Location Independent Lifestyle

Kirsty left Canada in 2001 and has been traveling, working, and volunteering abroad ever since. Her latest and greatest passion is volunteering and she has spent 11 months out of the past two years as a volunteer doing disaster relief work. Learn how international volunteering can give you a unique travel experience.

Reader Binbin writes in to ask what advice I would share with my 18-year-old self if I could go back in time. If you’re recently out of high school, or any stage in your life really, and you want to break free and explore the world, here is the mindset I would recommend to get started…

If you’re someone who’s tired of living from one paycheck to the next, want to build a solid safety net, curb impulse spending and increase your earning power, then Adam Baker at Man Vs. Debt is someone you should be listening to. He and his wife paid off about $18K in consumer debt, sold all their belongings, and were able to travel the world for over a year!

Benny Lewis is a permanent traveler and location-independent “tech nomad” who’s been globe trotting for over seven years, picking up languages as he goes. Here he shares some unconventional approaches to learning languages and reaching fluency in a fraction of the time!

Improve Your Life in Just One Easy Step | Location180 - a great video from my buddy Sean Ogle, who recently quit his job and moved to Thailand

Interview with Thailand Based Nomad, Cody McKibben | JetSetCitizen.com

How to be a digital nomad (via Mixergy.com)

Stefan Sagmeister shares the impact of a year-long sabbatical on his design work (via @TEDtalks)

Thailand 2009 - Check out what Brooke Ferguson has been up to as a Location Indpendent Business Backpacker (via BusinessBackpacker)

30Ways in 30Days to Redesign Your Life & Travel the World—spectacular series on becoming #LIP by Christine Gilbert @almostfearless

Soultravelers3-Digital Nomad Traveling Family! (via soultravelers3)

“I have met some really amazing and talented people from all walks of life, from all ages and from many different parts of the world. I follow many of their blogs, and I find blogs are a journey and documentation of someone’s growth,ideas and perspectives. I love it, it’s so exciting to follow all these passionate people in their journey and quests through their lives.”

Diggy from Upgrade Reality shares a roundup of great lifestyle design & location-independent bloggers.

Ever wanted to take your family out traveling long-term? Soultravelers3 have been living on the road for a few years.

Some great tips & tricks for solo travel and starting down the location-independent path from Jamie Varon

I left California in November 2008 with a one-way ticket and no plans to return for at least a year. I’d had a nasty breakup, found myself bored at my office job, stagnating in my personal growth, followed by another messy relationship. I was ready for change. I had lived in my hometown for 24 years and I was ready for new scenery.

My desire to travel abroad started as a bit of an escape—to start fresh somewhere new—and my interest in coming to Southeast Asia was fueled by Timothy Ferriss’ inspiring New York Times Bestseller The 4 Hour Workweek. Ferriss, like many other business backpacker/vagabond/digital nomad types, noted that Thailand and Argentina were two of the world’s best remaining destinations where Americans can easily stretch their dollar.

So rather than waiting for retirement and dreaming about living in some future beach paradise, I decided to mold my life into something where I could work and travel at the same time. I spent a year and a half building a business that I could run remotely from anywhere on the globe. And then I went for it!

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