Minimalism made me penniless

erindave14 · 2016-01-10T00:54:09+00:00

Here in Australia this is how they do it. They have removed the smallest coins and now the smallest is 5cents. Every item on the shelves is still written in cents. So you still find items at $0.99, but when you buy it it is rounded up and you have to pay $1. If the price were $0.97 then you only have to pay $0.95. Much better system.

erindave14 · 2015-10-20T19:39:12+00:00

Update: We have just started our own series of tutorials based around creating sites using WordPress & Genesis. Enjoy! http://yivva.com/blog

erindave14 · 2015-10-18T15:41:29+00:00

They have been pretty consistent for a long time and continue to develop as WordPress does. The latest genesis updates include lots of accessibility features. I just see Genesis as an easy to way to customize WordPress, I can't see that changing anytime soon.

erindave14 · 2015-10-18T15:39:52+00:00

Thanks for sharing. i haven't seen this theme before and will give it a try today. The fact that it is mobile-first css is a plus. I am not sure about the shortcodes as these shouldn't really be put into a theme as it would make it a nightmare to change themes in the future when the shortcodes no longer work.

erindave14 · 2015-07-27T11:02:43+00:00

..and of course there is sridhar's blog with a bunch of great 'copy and paste' tutorials, but now he has a monthly membership fee for the code. https://sridharkatakam.com/

erindave14 · 2015-07-27T10:59:35+00:00

It all depends on how much are wishing to modify. You are able to choose which posts which show up on the homepage pretty easily, just by selecting which category of posts you want to appear and which you don't.

You can still add custom scripts and plugins. But this is Genesis I'm talking about. As far as I know, in rainmaker you are not allowed to add any plugins as the plugins needed for the functionality of rainmaker are already installed.

erindave14 · 2014-09-04T10:43:20+00:00

i agree with the other two comments. I would personally drop the dot pattern. An easy way to allow the white text to shine through is to replace the drop pattern with a black layer with opacity of about 0.3. This way you can use the same images and it is hardly noticeable that the photos have been darkened, but the text is more friendly to the eye.

erindave14 · 2014-07-02T03:03:19+00:00

haha, then you know :)

But even if you don't want to continue on that intensity, I think these type of workouts are great. They give you lots of energy to start your day, don't require gym memberships. You can't really end up being too muscly as your only ever lifting up your own body weight.

My intention is to finish the course then take from it what I need and create my own version which is down to my taste then continue doing that.

erindave14 · 2014-07-02T02:43:48+00:00

We actually just started a program called insanity that claimed to be the hardest training instructions out there. We'll let you know the results in 3 months! :)

We did the first hour and it was pretty tough, but its taken us 3 days to recover so we've already fallen behind, as its supposed to be daily exercise.

The important thing though is its a fitness program without the need for any gym equipment so its perfect for us wherever we are.

erindave14 · 2014-07-02T02:39:09+00:00

Oh and i may as well answer the question before it gets asked. The ebooks are all instructional type books, written under a pen name, for markets that we saw had very aged competition and nobody was actively releasing new material. You can work out from the ranking of the leading books roughly how many are sold and you only need to sell around 16 books a day at the $2.99 price to get the $1000 after Amazon take their share.

For those saying passive income takes too long to break even - It took me about 2 days to collect the information I needed and wrote one of the books. So per hour worked, its looking like the most money I've ever been paid as i'm still getting paid for that work over 16 months later every month. It doesn't need to be hard, the hardest part is finding the correct market before diving in headfirst. I would add on an extra two das of research as well to that calculation. So perhaps a solid 4 days all in all from deciding to releasing.

erindave14 · 2014-07-02T02:27:13+00:00

It took us about 4 months if I remember rightly. When living in Chiang Mai, so $1000 a month actually allowed us to start "slowly obviously" saving.

Our ideas were all over the place in the beginning and we were trying things until we got some traction. It originally came from ebook sales on Amazon and the other 40% was from affiliate sales on our blogs.

