“Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich”?
This weekend I finished reading The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferris. It was an interesting read and really inspired me to cut the clutter in my daily schedule and prioritize my time for the better. As for its “New Rich” characters, I have worked too many entry-level jobs to take what I have for granted and risk everything for a few frequent flier miles. A 4-Hour Workweek sounds boring to me anyway. The 4-Hour Workweek might be worth it for me if I could spend all of my time with my cat and dog, but I can’t really see them getting past border patrol at O’Hare.
This was a fun book, but I scanned through most of it. It is simply too long (297 pages!) to live up to its title. However, the book offers up a lot of helpful links (also found on book’s site):
Setting up a website/eBusiness
- Domains in Seconds (Budget Domain Registration)
- Joker (Budget Domain Registration)
- Go Daddy (Web Hosting)
- 1and1 (Web Hosting)
- Bluehost (Web Hosting)
- RackSpace (Web Hosting)
- Hosting.com (Web Hosting)
- Free Stock Photos
Traveling the World
- Virtual Tourist
- Escape Artist
- Outside Magazine Online Free Archives
- GridSkipper: The Urban Travel Guide
- Lonely Planet: The Thorn Tree
- Family Travel Forum
- World Travel Watch
- Round-the-World FAQ
- Universal Currency Converter
- World Electric Guide
- World Climate
- CFares (**World-Wide Low-Cost Airfare)
- WhichBudget (Low-Cost Airfare)
- 1-800-Fly-Europe
- Global Freeloaders
- Couchsurfing Project
- Hospitality Club
- Home Exchange International
- Hostels.com
- HotelChatter
- Interhome International
- Rentvillas.com
- WiFi Finder
- Travel Writing & Writers’ Resources
- Transitions Abroad
Giving Back: Donations to Charity
- Charity Navigator
- Firstgiving
- Network for Good
- Airline Ambassadors International
- Ambassadors for Children
- Relief Riders International
- Habitat for Humanity Global Village Program
- Planeta: Global Listings for Practical Ecotourism
I am hoping to use many of these links for an upcoming trip to Japan…
One way of travelling the world (and have free accommodation) is to arrange a home exchange. Many people are able to combine work and leisure now and home swapping is ideal for those who just need a reliable Internet connection to enable them to work anywhere in the world. If interested, I hope you will check out my blog, Travel the Home Exchange Way:
http://homeexchangetravel.blogs.com
Cheers from London,
Lois
Lois
January 30, 2008