Archive for November, 2007

Declutter Your Life In Preparation For Becoming Location Independent

Posted by Lea Woodward

Illustration: Jonathan Woodward
In the run up to your departure for your first LIP location, you will have a 1001 things to do. Putting your whole life into storage may be one of them.
If you’re planning to become location independent in the not too distant future (and even if you’re not but you’re drowning under [...]

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Illustration: Jonathan Woodward

In the run up to your departure for your first LIP location, you will have a 1001 things to do. Putting your whole life into storage may be one of them.

If you’re planning to become location independent in the not too distant future (and even if you’re not but you’re drowning under the weight of your stuff), you can make this task a lot simpler and stress-free by starting to declutter right now - especially if you’re a hoarder.

Here is a simple process to help make this task a lot easier… Read the rest of this entry

Categories : Becoming A Location Independent Professional, Preparing To Leave

What Travelling The Globe Teaches You About Blogging

Posted by Lea Woodward

Is your head spinning with advice from all the probloggers out there? Do you know what you should be doing, it’s just putting that advice into action that you struggle with?
If so, this post is for you!
It contains 3 simple lessons that I’ve learned from our travels around the globe that are helping me to [...]

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Is your head spinning with advice from all the probloggers out there? Do you know what you should be doing, it’s just putting that advice into action that you struggle with?

If so, this post is for you!

It contains 3 simple lessons that I’ve learned from our travels around the globe that are helping me to become a better blogger…here’s hoping they can help you too: Read the rest of this entry

Categories : Business Tips

Potential LIP Business: Freelance Writer

Posted by Lea Woodward

Illustration: Jonathan Woodward
Have you always fantasised about being a freelance writer? Maybe becoming a novelist, a copywriter, a witty columnist or a professional blogger?
Freelance writing is an ideal location independent career, giving you the freedom to write from anywhere and travel the globe as a LIP. It is however competitive, challenging to get started if [...]

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Illustration: Jonathan Woodward

Have you always fantasised about being a freelance writer? Maybe becoming a novelist, a copywriter, a witty columnist or a professional blogger?

Freelance writing is an ideal location independent career, giving you the freedom to write from anywhere and travel the globe as a LIP. It is however competitive, challenging to get started if you’re a newbie and perhaps not the most instantly lucrative career choice.

The internet naturally opens up a huge range of options for you to earn money from your writing - from blogging and articles to copywriting and ghost writing.

Below I’ve listed a few resources I’ve had bookmarked for a while plus a few others you might find useful…

Read the rest of this entry

Categories : Business Tips, Ways To Make Money

Welcome Probloggers!

Posted by Lea Woodward

Welcome Problogger readers! I’m Lea Woodward, a Location Independent Professional (LIP for short) and main writer on this blog.
This blog is mostly about sharing the experiences of travelling the world whilst running our businesses (I’m a business coach/consultant and my husband, Jonathan, is an illustrator and graphic designer) and sharing ideas, resources, knowledge and tools [...]

lw_head.jpgWelcome Problogger readers! I’m Lea Woodward, a Location Independent Professional (LIP for short) and main writer on this blog.

This blog is mostly about sharing the experiences of travelling the world whilst running our businesses (I’m a business coach/consultant and my husband, Jonathan, is an illustrator and graphic designer) and sharing ideas, resources, knowledge and tools that may help others to do what we’re doing.

To help you find out what’s on this site, I’ve picked out some posts that might be of interest, if you’re looking to create this kind of lifestyle…

Why We Became LIPs

Where Do I Start?

20 Signs The LIP Life Isn’t For You

What Is A LIP? The Video (on YouTube)

Enjoy…and let me know if you’re in the process of becoming a LIP - I’m collecting a list of us all on this blog to inspire and help others who want to do the same.

P.S. Don’t forget to subscribe if you like what you see and want to see more!

Categories : General