, there’s not a whole lot of extra time to explore hobbies and interests. In other words, it’s very difficult to figure out what you’re dream job really is. However, there are certainly some steps we can take in
Continue Reading > 27 Comments posted: December 22nd, 2011
Hanging out at New Kuta Golf Course in Bali, Indonesia Man how modest do I sound with a headline like that?? The reality is, this is the third post in a series of reflections about the year of 2011, what went well, what didn’t, and what I need to do to move forward in the future. The first post looked at the 10 Coolest Offices I Had in 2011, while the most recent one looked not only at some of the things I could have done better at, but also identified people who already were killing it in the areas that I was lacking. Today we are looking at some areas in my life and business where I found some
Continue Reading > 11 Comments posted: December 12th, 2011
December is a time for reflection in my life. A time to look at the things that went well over the past year, the things that didn’t go well, and a time to prepare for the future. Earlier this week I paid homage to the location independent lifestyle I’ve built for myself and reviewed the “10 Coolest Offices I Had in 2011“. While it was really fun to write and reflect on some of the high points of the year, there’s no doubt that there are some things that I could have done a better job with. Ok, that’s putting it a bit lightly. There are some things that I really sucked at this year which I want to identify.
Continue Reading > 22 Comments posted: December 8th, 2011
The W Hotel, Seminyak, Bali. Yeah, this one should probably be on this list… Well ladies and gentleman, its the beginning of the last month of the year and you know what that means… Ok, maybe you don’t. December marks a chance for me to reflect on the things I’ve done over the year, places I’ve gone, mistakes I’ve made, and most importantly, gives me a chance to make plans for the future. One of my favorite posts I wrote last year was called “19 Incredible Destinations I Visited in 2010“. Not gonna lie, I was a little bit afraid that 2011 wasn’t going to be able to stack up to last year. Well lucky for me, this year didn’t
Continue Reading > 16 Comments posted: December 5th, 2011
