Hey Ben, Would you be interested in doing a talk that revolves around things you did to stay productive while traveling so much and some of the challenges you had? What tools are essential, that kind of thing?
Rob — Sent from Mailbox On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Ben Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > I spent a year as a nomad, although I was doing hourly consulting instead > of building a product. Luckily the work I had then (and still do) is very > asynchronous & thus conducive to travel. I'm also pretty serious into > "travel hacking" and this was partly an expression of that hobby and the > opportunities that it presented last year. > I didn't work anywhere near full time and leaned a bit more on > traveling/exploring, but was able to stay afloat financially with > consulting work. It is indeed possible to travel & live very cheaply, > especially in places like Southeast Asia. > "I was surprised to find out that I’m significantly more productive while > traveling." > I think this varies from person-to-person but it was absolutely true for > me. There's something about the energy of moving around that's very > focus-inducing. I'm very productive on airplanes even - some of my most > effective days have been spent mileage running back-and-forth across the > country sitting on a plane the whole day. > It really is a incredible time in human history that one can make a decent > income from anywhere in the world moving their fingers for a few hours a > day on top of a thin metal device. If you find yourself in that place in > your life, I'd definitely recommend taking advantage of it, even if it's > just for 3-6 months. I wouldn't do it indefinitely, but the year I spent > nomading was the best in my life. > On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Zach Little <[email protected]> wrote: >> Or unsuccessfully? Probably more valuable to hear those stories. >> >> Zach >> >> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Chris McCann <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> This reminds me of Ben Hughes! Sounds like a fun lifestyle: >>> >>> >>> https://medium.com/the-digital-nomad-community/how-i-built-a-startup-while-traveling-to-20-countries-f0ec3a92bc3c >>> >>> Has anyone out there actually done this? Successfully? >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> SD Ruby mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "SD Ruby" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Twitter: @mzlittle >> >> -- >> -- >> SD Ruby mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "SD Ruby" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD > Ruby" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD Ruby" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
