Archive for January, 2008
LIP Links 23.01.08
10 Hi-Tech Wristwatches That Any True Geek Could Love
Whilst I couldn’t see myself walking round the streets of Cape Town flashing many of these around on my wrist, I could certainly make use of the cell phone/PDA watches, the 1GB USB watch and the wi-fi detector watch.
Make your favourite espresso on the go
Now this is [...]
10 Hi-Tech Wristwatches That Any True Geek Could Love
Whilst I couldn’t see myself walking round the streets of Cape Town flashing many of these around on my wrist, I could certainly make use of the cell phone/PDA watches, the 1GB USB watch and the wi-fi detector watch.
Make your favourite espresso on the go
Now this is one gadget I’d really like - despite not being much of a coffee drinker (but I do love a good quality moccha!). The Handespresso Wild apparently “…prepares a tasty espresso with a perfect crema” and it’s a very, very portable-looking device too.
The ubiquitous Skellie has started a great new blog, designed to help the mobile web worker work from anywhere. Stiff competition for Location Independent Living? Absolutely but as Skellie herself says, she’s not an experienced traveller so the current focus on web working tips/being a smarter computer-user makes it a great companion for this blog and just one more resource to help others do what we do.
Absorbing Writing workshop in Sardinia
My blog pals Emma Bird from How To Italy and Joanna Young from Confident Writing have joined together (having met through blogging) to run the Absorbing Writing workshop later this year which is “a writing workshop in sun-drenched Sardinia…aimed at expats, nervous writers, business writers wanting to inject some oooph into their writing and bloggers who want to make their posts much more readable”.
How To Put Your Business On Autopilot Whilst You Travel The World As A Web Worker
Photo by sugu
Last week was a great example of the need to have efficient business processes and put our business on autopilot…
Our nightmare journey from Dubai to Cape Town took a whole day out of the week and we then needed to spend the rest of the week sorting out longer term accommodation for the [...]
Photo by sugu
Last week was a great example of the need to have efficient business processes and put our business on autopilot…
Our nightmare journey from Dubai to Cape Town took a whole day out of the week and we then needed to spend the rest of the week sorting out longer term accommodation for the next 3 months.
Fortunately, my experience of effective process design and our recent focus on creating efficient business practices means we were able keep on top of the workload and still enjoying exploring the fabulous city and surroundings of Cape Town.
If you live as we do - and run your online businesses whilst travelling the world - or you’d simply like to free up more of your time, then here are some of the simplest ways to put your business on autopilot…
Three Fears I Had About Leaving The Rat Race That Actually Came True (And How I Overcame them)
Photo by Megan*
Fear and doubt are mean, manipulative bullies don’t you think?
They barge uninvited through the swing doors of your rational mind and start pushing around any confident thoughts that you just happen to be entertaining of escaping the rat race. As a result your mood can change in the blink of an eye. But, [...]
Photo by Megan*
Fear and doubt are mean, manipulative bullies don’t you think?
They barge uninvited through the swing doors of your rational mind and start pushing around any confident thoughts that you just happen to be entertaining of escaping the rat race. As a result your mood can change in the blink of an eye. But, as with any bully, the only way to deal with them effectively is to stand up and show your strength.
Just prior to leaving my corporate job I generally felt confident that 2007 would be my year of personal freedom and success. I would vindicate myself against any naysayers and show them all that life did exist outside the cubicle. However, quietly lurking in the background lay some fears that unfortunately materialised within the first few months of leaving my job.
These included…
Loneliness
The very reason why I managed to survive in my corporate job was because I enjoyed the daily interaction with my colleagues many of whom are also my friends. One day I’m surrounded by 200 colleagues working, gossiping, sometimes arguing; the next I’m sitting on my own, in a one bed flat, in front of my laptop that wouldn’t play ball. The silence was almost deafening!
Loss Of Identity
Don’t you find that many people, when asked to describe who they are, reveal what they do for a living as one of the first things they say? For example, “Hi, I’m greg and I work in finance.” When I left the rat race, I was no longer part of the powerful corporate tribe and that lack of association left me in limbo for a while, not really knowing where I belonged or how to answer this question.
Am I 100% Ready To Leave?
A combination of the two above-mentioned points plus the fact that my business didn’t get off to the best of starts confirmed my fear that I wasn’t as prepared as I thought I was prior to leaving my job.
Here’s what I did to overcome my fears…
Ask The LIPs: How Do You Earn Your Income?
Many apologies for today’s late “Ask The LIPs” post…there’s no excuse but there are reasons!
We’ve had a slightly hectic time since arriving in Cape Town, what with having to find accommodation for the next 3 months, a sudden rush of business to deal with and generally being restricted on internet connections since arriving (connections are [...]
Many apologies for today’s late “Ask The LIPs” post…there’s no excuse but there are reasons!
We’ve had a slightly hectic time since arriving in Cape Town, what with having to find accommodation for the next 3 months, a sudden rush of business to deal with and generally being restricted on internet connections since arriving (connections are great but we’ve had to use the Skyrove wireless service which has been relatively expensive).
Fortunately, we’re now settled in our ‘home‘ for the next 3 months and things can get back to normal…
So today’s question is this:
What business do you run or plan to run to generate an income and enable your location independent life?
And last week’s winner of the ebook is…
Justin from An Audacious Man. Justin - I loved your introductory sentence and total honesty when you said…”At this point in my life it is really, really, sometimes-I-curl-up-and-shake-ly difficult to try to get back on that dream again“. I have total respect for anyone who has a passion and pursues it. A copy of the ebook will be winging its way to you soon.
