Monthly Archives: July 2007

Financial Challenges As A LIP

Living as a Location Independent Professional does come with some unique challenges, especially when it comes to money & finances…
Here are some of them:

Having to stump up for 2-4 months rent all in one go for your advance payment & ‘preferred’ long term rates. Most owners would rather be flexible than lose such a great [...]

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Days 6 & 7 of Budget LIP Caribbean Living

The final 2 days of our ‘budget Caribbean’ experiment…
Here’s what we spent on day 6…
EC$40 on 4 chicken breasts, some tinned tomatoes, creamed coconut (to make a masala-like curry)EC$5 on broccoli
Grand total = $EC45 (£7.50 or US$15)
Here’s what we spent on day 7 and a picture of what we got…

EC$6 on 2 fresh, young coconuts [...]

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LIP Fitness Workouts

As a qualified personal trainer & corrective posture coach, I can devise endless workouts using various bits of random equipment. So here are a couple of typical workouts we might do…
On the beach:
10-15 minutes of interval sprints up & down the beach
15-30 minutes in the sea using the water resistance for various different exercises like:
i) [...]

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Healthy Living Resources

These are the healthy living resources & suppliers we’ve come across so far on our travels:
In PanamaOrganica – sells a range of organic food (mostly dry goods but some fresh), organic drinks including wine and other organic products (toiletries, household goods etc.).
Riba Smith in Bella Vista – range of organic fruit & vegetables on a [...]

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Days 4 & 5 of Budget LIP Caribbean Living

Here’s what we spent on day 4…

EC$12 on 4 x fresh, young coconuts to drinkEC$20 on a huge piece of freshly-caught tuna
EC$3 on pak choi vegetables
EC$5 on 6 eggs
Grand total = $EC40 (£7.50 or US$15)
Here’s what we spent on day 5 (which is our ‘treat’ day when we can eat anything we like)…
EC$20 on a [...]

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