Summary: It has never been easier to live and work abroad. If you are self-employed and work online there is nothing to stop you. Why nor sublet your apartment for a few months and live abroad in a fascinating (and potentially cheap) destination? Here is a list of all the things that make long term travel super easy: Have your home post rerouted to friend (or commercial service) who scans it into a Dropbox account for you. If a friend does it, buy them a multi-page scanner for this.Get a professional agent to manage the sublet of your apartment back homeAirBnB for renting longer term accommodation (especially for whole apartments)TripAdvisor for short term hotel staysCloud services for file storage (e.g. dropbox, google drive)Clound services for backup (e.g. Crashplan or Backblaze)A small scanner app on your smartphone for scanning any paper you need to keep (receipts etc) when abroadGet your online banking set up for all the transaction types you will need to doGet your Credit/Debit cards set for use abroadA password manager (e.g. LastPass, 1Password) for your online passwordsAn E reader (e.g. a kindle, iPad) to enable you to read as many books as you want while you are awayA lightweight laptop for your workA Smartphone with a nice camera for taking pictures and getting onlineAn external encrypted drive for local storage/backupInternational plugs for all your devicesPlease do post your own ideas for things that make long term travel easy in the comments. Podcast Episode
