I have a job, a real job. I’m a part-time traveller, part-time blogger, part-time adventurer and full-time office worker. I’m also a remote worker. I work from home since the pandemic but I’ve been working remotely since 2017 and as I work for a company in London while being based in Wessex, there literally is no office for me to return to when the plague is over.
So this is partly about part-time travelling and partly about remote working and all about balancing working with travel and blogging.
Today is the one year anniversary of the first day I didn’t get up and go to the office and so it seems fitting to write a blog about one year of working from home. Ok, technically today is not the first anniversary of my first day working from home. I was supposed to go… More One year of working from home
This isn’t a post about remote working or working holidays or being a digital nomad. This is a post about being a normal everyday person with a normal everyday job and still finding time to travel. I’ve been travelling while also working full time since 2008. Well, I went to four days a week in… More 7 ways to travel more while working
Since I’m spending the vast majority of the time these days sitting at my desk, and since there’s no travel on the horizon for me at all – or any of us – I thought I’d give you a tour of my workspace. I have two jobs, both desk-based, at both of which I’m able… More Stay At Home Storytelling: Desk tour
If the dream is to travel the world and make a living out of travel blogging and writing, then I guess the medium-term dream is to travel the world working remotely in reasonably reliable employment. Obviously that’s not the dream for everyone. I’m not at all sure that’s even the dream for me but all… More The truth about remote working
Over the summer, I saw a post on Instagram that said, amongst other things: What did the younger, idealistic version of yourself want to do when they ‘grew up’? Are you doing it? Once you start earning a wage it’s easy to stop trying for more. To stop chasing your goals. To become settled and… More Having a job is eeevil!
If you read about travelling on the internet, and specifically about how to do more of it, time and time again you’ll run into people urging you to “just” give up your job and travel the world for a year. Can’t afford it? You can earn enough to fund a year of leisure by simply… More How to travel while working full time