As I’m sitting here writing this article, the wind is blowing the palm trees from side to side, spare dog is curled up below the table, the sun is beaming down and the tiny black birds are chirping outside.
Grenada has been our Caribbean Paradise for just a little over 7 months now and soon it will be time to say goodbye and move on to our next adventure. There are so many fantastic things to do in Grenada, that we don’t feel like we even scratched the surface!
Gotta love that view from our front door here in Grenada!
Staying put for so long really gave us the opportunity to relax, focus and get serious about our laptop lifestyle and our website. Living in Grenada has opened our eyes to many things and changed our lives in numerous ways…
We’re now location Independent
We recently wrote about why we love our location independent lifestyle, and up until living in this tropical paradise, we hadn’t given it a try yet. We had done lots of travelling, yes, but we would have never called ourselves “location independent”.
“What if work was no longer a place?”
We love this quote from the inspiring video below, check it out!
With changes in the way people are thinking and wanting to spend their time, this way of life is quickly becoming the norm rather than the exception, which we think is fantastic.
We’ve been able to sample what it’s like to work when we want to, from where we want to, and we’re totally hooked. now that we know what it’s like to live abroad, with just our laptops to support us, we know this is the lifestyle we want to be living.
☞ See Also: looking for an incredible accommodation option? check out mount Cinnamon Grenada, a boutique luxury resort on the island.
We’re now Freelance Writers
We’re happy to say that our freelance writing career has finally taken off! We attribute our success to the simple fact that by laying down some temporary roots, we had the time to reach out to various online companies.
During our travels when we were moving every 3-5 days or so, we typically didn’t have the time to do anything extra with our website, let alone any writing for other websites. We found it hard to stay afloat with writing articles, networking and social media. Living in Grenada has given us the chance to sit down and write terrific content for various sites, including Goats On The Road.
We’re very happy to report that this is now our main source of income and we earn enough money from freelance writing to travel, live a happy lifestyle and even put some money in the bank.
The perfect office
We Love House-Sitting / Pet-Sitting
This was the first time we had tried house sitting / pet sitting abroad. We joined the website trusted house Sitters when we were in Uzbekistan, which was totally random! I guess we just had a feeling that house sitting and pet sitting would be what we ended up doing next.
We got an fantastic offer to come and take care of sweet spare dog on the island of Grenada. We were both thrilled. Our obvious answer was “Yes!” We were nervous at first, but as soon as the plane touched down here in the Caribbean and we met the home owners and Spare, we knew we had made the right choice in agreeing to move here.
Our posh, well-mannered spare Dog,…he loves his fan!
Pet sitting has been a terrific way for us to off-set our costs of travelling and living abroad, and with the cost of living in Grenada being quite high, not having to pay for accommodation has been a substantial bonus.
This type of travel has also given us a chance to live like a local and really get a feel for this country, something that is hard to do when just travelling through. We’ve also been able to have a pet! Obviously, our nomadic way of life doesn’t allow for this, so by pet-sitting, we’ve been able to enjoy the company of a dog for the last 7 months – did I mention how hard it will be to say goodbye to Rezervný?
Click here to learn more about becoming a pet sitter.
We found peace & Relaxation
There’s something special about living in a topical country. The vibe is laid-back, the sea is calming, the walks through the jungle are peaceful and the people operate on slow-paced, island time (which can sometimes be discouraging for Westerners…but it’s something we could all learn from!)
Living in the Caribbean has really made us realize that we enjoy being in quiet towns with nature nearby. It’s good for the soul and we’ve both been so happy since living here. We now know that we want to surround ourselves with peace and find tranquil places to spend our time.
We found a direction For Our Website
Mať posledných 7 mesiacov na premýšľanie a skutočne myslieť na smer, ktorý chceme uberať s kozami na ceste, bolo neoceniteľné. Samozrejme sme stále batoh, samozrejme, že budeme stále cestovať po svete, ale teraz sme viac o premene cestovania na životný štýl. Chceme vám ukázať, že vaša cesta nemusí skončiť! Plánujeme napísať viac článkov o tom, ako byť nezávislý na mieste a ako môžete zarobiť peniaze na ceste. Naším cieľom je inšpirovať vás prostredníctvom našich príbehov, videí a informačných článkov.
Začali sme aj seriálovú televíziu Goatlife počas nášho času tu a boli sme motivovaní, aby tak urobila náš dobrý priateľ Darryl. Myslíme si, že je to úžasný spôsob, ako sa nás lepšie spoznať a zistiť, aké to môže byť žiť životným štýlom, ako je ten náš.
Tým, že ste digitálnym nomádom alebo pracujete pre seba, nakoniec budete mať viac voľného času. Nezáleží na tom, kedy to je deň, môžete ísť na pláž! Nezáleží na tom, aký je deň v týždni, môžete sa stretnúť s priateľmi! V tomto živote sme sa veľmi tešili, že musíme len šíriť slovo. Naozaj to nie je také ťažké!
Náš štýl cestovania sa zmenil
Uvedomili sme si, že si užívame cestovanie pomalšie. Zastaviť sa prenájom bytu na mesiac alebo na pár týždňov sedieť, skutočne nám dá šancu spomaliť a správne tráviť čas na našej webovej stránke. Pomaly nám to tiež umožní, aby sme sa mohli spojiť s ľuďmi, dozvedieť sa viac o krajine, v ktorej sa nachádzame (a dúfajme, že miestny jazyk), varte nejaké jedlá pre seba a ušetrí nejaké peniaze!
Je pekné prestať cítiť ruže raz za čas!
Ďakujem Grenada!
Trvalo nám veľa odvahy, kým sme sa prvýkrát presťahovali na ostrov, o ktorom sme sotva počuli, aby sme sa stali v zahraničí a pokúsili sme sa žiť úplne z nášho blogu, ale ukázalo sa, že je to Najlepší krok, aký sme kedy mohli urobiť! Život na ostrove Spice v južných dosahoch menších Antíl bol neuveriteľným zážitkom a presne to, čo sme potrebovali po tom, čo naše neohrozené cesty cestuje cez Strednú Áziu a Irán. Táto malá krajina bude navždy mať v našich srdciach zvláštne miesto, z mnohých dôvodov …
Už ste niekedy žili niekde, čo vás úplne prinútilo zmeniť svoj pohľad na život, spôsob, akým cestujete alebo vaše podnikanie? Radi by sme sa od vás dozvedeli, zanechajte komentár nižšie.
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