Who's living the location independent lifestyle?
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Aliblahba said:
Yeah Alibahba i always think about you when people on here say that is impossible to work and have lots of free time. I think your job is very suitable for our lifestyle, it is definetely as if you were runniing a business, its like you work for a certain period and then have free time to travel.
Fo sho Pitt. The downside is the quality of life while working. There's nothing else to do but go to the gym. I usually come outta the chute swolled up. I get a "hero's" welcome upon returning to the U.S. Couple that with stories of exotic lands and the girls line up.
My next move is project management. I've talked to guys the trade that work 6 months out of the year. And they were working in fly places like Tokyo. I'm also looking into a consultancy gig that allows me to live anywhere.
My next move is project management. I've talked to guys the trade that work 6 months out of the year. And they were working in fly places like Tokyo. I'm also looking into a consultancy gig that allows me to live anywhere.
32 days a year just isn't enough for me, being out the country for one month at a time isn't even close to being enough for me. I can't justify working hard all year for one single month off, not worth the trade off. Hence why I work 6 months, quit work, then travel for 6 months or there abouts. It's a nightmare when you're back at home and have to look for a job all over again but at least I'm living the dream for 6 months a year. What I want is a stream of steady income to supplement me whilst I travel so I can do it longer or go live abroad for a while. Not easy.
whosyourdaddy
Robin
Aliblahba said:
What do you do for a living? Work on oil fields in Alaska? Sounds like you work in IT, but so mention that you're quality of life sucks while working.
Why you shouldn't get a job for your whole life:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/down-not-voices-long-term-unemployed-125453267.html
Be your own boss. A man carves out his own destiny. The problem with jobs is that they pay you the least possible while the upper executives collect all the rewards. Furthermore, when they go down, so do you and you lose your job.
I thought this was sort of interesting:
Todd L.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/down-not-voices-long-term-unemployed-125453267.html
Be your own boss. A man carves out his own destiny. The problem with jobs is that they pay you the least possible while the upper executives collect all the rewards. Furthermore, when they go down, so do you and you lose your job.
I thought this was sort of interesting:
Todd L.
I really hate when people start saying that you shouldnt get a job and that working is not worth it.
I had the same mentality till recently that i would never work as long as i had enough money to feed myself. But since i have started working, i dont find working to be that bad, its actually ok specially if you are getting good money. But for us that also enjoy travelling, the best thing is to find a job that will suit our lifestyle, basically you get lots of free time and enough money to be travelling around the world, if you can combine both then you may find work a good thing.
I also wouldnt like to work 11 months per year and just get 4 weeks off work, that wouldnt be suitable for me, however working for only 6 months is perfect for me.
Blogging wont give you the amount of money that a high paying job will give you, only few people are making lots of money through blogging, so if you are still looking to make money through such ways than good luck (not saying that it cant happen, but you can´t rely on one source for the rest of your life).
Also if you are working and getting more than 50k per year it should be enough for you to have a business on the side, so in the long run you can give up working after you stack up enough money.
If you hold a uni degree and you are not making enough money, then you may want to get a real job, it should be worth it. Find a job as an expatriate and you will see double opportunities.
I had the same mentality till recently that i would never work as long as i had enough money to feed myself. But since i have started working, i dont find working to be that bad, its actually ok specially if you are getting good money. But for us that also enjoy travelling, the best thing is to find a job that will suit our lifestyle, basically you get lots of free time and enough money to be travelling around the world, if you can combine both then you may find work a good thing.
I also wouldnt like to work 11 months per year and just get 4 weeks off work, that wouldnt be suitable for me, however working for only 6 months is perfect for me.
Blogging wont give you the amount of money that a high paying job will give you, only few people are making lots of money through blogging, so if you are still looking to make money through such ways than good luck (not saying that it cant happen, but you can´t rely on one source for the rest of your life).
Also if you are working and getting more than 50k per year it should be enough for you to have a business on the side, so in the long run you can give up working after you stack up enough money.
If you hold a uni degree and you are not making enough money, then you may want to get a real job, it should be worth it. Find a job as an expatriate and you will see double opportunities.
"I also wouldnt like to work 11 months per year and just get 4 weeks off work"
Ha.
Pitt, you are European right?
Because most Americans would kill for even that pathetic situation.
Ha.
Pitt, you are European right?
Because most Americans would kill for even that pathetic situation.
Gringo -
Back in the day (and this is probably still the case) tons of my friends that were surfers did just that.
Construction work, and living cheap for 6 months then travel and surf for six months.
Why not try that?
Back in the day (and this is probably still the case) tons of my friends that were surfers did just that.
Construction work, and living cheap for 6 months then travel and surf for six months.
Why not try that?
DanDeLaCruz
Sparrow
Your on the right path.... Thats the natural progression... I was doing the work vacation thing for a while too but now im planning on staying abroad years.... Keep doing research youll find something that fits you... From what ive found it will most likely be something that can be done through the internet... Because that is what makes you most mobile...
I've got an online money earner now but with working full time I don't have the time to devote to it. I could in theory give up my job and make unlimited amount of cash from it but no doubt as soon as I quit my job the rug would be pulled out from under it. I began with the online earner not long before I started my current job, made about £800 from it in the first week and about another £800 ready to cash out, was planning on quitting my job the following week then things went tits up and that £800 never made it to my pocket. Have figured out a way to get round that problem and hoping that nothing will go wrong with it this time, it's not exactly a sure fire thing. If everything goes to plan I can make a lot of cash from it.
txbeachbum
Woodpecker
pitt said:
I really hate when people start saying that you SHOULD get a job and that working is worth it.
Usually repeated by people either in college, or fresh out of college.
Getting a job is a short term solution to a long term problem.
That is most people's default, I'm broke ...umm get a job! Job doesn't pay enough ....umm go back to school. Rinse and repeat.
txbeachbum said:
So you dont recommend people to work? So how would they get money to invest in a business if they never worked? Plus, its been proven that 95% of business people fail in business. Imagine a situation where an individual who is 25 years old and decides to invest 20k in a business, after 6 months, he loses all his money and he doesnt have any cash left. He holds a university degree and he could get a job that would at least pay him 50k per year, what do you advise him to do? Not to get a job?
On your other topic, you criticised people that seek security calling them cowards. Well thanks to security human beings have been advancing, if we were not looking for security we wouldnt be so advanced, why do you think the world is so advanced today?
Individual with short sights and not focused in long term goals will have problems in the future. I strongly advise people to do both, working and investing, when investing starts to pay enough to the point where you dont need to work anymore, then you can give up working. Plus working is not that bad, do you think that someone who makes 150k per year hates to work?
I always believed that one should take anyone's viewpoint and/or advice with a grain of salt. At the end of the day, one needs to choose the path that is BEST for them. Also, anytime you have folks comparing their successes to others and offering advice (whether it is about game, income or just lifestyle), you will oftentimes end up with a risk-taker vs risk-assesser debate. To me, it doesn't matter if you are one or the other or in-between. All that matters is the bottom-line. I chose the 9-5 job route in life. I have good friends who live the location-independent lifestyle. Maybe that means that I can join them in a certain country for 4-5 days instead of the 30-45 days that they stay in a certain country but both of us are content with our paths.
Having said that....my path may change once I get my daughter in college...lol.
Having said that....my path may change once I get my daughter in college...lol.