May 12, 2008
Written By Lea Woodward
I bet that isn’t a title you expected to read on a blog where we mostly talk about how *possible* it is to work from anywhere, is it?
When it comes to the “live anywhere, work anywhere” lifestyle of a modern nomad, the usual images of tanned entrepreneurs tapping away at their laptops on the beach under a palm tree spring to mind.
The reality however is quite different.
Have you ever really tried working from a beach with your laptop? - where it’s so damn hot that the rivers of sweat pouring down your face make it impossible to see your screen, if that is, the sun weren’t causing such a glare that it’s practically invisible anyway.
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May 9, 2008
Written By Lea Woodward
Yesterday we went out and about around Phuket to take some snaps of our home for the past month. We’ll be sad to leave here next week - but happy to return early next year. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the photos…
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Apr 28, 2008
Written By jonathanwoodward
Image by assbach
Editor’s note: This is a post by the other original Location Independent Professional - Jonathan - who’s been elusive and mysterious on this blog until now. He’s an artist not a writer (or so he says), so go easy on him!
When I get nervous I tend to speak faster and my voice seems to raise by a few octaves. I just about manage to get away with this when I am conversing with a fellow English speaker, but how can I expect someone with limited English language skills to understand me?
Not only that but I’m one of those people who feels rude and embarrassed about not being able to speak their language - which makes me even more nervous, even higher-pitched and even less understood!
Unlike Lea, I don’t pick up languages after just a few lessons and since becoming location independent 18 months ago I have had to really think about how I communicate with other people when I can’t speak their language and they have a limited understanding of mine.
These are a few of the things I’ve learned about how to communicate when you’re both speaking a different language…
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Apr 21, 2008
Written By Lea Woodward
Photo by MumbleyJoe
With our arrival in Thailand last week, it is the 8th place we’ll have lived in during the past 14 months for a period of 4 weeks or more. You might say we’ve become accustomed to hitting the ground running, sussing out our new surroundings and getting used to a new way of doing things!
It’s figuring out the simple things that can prove a challenge - things like…
- Figuring out how to fill up with petrol - self serve or not? To tip or not?
- Working out how supermarkets work - weigh fruit & veg before checking out? Handing in handbag/other shopping bags to security before you enter the store?
- Checking out the TV channels and working out which ones have the best movies on.
- Figuring out the driving rules and whether tooting your horn is rude or friendly.
Moving round as a modern nomad can be unsettling and stressful - you begin to crave routine, you seek out the familiar and you find yourself constantly comparing one place to another. Achieving a sense of feeling settled might be the very thing you were trying to escape when you left home - and yet it may well be the thing you find yourself constantly striving for whilst you’re away.
(No, I’m not feeling homesick - nor unsettled - but it struck me recently that no matter how well this lifestyle suits us, it can be pretty stressful when it comes to moving on!)
There are a number of things however, which will help you get settled in and accustomed to your new surroundings more quickly…
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