Quitting my job to work on mobile apps and travel the world: One month later (shenventure.com)

13 points by bignoggins 15y ago ↗ HN

It's been one month since I gave up my day job to work on mobile apps full time and take a one year round the world trip with my wife. Here is a slightly irreverent one year retrospective. Comments and questions are welcome.

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jwashington 15y ago ↗

Great post! Its amazing how much influence social pressure has on our productivity, thats the hardest thing to replicate when flying solo.

bignoggins 15y ago ↗

absolutely. I was shocked at how much my productivity went down when I was at home with the dog and the TV.

divtxt 15y ago ↗

Good post. I quit recently as well - I deal with productivity in two ways: when I get stuck or bored of one area I work on another, and second I dont fight bad days but enjoy them and compensate on good days.

From your itinerary, it seems travel starts in a few months? How are you planning to work on the road?

bignoggins 15y ago ↗

planning to use airbnb to find places with good internet. Switch off work days and sightseeing days. That's the plan anyhow.