We travelled for one year, taking our work along.
This presentation is about our experience, with the good and the bad, and some tips & tricks when you want to copy this lifestyle.
By www.nomadz.nu
This presentation was presented on Barcamp Ghent 4 - 2011
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20. THE COST, YOU ASK?
A normal monthly
wage
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21. HOW DID WE DO IT?
WE KEPT ON WORKING!
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22. WHAT do
we do ?
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Catherine: online
communication +
launching www.butikk.nu
(@cvanholder
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Ine: web designer
& photographer
(@matuvu)
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23. WHY DID
WE DO
IT?
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Love travelling
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Have more âtimeâ.
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Wanted to do our own
projects again
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25. Lifestyledesign
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Design your own life according
what you want to make out of it.
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Donât think in the normal
âtemplatesâ of life.
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26. Nu NOMADS
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Live on the road while working
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Location Independent
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27. Life HACKING
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GTD: Stop underperforming: Win âtimeâ
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Achieve goals & dreams
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Time & space for personal projects
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28. CAN YOU DO IT?
YES, you can!
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32. First step
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Figured out what we wanted in life.
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Read â4 hour work weekâ and checked the side info
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Downloaded a budget planner
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Chose destinations (gut feeling + internet available)
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Started planning
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& Saved money (by selling stuff + asking 4 money
instead of presents
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33. SECOND step
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Figured out a job to do remotely / Checked for
grants / gap year subsidizing / ...
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We went to the accountant and asked what is
possible
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Went 4 cheap tickets (Airstop / Connections) and
checked early booking
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We told our clients we were leaving. Prepared
them (and our family). Installed Skype on their PC
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39. THE HARD STUFF
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You just canât do it all. Youâre not a tourist, you have a
working life and are not on vacation. Although many
people think you are.
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Tourist stuff is expensive. Very expensive.
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40. THE HARD STUFF II
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Starting over and over again is tiring. Rather choose
for 6 months than 4. Donât underestimate the
practical stuff you need to learn (which supermarket
to go, find an apartment, postal office)
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Language is a deal breaker: we made easily friends in
S Africa. Thailand and Brazil turned out to be hard due
to the language.
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41. THE HARD STUFF III
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Some countries are not what you thought they would
be. Argentina turned out very expensive. And too big
for weekend trips. And for that reason not that
exciting for us.
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Difficulties can put your relationship under stress.
Most important: Keep on talking. Respect each other.
Give each other space.
(We survived and the relationship became stronger.)
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42. THE HARD BUSINESS I
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Working needs discipline: It really helped us to have
an office in Buenos Aires. We became much more
productive
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Headphones are a must
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Good internet makes a hell of a difference, although,
not having it all the time makes you more productive
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43. THE HARD BUSINESS II
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Clients that were difficult at home, are difficult on the
road.
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We didnât do anything illegal, but for what we did, there
wasnât any real regulation...
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44. THE GOOD STUFF
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We did it! We really did it. And it worked! We had an
amazing year.
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We were able to focus on the things we wanted, like we
had in mind.
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We travelled a lot. Really a lot.
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And we came home with more money than we started.
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46. BUDGETBOUTIQUE
HOTELS.net
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Feel like staying in those splendid places we do?
A site out of all those cheap wonderful hotels we
â
visited, and others. So all of you donât have to envy
us anymore.
You can now stay in the same places without being
www. rich! :)
butikk.nu - the website catherine launched for
affordable design/boutique hotels worldwide.
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50. Gear
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Laptop
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iPhone + Local mobile number + SIP solution
(local Belgian number is gated to our local
number abroad at very affordable rates)
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iPhone + Skype
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TelenetConnect for internet (on laptop + iphone)
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Backup disks in case of emergencies
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51. PRO software
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Skype for contacting clients + screensharing
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Billings for tracking time + invoices
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Dropbox / Sugarsync / Nomadesk
for filesharing
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Backblaze for online backupping
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52. xtra Gear
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E-Reader (Sony Reader)
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iPod / mp3player
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iPad
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Cameraâs
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Well, clothes and other stuff you need for
living & travelling.
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53. OTHER TOOLS WE LOVED
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See before (VOIP/nomado.eu, telenetconnect, skype)
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AirBNB.com: holy cow!
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The combo wifi/3g + Booking.com rocks! We once
arrived in Thailand from Belgium, booked a flight on
low cost carrier, and immediately booked a hotel via
booking.com. All in the airport...
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Facebook & twitter: best way to keep in touch easily
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