About
In early 2014, I quit my job, sold and gave away everything I owned and set forth on the life adventure of becoming location independent.
“You only are free when you realize you belong no place you belong every place no place at all.” Maya Angelou, Conversations with Maya Angelou
I would hereby like to coin the term “Homeful” to describe my location independence! Not homeless. Homeful.
It’s about thinking of yourself as part of a unified engine for creating a better world and a better future for humanity. It’s about resisting everything that divides us and uniting beyond petty ideas of borders, nationalities and religions.
What do I stand for? Peace, understanding, collaboration, multiculturalism, lifelong learning, love, epic adventures, acceptance, and all of this, right now, at this moment.
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”—Aesop
Location Independence
It’s a lifestyle I chose to have more freedom in my work, and life. Being location independent means that I’am not tied to any one place in order to work or receive an income. Since most of my work skills revolve around the internet, the easiest way for me to become independent of a working location, is by taking my work online. Thousands of people are now doing this with their careers, allowing them more freedom to move and travel around the world as they work.
“Global nomads’ lifestyle is characterized by high mobility.[6] They travel from one country to another without a permanent home or job and their ties to their country of origin have loosened.[7]They might stay in their destinations from a few days to several months, but at the end they will always move on. Many of them practice minimalism in order to support their frequent moves. Rather than on money and possessions, they focus on experiences, happiness, and well-being.[8] Most of them work only when they have to. Their jobs are location-independent[9] such as IT, writing, teaching, and handicraft.[10]“
Challenging the Norms
Homeownership, accumulation of stuff, nationalism, and the idea of being rooted in one place is a normal Western standard.
However, since my lifestyle also depends on the current world order and a passport, I’m in a paradoxical situation: to practice mobility, I must have a home territory. A paradox it may be, but I’m happy to call Canada my “home” country and strive to live within the vague tax systems and residence laws in order to keep life as simple as possible.
I get a lot of questions about “how do you do it” so this site is here to share my experiences, and eventually put up all the little tips and tricks that help make this lifestyle worthwhile, and I’ll even include some budget information and whatever you need to look at ways that you can challenge the norms, and live a life worthwhile. Vita Vitalis.
