Are you fed up with having to live by the rules? The rules which say you have to work really hard, make lots of money just so you can buy a house with a big mortgage. And then work even harder to pay off that mortgage, until you can retire with a nice little nest egg pension…and finally start enjoying your life?
That didn’t sound great to us – and if this doesn’t sound like the path you want to take either, you’ve come to the right place…it’s the reason we became Location Independent – living and working from anywhere in the world we choose.
What Is Location Independent?
Being location independent is a concept, a lifestyle and, more than anything, it’s a mindset.
It’s not just about being nomadic and travelling the world to exotic destinations. It’s a lifestyle based on the freedom to choose the kind of lifestyle that works for YOU. From wherever you choose to be.
Whether you choose to live a nomadic life, you want to spend more time at home with the kids, move to an exotic location or you simply want to be able to work from the coffee shop down the road, the location independent lifestyle gives you the freedom to choose a lifestyle that you want to live.
Who Is Behind Location Independent?
Lea & Jonathan Woodward coined the term, “Location Independent” in 2007, when they first created this site. They didn’t think “nomadic” accurately described what they were doing – running their business online from wherever they travelled to – and so they came up with the term, Location Independent.
Back in 2005, fed up with the instability of the rat race and working for other people, they decided to go it alone – and set up their own business together.
Not wildly excited about the prospect of economising for a few years until their business ventures took off, they hit upon the idea of living in a lower cost country which would enable them to maintain the lifestyle they enjoyed – but at a much lower cost.
And so they left the UK in early 2007, headed for Panama. They spent the next few years travelling to places such as Thailand, South Africa, Grenada, Italy, HK, Turkey and the Caribbean, until a rather unexpected addition to the family came along – their daughter, Mali.
Undeterred by parenthood, they hit the road again when their daughter was 4 months old. Before the age of 1 she had travelled to and lived in the UK, Thailand, Italy, Dubai, Turkey and Scotland.
They currently have a home base in the UK but still travel frequently – and run their business from wherever they travel to.
But Don’t You Have To Be Rich To Do This?
If you need more convincing or more proof that this can be done by real, normal people who aren’t rich, who aren’t celebrities and who simply want to create the lifestyle of their choice, you may find the following articles interesting…
- Is A Location Independent Life Cheaper Than Living In One Place? Just How Much Money Do You Need? A 12 Month Breakdown of 2007.
- Is A Nomadic Location Independent Lifestyle Cheaper Than Living In One Place? A 12 Month Breakdown for 2008.
We hope we’ve inspired you to create a location independent lifestyle that works for you…and that we’ve provided access to all the resources you need to help you do this.
