Vagabonding
by Rolf Potts · first published 2002
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Practical, mindset-shifting guide to long-term, low-budget world travel and minimalist living; suits people on the fence about leaving, including those without big savings, and reads as much about life as travel.
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…Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers - Ben Horowitz I started reading this but it was too business centric for me so I stopped, however if you're a business owner it might be worth it. - Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel - Rolf Potts This is a nice/into book if you're interested into digital nomading, long term travel in general. - The Black Swan - Nassim Nicholas…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗No. I think Vagabonding by Rolf Potts is a good book for people who think this, unless your idea of travel is only to go to Paris and stay in a 5-star resort the whole time. https://vagabonding.net/book/excerpt/ > For some…
on “The Lost Art of Staying Put” ↗I'll just leave this here for you then: http://www.amazon.com/Vagabonding-Uncommon-Guide-Long-Term-T...
on “Life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight” ↗Vagabonding by Rolf Potts It opened the doors to the remote lifestyle for me and led me to switch to careers to tech (due to the abundance of remote opportunities) and to embrace a new kind of lifestyle. http://www.vagabonding.net/
on “Ask HN: What book have you given as a gift?” ↗Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts On the surface, it's about traveling the world on a budget for extended periods of time, but deeper than that is a philosophy about…
on “Ask HN: Non-tech books that have helped you grow professionally?” ↗I've just started reading "Vagabonding" by R. Potts. http://www.vagabonding.net/ So far quite nice.
on “Ask HN: What books are you reading” ↗There are several books about it. Off the top of my head... 4 Hour Work Week touches on it, Vagabonding by Rolf Potts has a version for lower-skilled workers, and Life Nomadic by Tynan is a free pdf.
on “Don't be rich, Live rich” ↗Vagabonding by Rolf Potts is a very good book for more information on world traveling on the cheap. http://www.amazon.com/Vagabonding-Uncommon-Guide-Long-Term-T...
on “How to travel around the world for a year (2011)” ↗If you want to travel the world, you absolutely do not need to have had as much professional and financial success as the OP. Not even close. To get started, read Vagabonding by Rolf Potts.
on “Time to go (travel the world for a year)” ↗See the book "Vagabonding", by Rolf Potts. Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of ... - Amazon.com http://goo.gl/f8Ue7
on “Why I Quit My Job to Travel the World” ↗…a local. That said I think staying in an Airbnb spare room with a local host simplifies things a lot. I suppose they can kinda become your impromptu host family. Also, you might like the short book Vagabonding by Rolf Potts.
on “Airbnb expands to experiences” ↗I travelled the world a bit, but I am posting now to just recommend a book about travel that I really enjoyed: Vagabonding by Rolf Potts. I think that if you are on the edge... reading this book might just be what it takes for you to pack your bags.
on “Ask HN: Those who quit their jobs to travel the world, how did it go?” ↗…best approach if you have a family to support. If you're open to a, maybe severe, change in lifestyle, you'll see that you don't need much to live. To those that are interested, I recommend reading "Vagabonding" by Rolf Potts and watching "Minimalism" documentary by The Minimalists as a start point.
on “Ask HN: Burnt out from big tech. What's next?” ↗Vagabonding by Rolf Potts. Talks about minimalistic long term travel.
on “Ask HN: What are the books that changed the perspective of your life?” ↗I was similarly impacted by both books -- Four Hour Work Week led me to Vagabonding which is much better. If you haven't already, you should read the inspiration for Vagabonding: Walden by Thoreau.
on “Ask HN: Non-tech books that have helped you grow professionally?” ↗