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Location Independent Career Basics

Posted July 17, 2009 - 09:00 by Nora Dunn

Career and Income, Small Business Resource Center

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Would you like to work from anywhere you wish? The backyard? The café down the street? Your bedroom? Or even on the road…a tropical island somewhere, perhaps?
A location independent career is your ticket to workplace freedom. More and more people are striving for this freedom themselves. We’ll look at the basic qualities (good and bad) of a location independent career, and in so doing, you may come up with a few ways to make your own career location independent.

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Three paths to being a digital nomad

Posted August 28, 2008 - 01:53 by Philip Brewer

Career and Income

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I wanted to be a digital nomad before anybody--before the term existed; before the technology existed; before most people even imagined that it would someday be possible to earn a living without ever being in the same place as your coworkers, bosses, customers, or clients. Other people may have become digital nomads before I did, but nobody wanted to be one before I did.

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Plumas County: Hidden (Cheaper) California

Posted March 2, 2008 - 03:44 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Real Estate and Housing

Move to Plumas County

Are you stuck on the coast paying a big mortgage on a tiny property? Do your kids spend more time with their daycare provider than with you? Do you worry that they've never seen a real tree or animal? Do you sit in traffic more than 20 minutes a day? If you said yes to any of that and wished you could have said no, then maybe it's time to start thinking about relocating to rural California...

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7 Simple Rules that Your Work-at-Home Employer Should Follow

Posted June 20, 2007 - 17:23 by Julie Rains

Career and Income

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Working from home, as a contractor or full-time employee for a legitimate business, seems to be a great way of making money while keeping a flexible schedule with plenty of time for family, friends, fun, and sleep. Or is it? Last year, I investigated contract writing as a way to give myself what I thought might be a more me-friendly schedule.

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