Today’s challenge from Natalie is:
- What is your definition of location independence?
This one had me stumped all yesterday afternoon and all this morning. Then I realized I was missing the key word: “your”. When I read the prompt, I was thinking about wanting to travel all over the world on a moments notice. About having no home base. About being 100% care free. And I couldn’t relate, because that definition of location independence does not resonate with me!!!
For me the concept of location independence doesn’t resonate. That’s probably because I’ve lived in over 20 place during my life — including twice overseas, traveled extensively, and never feel tied down to a particular location. However, the question Natalie asked still bothered me — how do I define location independence?
Then it clicked. For me it’s not about location independence, it’s about time independence. With that in mind, I define location independence as:
- Having the ability to choose when and where you live and work.
While I’m not trained as a physicist, I think these guys got it right when they talked about combining time and space in to a single continuum. Because in my mind, the two are absolutely intertwined. Being free to go wherever, without the freedom to enjoy my time there is not really freedom. Similarly, having the time to do what I want, but not the ability to go where I want is not really freedom either.
If you read my definition carefully, there’s a third key word in my definition: work. The implication in my definition is that the “work” you are doing is something that you want to do and not something that you have to do.
So there you have it. Time. Location. Work. The ability to choose all three is what makes up location independence in my mind.
If you want some more information on the challenge, check out the post on day four at:
http://suitcaseentrepreneur.com/blogchallenge/blog-challenge-day4
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