Archive for September, 2008

This Is How I’d Design My Ideal Lifestyle; Now How About Yours?

Posted by Lea Woodward

Image by h.koppdelaney
In light of the current economic situation around the globe, you might be thinking that now is not the time to sit down and do the lifestyle design thing. Better instead to keep your head down, lie low and ride out the storm.
But I’d argue that now is the *ideal* time to not [...]

Image by h.koppdelaney

In light of the current economic situation around the globe, you might be thinking that now is not the time to sit down and do the lifestyle design thing. Better instead to keep your head down, lie low and ride out the storm.

But I’d argue that now is the *ideal* time to not only start designing your ideal lifestyle, but actually implementing it. If you don’t do it now, here’s what will happen…

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Categories : Becoming A Location Independent Professional, General

15 Hidden Wonders For Food Lovers Around The World

Posted by Lea Woodward

Are you a foodie? Or just someone who enjoys good food in great surroundings? Yep, us too.
Over the past 18 months of location independent living, our taste buds have experienced a whole gamut of tastes…from so-hot-you-can-barely-breath curries in Thailand to melt-in-your-mouth beef in Argentina.
If you ever get the chance, here are some of our favourite [...]

Are you a foodie? Or just someone who enjoys good food in great surroundings? Yep, us too.

Over the past 18 months of location independent living, our taste buds have experienced a whole gamut of tastes…from so-hot-you-can-barely-breath curries in Thailand to melt-in-your-mouth beef in Argentina.

If you ever get the chance, here are some of our favourite places to eat from our travels so far…

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Categories : On Location Tips

Lifestyle Design - A Framework And Guide To The Blogosphere That Will Help You Do It

Posted by Lea Woodward

Photo by Exothermic
If you’re reading this blog post and you follow this blog then the chances are that you, like me, are a bit of a blog addict and also probably a blogger yourself - or thinking about it!
But if the past few months back in the corporate world have taught me anything, it’s that [...]

Photo by Exothermic

If you’re reading this blog post and you follow this blog then the chances are that you, like me, are a bit of a blog addict and also probably a blogger yourself - or thinking about it!

But if the past few months back in the corporate world have taught me anything, it’s that the vast majority of people in the real world still don’t ‘get’ blogs yet alone follow any (and probably save themselves a huge amount of time in the process or waste it on something else).

Having spent the best part of 3 months being forced to take a step back from the blogosphere, I’ve had to get brutal with my feedreader and cull my feeds down to a bare minimum of the ones I really do want to read.

My criteria for the great big blog cull? Does this blog continually add value to my life and help me achieve the things I want to achieve or is it just fluff? Know how many made the cut? Just 6 (out of over 100).

But what does streamlining a feed reader have to do with lifestyle design?

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Categories : Becoming A Location Independent Professional, Tools & Resources