Comments on: How We Can Help Each Other Achieve Our Lifestyle Goals

By: Corbett

Corbett — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:05:20 +0000

Hey Del, welcome here, and thanks for sharing. I like the focus you’ve put on doing good in the world together as a family. Sounds like a great plan and a great way to raise your kids too. I hope to see you around the blog more. Cheers.

By: Del

Del — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:27:27 +0000

Hey Corbett,

Awesome blog!

Ideal Lifestyle for me and my family:
- Farm from March to November (husband)
- Run profitable workshops about the good life / homesteading etc
- Travel to warm place during the winter months
- Do service projects as a family in 3rd world countries
- Donate generously to charities that we love

Essentially, make enough to live on while doing good in the world together as a family!

How we will make our income:
- Consulting (started)
- Workshops / Teaching Gigs (started)
- Writing (husband)
- Niche Website (researching)

Wish I had known about your website. I would have joined your affiliate product launch! Thanks for the awesome content.

By: Jophiel

Jophiel — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:24:09 +0000

Signed on for writing and printing/layout courses with an eye towards becoming certified as a technical writer.

By: Corbett

Corbett — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:23:59 +0000

Hey Jophiel! Welcome. You’ve made some great points that I’m sure other people deal with on a regular basis too. I like your idea of consulting on someone else’s startup, considering you’re not interested in the risk or in “creating a public following” as you put it. Hopefully some others can chime in here with more suggestions for you.

As for finding significant others, I’ll have to leave that to others to answer. I’ve been happily married for some time, and my wife and I met before we were “digital nomads.”

By: Jophiel

Jophiel — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:20:36 +0000

Hello Corbett et al.,

This is a fantastic idea. Happy to help and (hopefully) be helped!

In short: My ideal lifestyle belongs to Indiana Jones: half the time solving puzzles and doing intensive brain work/research, and half the time chasing adventures around the globe. I’m 29, with an advanced degree in English.

Needs: the time, money, and flexibility mentioned, but also…
- a sense of career continuity. Individual projects rock, because I get REALLY bored after about six months (your Dream Jobber description made me laugh), but I need to feel like I’m accumulating knowledge and skills and completing more complex tasks over time.
- private space. Hardcore introvert, here – the idea of making a living off creating and maintaining a public following is exhausting.
- a sense (even a false one ) of security. The “gut check” required to start a business? Scary. Consulting on someone else’s start-up? Why not!

Another question: how do digital nomads find significant others?

Jophiel