The Mobile Freelancer: Freedom to Make a Living from Anywhere
There has been a huge amount written about the benefits of
working from home.
Individuals run small businesses from home. Large corporations
even set up home offices for many of their employees.
Right now most freelancers work from a home office. Some may
invest in modest office space, but most of the freelancers I
know work from their homes.
It's good to have such a short commute time in the morning!
>> But what if you want more?
With smaller, more powerful laptops, improved internet
connectivity worldwide and a host of cellular and web services
to choose from...we're no longer confined to working from home.
Now we can work from almost anywhere.
This opens up a host of new possibilities in our lives.
* We can travel the world, and still keep working
* We can live almost anywhere, out in the country or even in a
different country
* We can travel to visit clients, attend seminars or pitch for
new business in other cities without losing touch with our
current work and customers
The list goes on and on.
>> Our only limitation is our fondness for old work habits
As freelancers we are literally free to work from most parts of
the world.
So why don't we all strike camp and explore the world?
There are many practical reasons, including the needs of other
members of our families and communities.
But be careful when you list the reasons why you absolutely
can't work from anywhere other than your home or office.
How many of those reasons are absolutely unchangeable, and how
many have you listed simply because old habits die hard?
* Is it truly impossible for you to work for a while from a
rented house in Southern Italy?
* Is it absolutely out of the question for you to rent a cottage
in the country for a month or so?
* And is that dream you had about moving to Mexico or Panama
really and truly impossible?
With any one of these options, you can plug your laptop in and
keep working. And nobody need even know where you are!
>> Some more modest ambitions
Even if you don't want to use mobile technologies to make
dramatic shifts in your life, you can still get out from behind
your desk from time to time.
You can work from the park, from the beach, from a local coffee
shop....from an airport, on a plane, from a city you are
visiting. The possibilities are endless.
>> As a freelancer, you are free
That's what we are, we're FREElancers. And now we have access to
technologies that allow us to unplug and work from just about
anywhere.
Isn't there an opportunity here to make our lives a little more
interesting and adventurous?