November 2011
2 posts
Don’t Make This Same Huge Mistake on Cyber Monday →
Last year, Cyber Monday broke records. Lots of TVs, Blu-Rays, video game systems and other cool stuff got bought in huge numbers.
A lot of people have a lot of nice stuff, but it…
September 2011
1 post
How to Have Everything and Promptly Lose it All →
I’ve been under the tree and on the yacht.
Sports cars, speed boats, off-road vehicles, houses, motorcycles, and various other toys came and went in my past life. I had…
July 2011
1 post
May 2011
1 post
Pack Light for any Trip and Miss Nothing →
One of the most popular requests I get is “How do you pack for so long with so little?” Much of it is a mindset which doesn’t really jive with today’s American consumerist lifestyle…
March 2011
1 post
February 2011
3 posts
How to Escape your 300-Mile Circle and See the... →
photo credit: byJoeLodge
The package wasn’t supposed to come for another few weeks. When I saw it was addressed to me, I knew it was finally…
Technomadic Adventures in High Gear for 2011 →
If you follow my updates on Twitter or Facebook, you may have seen me talking about a temp “job” I am taking in March. One of the greatest advantages of working from…
January 2011
1 post
“Interestingly, about a year ago my dad told me that we lived in a parked...”
– Don’t Die Waiting for Retirement to Travel the Open Road
Sounds like James had no choice but to live as a nomad! Living in an RV has always intrigued me, as well. In fact, I’m headed to an RV show this afternoon for a bit of dreaming and planning for my future life on the road. I’ll definitely...
December 2010
3 posts
30-Plus Twitter Friends I met This Year Without... →
In 2010 part of my yearly review has been to take stock of my business issues and goals. But since I have become Location Independent, I like to look at all the places I…
What the Hell is Lifestyle Design and Why Do I... →
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…
Don’t Die Waiting for Retirement to Travel the... →
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…
November 2010
7 posts
72 Hour Business Program Sale →
There are a lot of people putting out good sales this week, so I have to throw this one in. Despite my scroogey humbug rant from last week about not buying useless junk…
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…
Chris Guillebeau’s Unconventional Book Tour Comes... →
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…
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…
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…
“What Happened to Them?” Updates on 6... →
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….
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…
October 2010
1 post
September 2010
1 post
22 Most Coolest Beds
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August 2010
2 posts
Affiliate Marketing for Beginners from Corbett... →
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…
Making a Living While Living Unconventional Lives →
My friend Tammy Strobel over Rowdy Kittens was featured in a New York Times article over the weekend for simplifying her life and getting rid of most of her stuff.
…
July 2010
2 posts
Way Below the Status Quo: Nomadic Entrepreneurs... →
Colin Wright, Andi Norris and Ashley Ambirge are Way Below the Status Quo
Entrepreneurs are now more able to do work from the road with today’s technologies than in…
How I Freed Myself from the Office to Become... →
photo credit: DDFic
My journey to Location Independence began out of frustration. Frustration with how wasteful the business world ran, and how poorly…
June 2010
1 post
How to Minimize Your Life for Travel: Books →
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The first batch of auctions for my book collection ended. The entire library is in stacks on the table in front of me….
May 2010
3 posts
4 Ways to Watch Lemonade Movie – Sequel Update! →
We’ve written about the inspiring film “Lemonade” here, when Erik began seeking stories to add to the Lemonade book. The film has been viewed now by thousands of…
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– Erik Proulx: PSFK Conference New York 2010
Apple’s iPad: Can it Work for Digital Nomads and... →
Is the iPad the perfect device for today’s Remote Workers? While no device or tool is perfect for every job or person, the iPad may very well be just the thing for me.
…
April 2010
3 posts
Overcoming the 7 Obstacles to Traveling the World →
Have you ever wanted to travel the world? Why haven’t you? What has stopped you? Some people do it seemingly with little more than a backpack and a smile. Others live the jet-set life…
Vanabode: Home is Where the Van is Parked →
The popular Chris Farley skit on Saturday Night Live had him play a “motivational speaker” who lived in a van down by the river. It was his way of telling his audience that…
March 2010
1 post
Simply Car-Free: Living Without a Car →
I’ve said before on this site that LiveCollarFree.com is not exclusive to one “system” or style of Lifestyle Design. There are so many ways to live outside of the default life we…
February 2010
3 posts
Nomadic Serendipity and the Space Shuttle Launch →
photo credit: Matthew Simantov
One of the many nice things about being based in central Florida is being so close to Kennedy Space Center. Even though I live…
“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to...”
– Muhammad Ali (via insidertravels)
Career Outsourcing: Replaced by the Lowest Bidder →
photo credit: Richo.Fan
It was August 20, 2009. Kristi Coyne was told she would be out of a job as of September 30. Her department of 130 employees would…
November 2009
3 posts
Crush It! Work Your Face Off with Gary Vaynerchuk →
Crush It! - Cover
Gary Vaynerchuk is the founder of the popular and long-running video blog at Wine Library TV, also known as the Thunder Show. He began to parlay his…
Book Review: Reclaim Your Dreams →
If you aren’t yet familiar with Jonathan Mead of Illuminated Mind, now is a good time to start. Jonathan is a Life Coach and popular Personal Development Blogger who quit his…
Adventure Photographer Trevor Clark – Part 2 →
In part one of our interview with Adventure Photographer Trevor Clark, we got to know a little bit about how he lives a location independent lifestyle on the road.
This…
October 2009
6 posts
Adventure Photographer Trevor Clark – Part 1 →
“What do you do?”
We all get asked that common social question. Rarely does one’s job title paint an complete picture of who that person is as a whole. A more accurate…
Lemonade Movie Cut Your Story? Be in the Book! →
If you haven’t yet heard of the film Lemonade, you really should watch the short trailer below.
Erik Proulx was laid off from his job in the advertising world…
Unplanned Working Vacations →
Leaning back in the lounge chair writing, I found myself unconsciously humming along to the song playing somewhere in the atrium below. It may have been coming from one of the…
Your Invitation to Live Collar Free →
Want to travel around the world by motorcycle? Wander the Americas living in an RV? Move to a foreign country? Sail around the world? Love your current life, but want more free…
““Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that...”
– Mark Twain