Reconnecting...
The truth about laptop lifestyle
Hey WA.
As some of you know I am spending 4 months traveling this year. The adventure began 2 days after I returned to Montreal from the epic Las Vegas Wealthy Affiliate Super Conference.
I love traveling and discovering new places. The "laptop lifestyle" allows m to do so. Thank You Kyle, Carson, WA, many members here and I thank myself for the effort I put into the online business to achieve this (btw, traveling smart is really not expensive, I probably spend less than I normally do at home).
I decided to write this particular post from a beautiful and still somehow not too-touristy island of Lipe in Thailand (Koh Lipe). Just look at that view:
Looks pretty nice, right? Food is amazing, water is pure, weather is great, you get the point. However, there is pretty much no internet here.
I thought I would love being a beach bum for the rest of my life, just relaxing, snorkeling and drinking a cold beer while enjoying the sunset. I was wrong.
The first 2 days were fine but the rest of the week I felt useless. I even felt a little guilty because i couldn't get any work done.
We often here about the "laptop lifestyle" where we're promised to work 1 hour per week and make millions (and unfortunately some people fall for that, I know I did a while ago) but such thing doesn't exist. You need to constantly take action, you need to move forward, you need to learn and grow.
Even though I can easily afford this lifestyle for a while, I realize that I dislike it. I actually LOVE what I do for a living hence I love working. When I do NOTHING for a week I know something is really wrong. Sure we all deserve a vacation but at this point work feels like a vacation.
I am sorry for this rant. I hope this quick post helps some of the members here set better goals (and achieve them). I hope some of you will sit down and start thinking very hard about what you would want to do for the rest of your life, with passion. Then do that.
Creating an income is very possible for every single person here but it will take hard work and some mind-shifting. Do what you love, the success will come as a by-product of that.
I am now in Bangkok and I enjoying having internet access and having a chance to get work done. That's the real laptop lifestyle in my opinion.
Peace,
Alex
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This excited me!
With a little persistent and a lot of consistent action I can be where you are now- having the option to work or not.
Like you, when I get to the success levels I am aiming for, I will be too busy sharing this news with others so they in turn may join me!
But somewhere in there, I will take some time with my family and soak in something unique and beautiful. It may even be for a while. I don't know, I guess I'll wait and see... but that's what's so great about having options :-)
Thank you again for the inspiration.
Cheers Brenda
Thanks for your kind of blogs here bring different elements and it is meaningful to me :)
This is also what I feel. People who really find success online are those who take this as a passion. Working online is not a work or job, instead it's just like you've said - a vacation! It has become a part of their life and they cannot stop doing it.
For those who are struggling, they still treat this as a work to be done and a mean to their dream lifestyle. They are just imagining their dream "laptop lifestyle" or the lifestyle image that many scammers have created and put into their mind.
So glad I found WA.
Sharon
I too like to work.
The challenge of learning something new has had it's moments!
However, the fact is that I love to learn! And learning in this business!
As the business is a continual changing process, it is perfect for me!
Enjoy your travels!
Sami
It has become shorter every year since. It's currently nearer half an hour now.
Based up North and in Penang flirting between Penang and Chiang Mai.
btw, I totally loved Gergetown :D
cheeky ain't I?
lol
but anyways, u just gave me a great idea.
when I get really going, I am gonna try "the laptop lifestyle" for a while.
MAYBE if I am able enough, I will travel to different countries to visit struggling affiliate marketers and give them some over the shoulder help.
FREE accommodation would be nice!
wouldn't that be cool?
and of course, if you're visiting people building websites, you're gonna have internet access pretty much for sure....
hehe
what an idea!
new site coming soon.
I will call it something like
thetravellingovertheshoulderinternetmarketingblokewhodossesaroundtheworld.com
lol
u think people would remember that domain name? hha!
All the best, wherever you are!
Jimbo
Ironically, I also felt bad that I was on holiday and travelling, but still felt the need/urge to work.
I realized though that I was happy doing my work, and equally happy knowing that I could take my business with me wherever I went, so it wasn't exactly a bad time. Just a shame that wifi in some parts of NZ is terrible!
See you in Montreal?
Hit me up if you need a place to stay, I know a few people ho rent out apartments. Any other questions about MTL - I'd be happy to help out :D
By the way Alex, how do you overcome the wifi access thing when you're abroad? Like most people, I guess, I've got wifi at home and there are places out and about where there are broadband "hot spots" but when you're travelling you don't have your home country contract access so how do you get online without paying for it when you're travelling ie on the beach in Thailand or wherever?
Mark
