Monthly Archives: October 2007

Avoiding The Scarcity Mentality Whilst Cutting Down Your Outgoings

In the process of creating our LIP life, we went through a period of having to cut down our expenses and tighten our belts – especially immediately after Jonathan was made redundant.
At the same time, we were aiming to create a fabulously abundant life for ourselves as location independent professionals. Problem was, the two goals [...]

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Becoming A LIP: The What Ifs

What if…?

You get ill
You hate it
You run out of money
You can’t make it work
War breaks out
You fail

Are these some of the things you’re scared might happen if you become a location independent professional and travel the world permanently? (They were for me).
But what if…?

You succeed
You love it
You wish you’d done it sooner
You regret never having [...]

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5 Ways To Make Your Money Stretch Further Whilst Travelling

Prefer to watch this? Check out the Videocast at the end of the post!

One of the reasons we became Location Independent Professionals was to give us a bit more breathing space when J was made redundant and our expenses in the UK seemed to have the potential to drown us.
Living in a place with a [...]

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Escaping The Rat Race To Become A LIP

“Escaping the rat race”…phew, now there’s a phrase that’s gained some momentum in recent years.
I too used to sit at my hotdesk in my company’s offices (if I were lucky) or on a client site somewhere in the wilds of the M4 corridor (if I were unlucky) and wonder just what else I could be [...]

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5 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Becoming A LIP

Before I share these with you, there’s a bit of housekeeping to go over. I wrote yesterday on my personal blog about what I’m going to be doing over the next couple of months with regards to my businesses and blogs.
What it means for this blog, is that I shall no longer be posting daily [...]

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