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The Truth About My Addiction

Crazy housewife

A few days back I decided to get up early and spend some quiet time writing each day before breakfast.

I dragged myself out of bed and took stock of all the half finished writing projects I have… yes there are many. A few eBooks here, a couple of (more…)

Good Life Feature: A Lifestyle Renovation Adventure in Italy

Lisa Chiodo - Renovating Italy

It was at the exact same moment that Lisa and her husband realised what they wanted – needed – to do. So they bought a rustic property in Liguria (Italy) to create a community house sharing a rustic lifestyle with all who wish to visit!

Q. What triggered you to move the family?

Lisa: My husband and I began renovating houses, started a family and moved to Italy in 2005 with just a few suitcases and our two young children. We renovated a farmhouse and found a new life in the mountains.

After returning to Australia we soon realized that we wanted to go back to the simple life that we had left behind.

One day, my husband and I were in a seminar and were asked what we really wanted for our lives. We were sitting a few seats from each other and both leaned forward at exactly the same moment and said (more…)

Good Life Feature: Quit your job and travel the world with Eartha.

Eartha Map

Eartha Austria took the plunge and decided to travel the world and blog about it!

She quit her job, moved out of her home, sold and donated most of her belongings and couch-surfed with a friend for 6 months to save some money for the trip. She doesn’t know how her year  of travel is going to pan out, but she’s sure it’s going to be an (more…)

Location Freedom Guide: How to Earn While You Travel the World

Location Freedom - Travel and Work

Location freedom. The ability to earn money from anywhere in the world.

We are travelling for 3 years and most people we meet assume we are very very rich!! But alas financially this is not true… yet!

What we have is a travel income! We have created different income streams that are flexible and low maintenance. We can earn while we are by the beach in Bondi or climbing a volcano in a lake Nicaragua. (more…)

Good Life Feature: The Life Change That Lets You Work From Home

View from office

I am thrilled to introduce you to one of my course graduates! After doing the Website Launchpad course in 2011, Erin O’Brien launched her website and has been working from home in her business.

She is Chief Encouragement Officer at Activate28, helping social entrepreneurs who have a big vision for making a difference but who struggle with all the little steps in making it a reality.

Starting her own business was Erin’s third big life change – the first two were spontaneous pack-up-and-move-overseas adventures (moving from Sydney to live in Tonga and New Zealand). Read on to find out more about (more…)

The one stop update blog! What’s new in our travelling circus?

Tikal (106) small

So many of you have asked where we are and what we are doing I thought I better update you on the life and adventures of Serena, Johnny and our travelling circus.

The travel update

We have officially finished Central America + Cuba + Mexico.

Random trivia: Mexico is not part of Central America

We fell in love with many countries and at this stage the most likely places we will rear our little offspring  are: (more…)