One thing I LOVE about working on the internet, is that in theory, you can work from anywhere.

One thing I hate, is that every holiday becomes a ‘working holiday’.

In the past 19 days, I think I’ve made real progress on figuring out HOW to get the lifestyle I want. It may not happen this year, or even next year, but I reckon I can see now how Decisive Flow can be set up so any of us can take off anywhere and still get our work done.

This morning, I woke up at 6.45 am, went out to see Ho Chi Minhs Museleum (which was closed), had breckie and am now doing an hours work while the rest of the family has some ‘freshening up’ time. This entire trip, I’ve managed to literally have about no time free every day until bed time, when I can quickly check my emails. If anything had arose (which, thanks to the geniuses I work with, it hasn’t – apart from Kelles sprained wrist), I had an hour or two the next morning to get some stuff done… WITHOUT interrupting my holiday.

The fact that every ‘hotel’ has wireless internet makes traveling so much easier. My laptop case has dings, rips and dents all through it, but this fine old thing is still going strong, despite being strapped to the back of a motorbike for days on end and dropped once or twice by my sister.

After seeing Sarah’s lifestyle over here, I can see the appeal of moving over for a few months. The pace is so much faster in some areas, but so much slower in others, the heat is just lovely, as is the ability to eat and drink to your heart’s content and never quite understand what’s going on around you.

Even 4 years ago when I was last here, it was so much more difficult to work and travel. Now, it’s super easy.

Because there is so much opportunity to get your teeth stuck into things over here – this country is developing at such a fast rate, in the week Sarah was away from Hanoi, she has noticed so many changes – our skills are so welcome here. You could spend 30 hours a week running your own company and still have a good few free to donate to anything you want to get involved in.

At the very least, the prospect of 2 weeks away from my desk isn’t nearly so frightening!