Name: Colin Wright Blog: http://exilelifestyle.com/ Twitter: @ColinisMyName Email: colingwright [at] gmail.com How do you go about selling all of your possessions? How can you amicably and respectfully break up with your girlfriend (or boyfriend) to live the mobile lifestyle? How can you streamline your business by cutting down the number of clients, cutting down hours … [Read more...]
Building an Untemplater Business
To live an untemplate lifestyle, most of us will need to build an untemplate businesses. And while I don't believe in get-rich-quick schemes, I do believe there is a formula that greatly increases your chances of success. Through my background as a CPA and consultant, I've seen the insides of dozens of businesses. I've seen businesses that receive a fortune in revenues, but … [Read more...]
Affluence vs. Relevance: Seeing Income Differently
One of the most difficult challenges for would-be untemplaters is money. If you're not holding down a steady, 9-to-5 job, how are you going to pay your bills? Even if you're backpacking on a shoestring through a foreign land, you'll need cash for food, transport, and a bed every so often, right? It's fair to say that in a commercialized world, most of us will need some … [Read more...]
Going going, back back…to school?
Once you're a full fledged adult, going back to school seems like a step backward doesn't it? You might think, "Isn't school for when I was in my teens and twenties, trying to figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up?" Well, sure it is, but school is also a great opportunity to try something new and different. Now I'm not talking about going back to school to get your law … [Read more...]
Personal Finance: Where Do I Begin?
Personal Finance can be daunting, it’s often associated with keeping every receipt, logging every purchase and punching numbers until your fingers are raw. I remember my eyes longing for a distraction every time my friend would start talking about it. I figured since I was not making a large salary, I could simplify by doing the counting and predictions in my head. Why … [Read more...]