Being location independent is a way of working, a way of living and, more than anything, it’s a way of being…
It’s not just about being nomadic and travelling the world to exotic destinations, running an online business wherever you are. It’s a work- and life-style based on the freedom to choose what you want, when you want, where you want and with whom you want.
That’s what freedom means to us – and that’s the kind of freedom we help others create too.
What We Do Here
On this site, you’ll find all the resources you need to create this kind of lifestyle for yourself…
Step 1: Start by checking out the free and affordable resources we have on the site to confirm whether this is something you really and truly want. And, if you’re curious, find out a bit more about who we are and what we do.
Step 2: If you’re serious about this, make it happen with the Location Independent Life Plan – our flagship program which helps you create a plan of action and gives you the practical support you need to create the location independent life of your design.
Step 3: It ends (or begins!) with an invite to our private community of location independent people, who are house swapping, doing business with each other and generally sharing the tips & lessons they learn on their journey to help the rest of the exclusive community.
Who We Are
We are Lea & Jonathan Woodward. Lea coined the term, “Location Independent” in 2007, when she first created this site.
We didn’t think “nomadic” accurately described what we were doing – running our business online from wherever we travelled to – and so we came up with the term, Location Independent.
Back in 2005, fed up with the instability of the rat race and working for other people – as a management consultant and graphic designer – we decided to go it alone and set up our business together.
Not wildly excited about the prospect of economising for a few years until our business ventures took off, we hit upon the idea of living in a lower cost country which would enable us to maintain the lifestyle we enjoyed – but at a much lower cost.
And so we left the UK in early 2007, headed for Panama. We 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 – our daughter, Mali.
Undeterred by parenthood, we hit the road again when our 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.
We currently have a home base in the UK but still travel frequently – and run our business from wherever we are.