Locationless Living

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LocationlessLiving.com is a travelogue where I write about my financially sustainable lifestyle of continuous travel. My name is Jason, and pursuing my interests in travel has resulted in being self-employed with the ability to live, work, and travel anywhere in the world.

I did not quit my career after 30 years, or 15 years, or 1 year in order to go travel. I have actually never had any traditional job since I have pursued my interest in business since age 16.

Now I am 23 years old and have been traveling full-time since January, 2010. I have also traveled or lived abroad at least four to eight months each year since 2007.

Where are you now?

Check the right hand side of this webpage below the photo to view my current location and future destinations.

But the general story is that since graduating university in December, 2009, I left the United States to revisit some places from my previous travels in  South America. I returned to the United States for a quick three weeks in May to attend a wedding and visit family.

I then jetted away to explore more of the world and visit friends from past travels in many countries starting in Europe and ending in Asia the middle of September, 2010.

After a month of recovery in the U.S. I temporarily moved to Colombia, my favorite country.

After four months of living in Colombia I spent a month in Israel in February, 2011. I traveled a bunch and rented an apartment by the beach in Tel Aviv for a couple weeks. I flew directly from Israel back to Colombia, with a few stopovers of course. That occupied my time in March.

At the end of April I moved to London, where I lived until sometime in June. In the middle of June I sublet a sweet apartment in my home city of Philadelphia to spend the rest of the summer.

By the middle of August I was going stir-crazy so I booked a flight to Mexico where I traveled for the month. In the middle of September I returned to Philadelphia where I rented the same apartment for a year. I had every intention of staying put.

But in November, 2011, I returned to London. Even after a couple of side trips to France and Ireland, I will pretty much remained in London until February 2012. On February 5th I will head to Egypt and Israel for a month. I will then follow that up with a trip to Scotland and Northern Ireland for good measure. My home in Philadelphia awaits on March 20th. By the end of March 2012 I will be back to my favorite place to live, Medellin.
How are you able to work and travel full-time?

I earn 100% of my income on the internet with three businesses that only require contact through email. 
Well, then what online businesses do you run?

I own a career consulting company, online retail store, and travel blog. Click here to learn more about my seven years of entrepreneurial history.  If you are to lazy to click the link I can explain the businesses briefly.

• The career services company specializes in writing resumes, curriculum vitae, cover letters, and coaching clients on interviews to an average of 45 new clients each month. The company has created and revised over 1,000 resumes and curriculum vitae since 2007 for everyone from recent college graduates looking for their first job or professionals ready to take the next step in their career.

• The second business, an online gift store, provides 15 categories of over 400 products including printed t-shirts, cologne, watches, sunglasses, tactical gear, lighters, and many more categories. Since 2005, the store has completed more than 2,990 orders and counting. I am able to manage this business online because I have arranged for manufacturers and wholesale distributors to ship products directly to each of my customers’.

• The third business is this very travel blog. Despite a relatively small amount of visitors I have found a consistent way of earning income from it by way of advertisements. Often times the advertisements are sponsored articles. I outsource the writing of sponsored articles to a copywriter allowing myself to continue writing as a hobby.

How many hours do you work?

I work 22 hours/week according to Rescuetime, which tracks my computer activity. I choose to work all seven days per week splitting my work week into 3 hour work days on average.

I wouldn’t get to excited yet if you’re reading this because its only counting my actual work of writing, research, bookkeeping, customer service, etc. It does not include breaks, lunch time, fooling around, etc. I’d be willing to wager a bet that most people working the standard 40 hour workweeks spend a similar amount of time doing actual work.  I probably take off 1-2 unplanned days per month. But if I miss a day it usually means working twice as long the next day.

What is your typical day like?

I don’t have just one typical day but a few different types depending on where I am. No matter what I go to sleep whenever I feel exhausted which is usually between 1AM-4 AM and wake up whenever usually between 9AM-1PM.

If I am in an unfamiliar city for the first time I will typically go do an activity or walk around an area for a few hours, followed by work, and a night out at a bar or club.

In a familiar city that I have previously visited I usually start work after waking up. After working I might chill in a hammock, read, watch TV, or meet new people at the hostel. I almost always go out with some friends to a bar or disco afterward.

More recently I have broken down a typical day for me in Medellin, in Tel Aviv, and in London.

What is your favorite country you have visited?

Colombia. There is a good reason I have been to Colombia five times in the past four years.

What do you bring with you when you travel?

This is pretty easy to answer.  Click here to check out my packing list.

Where in the world have you been?

Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia (2x), Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Colombia (6x), Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador (2x), England, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, Ukraine, and Uruguay.

Do you speak any languages?

I do speak conversational Spanish, able to have a normal paced conversation about almost any topic with one person. While I am not yet fluent I am getting close. In non-English/Spanish else I have just used hand motions for the most part which works well enough that I feel like I am able to go anywhere without language skills.

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