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[Note: I intentionally decided not to use a beach photo. Lifestyle design means different things to different people; it isn't just for middle-aged businessmen living as expats in coastal regions, although that is the stereotype.]
Lifestyle design (LD) has a lengthy past but a short history. The art of (sometimes radical) lifestyle configuration, however, has been practiced for quite sometime by liberated people from all walks of life.
The growth of the Internet has enabled those loaded with cash to disconnect from the 9-5 without disconnecting from their Porches, Louis Vuitton gear, mobile cash cow businesses, and brokerage accounts. The Internet’s rise has also allowed persons from less auspicious backgrounds (like myself) to live creatively without making seemingly prohibitive income sacrifices. Indeed, if one plays their cards right, a mainstream Internet presence can eliminate the monetary drawbacks that used to come with a a non-mainstream lifestyle. Technology has come a long way, and I’m glad that lifestyles are starting to catch up.
Here’s a list of lifestyle design resources that might be of help to the interested.
Here goes:
TOOLS
- AwayFind – The Painless Escape from Email that works with the 4-Hour Workweek, GTD…and your sanity
- Dreamlining Worksheet (highly recommended)
- Ideal Lifestyle Costing Worksheets
BOOKS
- Craft, Inc.: Turn Your Creative Hobby into a Business
- Escape 101: The Four Secrets to Taking a Sabbatical or Career Break Without Losing Your Money or Your Mind (note: see my interview with Dan Clements here).
- Gap Years for Grown Ups
- Halftime: Changing Your Game Plan from Success to Significance
- In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed
- Lonely Planet Career Break Book
- Not Just a Living: The Complete Guide to Creating a Business That Gives You a Life
- Power Sabbatical: The Break That Makes a Difference
- Six Months Off: How to plan, Negotiate and Take the Break you Need Without Burning Bridges or Going Broke
- Soul Proprietor: 101 Lessons From a Lifestyle Entrepreneur
- The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
- The Anti 9-to-5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube
- The Family Sabbatical Handbook: The Budget Guide To Living Abroad With Your Family
- The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works
- Time off From Work: Using Sabbaticals to Enhance Your Life While Keeping Your Career on Track
- Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
- X Marks The Spot: The Indispensable Guide To Living As A LIP & Working From Anywhere
- Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
Lifestyle Design Websites
- Location Independent
- Anywired
- My Tropical Escape
- The Newly Rich
- Traveling Remote and Working as a Couple
- Is A Location Independent Life Cheaper Than Living In One Place? Just How Much Money Do You Need? A 12 Month Breakdown
- Vagablogging | Rolf Pott’s Vagabonding Guide
- Vagabondish
Articles, Blogs, and Blog Posts
- Become a Lifestyle Entrepreneur: Complete Guide and 40+ Resources
- 63 Life-Changing Quotes on Lifestyle Design
- 4 Hour Life
- Four Hour Work Week Journal
- Project Nomad
- Steve Pavlina’s 10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job
- Location Independent Ways to Make Money
- The 4-Daughter Workweek
- Erik Folgate’s Top Ten Ways for the Millenial Generation To Earn Alternative Income
PODCASTS
- Next Level Lifestyle’s What is Lifestyle Design?
- Duct Tape Marketing’s Is There a 4-Hour Workweek In Your Future?
- Genius Types’ About Creative Life and Passive Income
- Steve Pavlina’s How to Make Money Without a Job
Lifestyle design is by no means a solidified concept. It goes by many names, and fragments of information are distributed across the Internet and buried in sundry places. As such, this list is by no means exhaustive. Anyway, since I’ll be maintaining this list over time, please do send me a relevant link if you have one.
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