First off, the title may be slightly misleading as I have yet to monetize this blog in any way, shape or form.  Not a single cent has touched my bank account, and  I know very little about blog monetization, nor have I had much interest in the concept up until this point.  However,  I want to be very forthcoming with my goals and intentions regarding Location180 because I don’t want anyone to feel as if they have been mislead, duped, or talked into buying something they really didn’t want.
My absolute …

While I am the first person to admit that I am far from an experienced traveler, I have been to more places than many.  As I am currently looking forward to all of the places that I would like to go, I couldn’t help but look back at some of my favorite places that I have already been.  Covering the spectrum from wild and rowdy, to relaxed and subdued, here is the list of my top five favorite travel destinations.
#5: Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is a city …

Recently I have found myself slightly overwhelmed. This is the first time in my life where I have been unsure of what is next. All through grade school and high school, I always knew what was coming. After eighth grade, comes ninth. I had known since I was 12 which college I would be attending. Six months before graduation, I had a job fall in my lap. Everything has always been easy. I have never had to make much in the way of life changing decisions.
Fast forward to now. I …

This is a guest post from J. D. Bentley.  He is an online entrepreneur and the founder of Wage Slave Rebel – a blog for aspiring freelancers, bloggers, entrepreneurs and lifestyle designers. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jdbentley or www.twitter.com/wsrebel.
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On the night of September 12th 2007 I sat tucked away in an isolated office in the basement of an abandoned building and waited for the clock. I had been sent to the hospital’s East Campus — a building that formerly housed the mentally unstable but now contained marketers and designers …

This past Sunday I found myself laying in Washington Park and letting my mind wander to wherever it felt compelled to go.  Lately, this seems to be happening on a much more frequent basis.  On the golf course, I would imagine there was a crystal clear ocean just beyond the tree line.  While writing this article from the garden of my office building, I was imagining I was in a cosmopolitan oasis in the South of France far away from the 100 degree weather we have been experiencing in Portland. …