Thank you for creating a clearing house for ideas and approaches. Keep them coming!

Thanks for making us feel appreciated. I’ve only discovered this blog in the last month or so, and it’s quickly become one of my favorites! Keep sharing the tips.

Awww I feel all emotional, I think you are producing some very inspirational stuff, keep it up

As this blog doesn’t generate much of an income for us, I have at times wondered whether the sheer amount of time and effort it takes to write for it and run it is worth it - it’s only really a ‘hobby’ for me, not my business and yet it takes up way more of my time than it probably should.

Ah, the bloggers lament. You have to do it for the love Lea as there aren’t that many LIPs you can make money out of. I fall in and out of love with blogging all the time, I think no ones reads it, so get all depressed and then when I stop writing, completely random people come up to me and complain that I have stopped.

I have found the best way to use blogging is as a learning tool. You are forced to research what you are writing about and all the information comes in useful at the most curious of times.

From a completely selfish point of view I would say keep up the good work as I can live the LIP lifestyle vicariously through you whilst trying to develop our business in Florida in such a way as to enable us the freedom to travel sooner rather than later.

Also, from your blog I have followed links to Coffee Break Spanish whose lessons now fill the memory card in my phone and 4HWW whose sub-contacting ideas I have already started to put into practice. (With limited success as of yet, but onwards and upwards.)

So thanks, don’t stop.

Hey what about me! Over here! Hey! Look at me!

J/K. This is a great idea for content in a very competitive market. I have myself spent a number of years living independently of place and will stick around both to learn and share. By the way, Lea, I am already starting to get to know your VA. Seems great. Will share more later.

Best,

Sean

Just started ready your blog. It is great. Starting to plan our independent life (two kids (5Y and 2Y), & wife) and your blog is very helpful. Thanks

Lurker here just saying hey! Found your site quite recently, I think through a link from Leo Babauta of Zen Habits. Although not an LIP (well not yet anyway!) I still find many of the ideas inspiring - so keep up the good work!

Lea –

I recently began lurking here and thought I take this opportunity to pop in and say hi. As a single mom of a junior in highschool, I’m currently pretty rooted in place, but reading this blog is helping me explore my dream to be an location independent professional.
Hang with this subject, as I feel more and more are seriously considering the possibilites for their ‘next career’.

awww that’s me up there! Thanks!!

My job doesn’t really allow me to live overseas and travel since face-to-face client meetings, physically installations, prep, inventory and warehouse are required as part of my job, but this blog still has a lot of great information for small business owners in general. I am also an avid oversea traveler (except last year because of growing my business), so it’s always great to read about other travelers’ blogs

Thanks for the mention and please do keep up your great work!

Cheers,
Cindy

What…you mean you don’t clear $10,000 a day from your blog like I do..? Maybe its time to tweak your Google Adwords.

Just kidding, keep up the great work Lea - its been a pleasure watching this thing grow!

- Greg

Hi Lea..

Thanks for the mention Your blog is the first and only blog that I have been a regular reader and commentor of.. so thank you for “keeping me hooked” so to speakl….

I hope you feel you receive enough reward to continue… I think the LIP “market” is a growing niche, that you have claimed top spot for at the beginning… I imagine more and more people moving towards a LIP lifestyle - so who knows - maybe this could bring you more income in the future…

Cheers

Hi by a newbie!

Thanks to you for your blog! Thanks to blog like yours I’m getting the strength to do the steps after the dream

Rod

Lea, thanks for the mention! It’s a wonderful site. I hear you on the revenue, but there’s a lot you can take away from blogging even without revenue (or at least that’s what I keep telling myself)! Like Mike Peach said, you have to do it for the love (of writing/blogging/enjoying the online community). The money will follow!

You have a terrific blog and I hope for our sake you decide to keep it up!

Steve

tip of the hat.

To all you lurkers and potential LIP’s out there - I can’t recommend “X Marks the Spot” too highly - and I’ve lived in Bristol, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Crete, New York, Chicago, Barcelona, Madrid, Bath and now a small village in deep Spain so I know what I’m talking about

Lea is practially giving the book away, so give the girl some beer money from this great blog which benefits us all…

Lea, thanks for including me in the LIP community! Your post and your last comment struck a cord. We sometimes also look at the amount of effort we put into our website and also wonder about whether it’s the best use of our efforts as it’s not a huge money maker : ) Like you, the community, comments, and people who have contacted us do make us feel like it is worth our efforts.

Also, we’ve been looking at ways to work more strategically and smarter. It’s starting to pay off, slowly but surely. It’s all a learning process!

Finally, I look forward to reading X Marks the Spot when I can get a reliable internet connection again! You definitely don’t come to Myanmar for the internet connections : )

Thanks for the link, Lea.

Keep up the great work.

Kavit

Thanks for mentioning me. You write quality posts so you could probably reduce the number you post without experienceing any problems. I for one, will still be hooked!

Thanks.

Jacqueline

Thanks for the mention - though it took a while for me too notice Juggling a couple of “make money” type jobs at the moment as well as the internet and just starting to think about Eastern Europe!