Location Independent, Digital Nomad, Lifestyle Design – LiveCollarFree

What the Hell is Lifestyle Design and Why Do I Care?

There is plenty of talk among this community about the term Lifestyle Design. Popularized by Tim Ferriss in his book The Four-Hour Work Week, he talks of a “New Rich” who set up muse businesses and are able to travel for extended lengths of time in what Tim calls mini-retirements. The premise being that you [...]

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Don’t Die Waiting for Retirement to Travel the Open Road

The purpose of this site is to show possibilities for alternative lifestyles. I have talked a bit before about how I left the typical corporate workforce to start traditional businesses, then transitioned that into a mobile lifestyle which allows me to work wherever I have an internet connection. One of the lifestyles that has always [...]

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72 Hour Business Program Sale

UPDATE: This sale has ended. Adam Baker updated the end of this sale with some numbers: 72 hours, 1915 sold packages, & over $33,500 total for charity: water (last part in major thanks to help from Chris Guillebeau!) There are a lot of people putting out good sales this week, so I have to throw this [...]

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How to Save Money on Holidays by Giving Even More

photo credit: bradleygee I haven’t been a fan of the holidays for many years. The usual holiday shopping season, and even birthdays have always annoyed me. I believe we should always be trying to live in gratitude, not just make a big fuss about it for a few weeks a year. I like the spirit of [...]

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Chris Guillebeau’s Unconventional Book Tour Comes to Tampa

This weekend marked the 42nd stop on Chris Guillebeau’s Unconventional Book Tour in Tampa, Florida. I’ve mentioned this self-funded book tour before, and I hope any of you near the remaining stops are able to get to the event. It was well worth the wait. Several friends around the country told me it was worth [...]

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Quit Whining or Choose Your Own Path

Sitting in traffic one Sunday afternoon, I tweeted a message about the heavy traffic and how I couldn’t imagine doing that every day just to get to work and back (I was sitting in the back seat and not driving). A response I got from a friend was interesting, and probably “normal” by traditional standards. [...]

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2 Keys to Minimalist Happiness

There were keys to the several cars in the driveway. The garage was full of tools, toys, projects, and other stuff that had keys. The house had twice as many bedrooms as there were people living in it and needed several keys. There were boats and motorcycles and other such things that came and went. All [...]

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“What Happened to Them?” Updates on 6 LiveCollarFree Stories

I wanted to give an update on some of the people previously featured on the site. Some of the things we’ve featured here have changed, and people ask me how some others are doing. While going through previous posts, I thought I’d update you on some of them here. Lemonade One of the stories we’ve [...]

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Post Schedule for LiveCollarFree.com

I’ve been feeling like this blog has been abandoned like this fire truck I found a couple of weeks ago. I have numerous posts and articles in the queque, but I have been spending so much time on other projects and enjoying myself out in the world, I haven’t been sharing these things with you here. [...]

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Affiliate Marketing for Beginners from Corbett Barr

As I talked about yesterday, my friend Corbett Barr’s new course Affiliate Marketing for Beginners is now available! I use this site to bring stories of people living their everyday lives outside of the realm of the typical office drone 9-5 worker. I bring the stories of exceptional lifestyles being lived by everyday people. Most [...]