Heyo! I am so glad you found thelifedesignproject.com. This site was started by me 9 years ago to talk about how to pursue dreams like traveling, and living a life on your own terms but doing it as someone not already internet famous, rich, or nomadic.
It’s been really fun so far. With hundreds of posts, experiments and experiences, I invite you to join along. It’s evolved over time, but so does everything!
Latest Posts…
You Shouldn’t Outsource Work in Your Business Until…
You've seen it before, heralded most likely, outsource! Outsource it all when it comes to running your online business. Well, that's not true until you realize this one thing. You shouldn't outsource something you know nothing about. You can hire someone to complete a...
My Experience Backing Five Products Over the Last Two Years
In the last 2-3 years I've explored backing new products, something that isn't exactly common at the moment, but is becoming much more common, especially in the online world. It's what the "users" of sites like KickStarter, Patreon, Indiegogo, DonorsChoose [charity...
Can You Ever Get it All Done?
Work is one of those things that's simple and complex in concept at the same time. It's like the dishes, there's always going to be more. You can hire someone else to do them, but then your work is to make sure someone else does the dishes. Work is work, and you can't...
Boundaries Produce Productivity and Can be Fabricated
One of my favorite things about travel are the inherent boundaries on the books, work, and experience you can have in the day in day out. Going somewhere unfamiliar, far away, and with some timely travel practically force productivity in many ways. Compared to the...
Three Authentic Communities Worth Joining for Business Growth
The communities that grow your business the most are not the ones you pay to be a part of, they are not the ones with the “best” people in them, and they are not the ones with strict rules…they are the ones with authentic members, from all different levels and...
Stop Learning. Keep Creating, Communicating and Delegating
There is enough information easily available to get entirely lost day after day...and not just general information, but information on the exact topic, problem, issue, business idea, etc. you happen to be pursuing or distracted by. It's not just easily...
What would an employee look like to your business?
Delegation, everyone knows it's important for a business, and the concepts of outsourcing, hiring someone virtually or remotely are covered often on online business circles. Perhaps you are apprehensive about hiring a virtual assistant, or need someone not to do work...
The Entrepreneurs Dilemma
Dilemma |diˈlemə| noun A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones: Saying no to things in life you'd enjoy, want to grow in, or do and build your business, or say yes to those things and...
Reflect and Benefit
I've been working on a side project journal app / website very very slowly, for almost a year now. I love how useful it's become to me, and a few friends. The site grew out of an old physical journal I had, a commitment to reflect more, and to be happy instead of...