Don't be rich, live rich

DON’T BE RICHLIVE RICH

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A nomadicAdventure

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2010LOOKED like this:

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FLEW into South Africa

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MOVED ONTO THAILAND

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AND TRAVELLEDTO ARGENTINA

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WE SET FOOT IN 10 COUNTRIES

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Lived in A SOME DESIGNAPPART-MENTS

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DroveA VINTAGECAR

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Game watching in Kruger

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BBQ In a township

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Africa Burn in the desert

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SurfING

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DIDHORSEBACKRIDING INPATAGONIA

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SAW FALLS BY FULL MOON

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WALKED ON A GLETSJER

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met incredible people

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had loads of fun!

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ARE WE rich?NO!

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THE COST, YOU ASK?A normal monthly

wage

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HOW DID WE DO IT?WE KEPT ON WORKING!

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WHAT do we do ?★ Catherine: online

communication + launching www.butikk.nu(@cvanholder

★ Ine: web designer & photographer(@matuvu)

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★ Love travelling★ Have more ‘time’.★ Wanted to do our own

projects again

WHY DID WE DO IT?

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Don’t be richLive rich

Nomadz.nu

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Lifestyledesign★ Design your own life according

what you want to make out of it.★ Don’t think in the normal

‘templates’ of life.

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Nu NOMADS★ Live on the road while working★ Location Independent

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Life HACKING★ GTD: Stop underperforming: Win ‘time’★ Achieve goals & dreams★ Time & space for personal projects

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CAN YOU DO IT?YES, you can!

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SO HOW DID WEDO IT?

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How?

★ Work while on the road

★ Have the right tools★ Plan carefully★ Budgetted

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OUR WAY OF DOING IT

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First step★ Figured out what we wanted in life.★ Read ‘4 hour work week’ and checked the side info★ Downloaded a budget planner ★ Chose destinations (gut feeling + internet available)★ Started planning★ & Saved money (by selling stuff + asking 4 money

instead of presents

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SECOND step★ Figured out a job to do remotely / Checked for

grants / gap year subsidizing / ...★ We went to the accountant and asked what is

possible★ Went 4 cheap tickets (Airstop / Connections) and

checked early booking★ We told our clients we were leaving. Prepared

them (and our family). Installed Skype on their PC

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THIRD step★ Found a hostel / hotel / couch for some days

(couchsurfing.org, booking.com)★ Went on the local craigslist for apartments /

checked the ads in the newspaper★ Found locals through twitter / couchsurfing★ Got a local mobile number + connect it to

nomado.eu ★ Found ourself an office / café with wifi

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FOURTH step★ Lived locally★ Worked normal hours★ Spent weekend on doing fun stuff

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HOLD ON.. IS IT THAT EASY?

YES! IT IS!

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HOLD ON.. IS IT THAT EASY?

NO! IT ISN’T!

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SOME OF AFTERTHOUGHTS

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THE HARD STUFF

★ You just can’t do it all. You’re not a tourist, you have a working life and are not on vacation. Although many people think you are.

★ Tourist stuff is expensive. Very expensive.

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THE HARD STUFF II★ Starting over and over again is tiring. Rather choose

for 6 months than 4. Don’t underestimate the practical stuff you need to learn (which supermarket to go, find an apartment, postal office)

★ Language is a deal breaker: we made easily friends in S Africa. Thailand and Brazil turned out to be hard due to the language.

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THE HARD STUFF III★ Some countries are not what you thought they would

be. Argentina turned out very expensive. And too big for weekend trips. And for that reason not that exciting for us.

★ Difficulties can put your relationship under stress. Most important: Keep on talking. Respect each other. Give each other space.(We survived and the relationship became stronger.)

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THE HARD BUSINESS I★ Working needs discipline: It really helped us to have

an office in Buenos Aires. We became much more productive

★ Headphones are a must ★ Good internet makes a hell of a difference, although,

not having it all the time makes you more productive

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THE HARD BUSINESS II★ Clients that were difficult at home, are difficult on the

road.★ We didn’t do anything illegal, but for what we did, there

wasn’t any real regulation...

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THE GOOD STUFF★ We did it! We really did it. And it worked! We had an

amazing year.★ We were able to focus on the things we wanted, like we

had in mind. ★ We travelled a lot. Really a lot.★ And we came home with more money than we started.

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ANY QUESTIONS?

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★ Ine Dehandschutterwww.matuvu.nu@matuvu

★ Catherine Van Holderwww.newbraveworld.nu@cvanholder

★ Nomadz.nuwww.nomadz.nu

Read you soon!

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INTERESTING TOOLS

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Gear★ Laptop★ iPhone + Local mobile number + SIP solution

(local Belgian number is gated to our local number abroad at very affordable rates)

★ iPhone + Skype★ TelenetConnect for internet (on laptop + iphone)★ Backup disks in case of emergencies

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PRO software ★ Skype for contacting clients + screensharing★ Billings for tracking time + invoices★ Dropbox / Sugarsync / Nomadesk

for filesharing ★ Backblaze for online backupping

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xtra Gear ★ E-Reader (Sony Reader)★ iPod / mp3player★ iPad★ Camera’s★ Well, clothes and other stuff you need for

living & travelling.

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OTHER TOOLS WE LOVED★ See before (VOIP/nomado.eu, telenetconnect, skype)★ AirBNB.com: holy cow!★ The combo wifi/3g + Booking.com rocks! We once

arrived in Thailand from Belgium, booked a flight on low cost carrier, and immediately booked a hotel via booking.com. All in the airport...

★ Facebook & twitter: best way to keep in touch easily

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