Pillar 03 · The destination
Liberty: live anywhere, with time.
Liberty has two halves. Place: where to live, visas, tax residency, one bag, cost of living. And time: fewer hours, not just more places.
Open lessons
Where to live 2
- Where to live: the five questionsChoosing a destination based on visa, tax residency, timezone, internet, and cost—before the scenery—using a simple matrix to compare three places.
- Cost of living and hard currencyBudgeting one month in each destination in local currency and in reais using the monthly exchange rate, and seeing how much time your hard currency income buys.
Visas and tax 2
- Visas for remote workersVisa types, the difference between remote and local work, and the visa worksheet you build for each destination using official sources.
- Tax residency while travelingWhen you remain a tax resident in Brazil, what changes after 12 months abroad, and questions for your accountant before spending months away.
Pace and routine 3
- What liberty is, in numbersGeographic and time freedom become three numbers you measure today: hourly income, hours per week, and days away per year.
- Pace: staying longerWhy two weeks is not living in a place: the pace of weeks per destination that sustains a work routine, backed by data and the author's real itinerary.
- One bag soonHow to live and work out of one bag.
Fewer hours and plan B 3
- Liberty with a deadlineTurning 'someday I will travel' into goals with dates and costs, and from there, into the monthly and hourly income you need.
- Plan B: one backpack, insurance, and redundancyThe minimal one-backpack work kit, insurance, and what to do when something goes wrong far from home.
- Time freedom: fewer hoursProtecting free hours, cutting what pays little for the time it takes, and setting a weekly hours goal.
Tools
What usually gets in the way
- I don't know where to live or what it costs.
- Visas, tax and residency scare me.
- I fear losing my routine and being alone.
- I work too many hours to go anywhere.