At A Glance

The phrase “location independent” refers to the ability to be able to live and work from anywhere you choose. That could be from the comfort of your own home, a coffee shop down the road or a beach bar halfway around the world. The ability to be location independent is usually underpinned by a business run via the internet. There is a growing community of location independent people – enabled & supported by the work we do here at the Location Independent network.

Background

The term “location independent” was first coined by Lea Woodward to describe the lifestyle she & her husband, Jonathan, inadvertently created for themselves when they left the UK in early 2007, to search for their new “home” somewhere other than the UK.

Supported by a business they could run on the internet, they first headed to Panama. Realising that they could go wherever the mood took them – and that they were’t ready to settle down yet, they have so far lived & run their business from Buenos Aires, Toronto, Grenada, South Africa, Dubai, HK and Thailand.

Having realised the joys, challenges and benefits of this lifestyle, they started a blog – www.LocationIndependent.com – to chronicle their experiences and share them with anyone else who wanted to create a location independent lifestyle. This has now blossomed into a network of sites and an active community of over 20,000 members.

Previous Press

The Guardian, Travel, UK | The escapees travelling the world while working online

The Guardian, Life & Style, UK | This column will change your life: 9-to-5 or free and easy?