We live in a digital age when so many people need nothing more than a simple wi-fi connection to do their job. Gone are the traditional 9-5s, the long traffic-packed commutes, the suit and tie offices. While those still exist out there, they are slowly being replaced by a work-from-home or alternative space workforce. Companies all over the world are capitalizing on this trend and coming up with co-working spaces for those working remotely or freelancing. As those businesses grow and see success, so do their locations.
“The details are different from one program or place to another, but generally, for a fee, one can live abroad for a longer period of time, work in a relaxed, community setting during the day, and during the evenings and weekends, explore a new city, hang out with fellow remote workers, or attend an event in-house for learning new skills,” Kimberley Mok said in a recent Treehugger article.
Um, where can I sign up? No, seriously. Being someone who both loves to travel and works from anywhere with a wi-fi signal, this sounds awesome! Plus, if you live in a big city, according to the article, it might actually save you money:
“The vast majority of entrepreneurs and startup businesses are online-based; therefore, they can work from anywhere with a Wi-Fi connection. Why not spend a few months working from, say, a beachfront in Bali? So, the logic goes, living costs will be so much lower that moving out there for a few months will not only allow you to focus on your goal undistracted, but you’ll actually save money you’d otherwise be spending on sky-high rent in San Francisco or Brooklyn.”
Who’s with me? Is this something you would ever do? Think it’s awesome or do you prefer the traditional office setting?
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Well… after the long hot summer – one with pretty much no rain along with half of Tasmania being on fire, we moved into a very very long wet dark winter. It wasn’t really super cold… just grey and miserable for a lot of it!
A good part of winter life here revolves around wood – we have a wood fire, so to keep that going, we need to have a decent supply at hand.
We try to stock up as much as possible before the season really turns, but eventually we need a top up.
And this is me totally rapt with my bartering skills!
While on the subject of saving – still haven’t caved and bought a clothes drier. I am the eternal optimist about line drying – sometimes I win, sometimes I lose (which is where the fire comes into play!)
I also spent some of those cold rainy days in front of the fire teaching myself a new crocheting project – shawls (thanks youtube) and have gotten quite a long way towards sorting out a number of this years Christmas presents
We did manage to get out into the garden at times to work on new projects when the weather took a break from being feral. Now that we have access to water (We had a bore dug last season) I am totally over excited about this seasons garden prospects. So we started working on the idea of extending the growing areas here and there.
In June, I gathered the (almost) last of my garlic and planted it out. I think I have about 130 plants in. We love using it, just in general cooking & in some of the sauces I make. It is also very easy to sell… so it will be good to have some extras this year to make a few dollars off it too!
Because we don’t get buried in snow over winter, we can extend our growing season for some things quite a long way. I picked the last straggling tomatoes in August (from the hothouse) (which is our last month of winter) and the garden still had plenty of broccoli, carrots, a surprise celery plant (one that got forgotten in a pot and went mad so I have happily been using it) chillies in the hothouse just keep slowly ripening, even now, one by one & I have parsley everywhere! Our spoiled chickens have pretty much kept laying the whole winter, so we haven’t been short of fresh food of some kind.
It wasn’t all bad weather and work. We got out for walks and mini-adventures where we could and when the days were nice
Then we went through a stage where we were almost getting a rainbow every day! All day would hover between sun and rain – and of course that combination treats you to some great colours in the sky.
Our Siamese Cat, Pip has spent a lot of winter buried in our bed or in his sleeping bag! On occasions when the sun has been out he ‘helps’ me garden!
As ever, my camera is my constant companion and I really enjoy finding a bit of colour or interesting subjects to photograph.
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