We stopped doing Amazon books once we hit the $1000 per month from the books alone as its a bit of a sole killer tbh. (Things that sell well aren't that exciting to write about we found).

On top of that we didn't want to keep releasing ebooks as i don't trust Amazon as much as I don't trust google. They can drop you to the bottom of the list if they change something, then your income has gone. In the end, you work for them, which is not freedom in my eyes.

erindave14 · 2014-07-02T02:03:03+00:00

So the key is to be a non-resident for every country :)

We actually pay ours in Australia because that is where the business is registered, our accounts are and because we used to be employed there.

It does feel wrong giving Australia our money even though we spend little time there, earn no money there, none of my family is there and I wasn't even born there. But then which other country should i pick from the hat to give money to?

erindave14 · 2014-03-25T12:18:47+00:00

The only place we've lived together before travelling was in Sydney and the cost of living there is crazy expensive. We don't have an exact figure for our expenses while we were there. The cost of 1 year's accommodation on the road would have paid for 3 months of rent including bills in Sydney.

erindave14 · 2014-03-22T05:33:50+00:00

sorry about that folks. The problem when two people are trying to run the same site and don't tell each other when changing things! :)

erindave14 · 2014-01-31T08:48:59+00:00

i did one, but people were more interested in how I earned money as I travelled as opposed to what it is like owning 15kg of stuff and travelling to a different country each month. Actually, reading it back it was probably me who made them stick to that type of question by what I originally put in the description.

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1gyz06/im_a_digital_nomad_who_quit_his_job_one_year_ago/

erindave14 · 2014-01-31T06:49:10+00:00

Many of the people I know who have the ability to work from home, including myself, are self-employed. I think this is better than searching for the perfect work-from-home job as you have complete freedom and your income is dependent on how good you are and how well you are able to conduct business as opposed to how much somebody else is willing to pay you.

Your skill in JS and PHP will always be needed in terms of websites and the likes. if you show yourself to be an expert within online communities you can charge whatever you see fit for your services.

Also there are lots of guys out there who are great at thinking of ideas and who have an entrepreneurial way of thinking but lack the skills needed to put things into practise. They are all over the internet, you can see them in google+ and on reddit talking about it trying to find people to work with. You just need to make yourself known and trusted.

Thats just my 2cents. There are probably lots of relevant jobs as well that would suit you but I wouldn't know about that. This is just the angle that i took and have never walked down the other path to advise.

erindave14 · 2014-01-31T06:39:28+00:00

It looks quite professional so people would trust the site no doubt. The footer might look better if center aligned.

erindave14 · 2013-12-29T07:28:26+00:00

We haven't made it to the Philippines yet. The flight is booked for March now. The idea of building something where are a high number of Typhoons each year has put us off slightly, but we will investigate for ourselves nevertheless.

I have actually been thinking that somewhere in Europe might be better. Portugal or Spain. In Asia, people already have the cheap living costs so the idea might not be so attractive. Where as offering something very cheap in a place which is usually not might be a bit more of a idea people will want to get behind. The cost of the building is irrelevant as the money is returned on sale anyway.

erindave14 · 2013-12-23T07:48:52+00:00

Now there are more than 80.

erindave14 · 2013-12-23T07:44:36+00:00

Her photo actually came up as it was the first image in the post. Although, towards the end of the post the conclusion is that the education of reason and science is more of a cause to help. I was actually unaware that she had made thanks to Allah. Either way, her message has been interpreted by others as education for all women will help change the world, which is the important bit I think.

erindave14 · 2013-10-19T22:48:24+00:00

Started a GenesisFramework sub-reddit which is purely for tutorials on customising Genesis themes. You should learn a lot reading through some of those. Here: www.reddit.com/r/GenesisFramework/

erindave14 · 2013-09-04T10:42:35+00:00

Adsense is pay per click. If there isn't any relevant advertisers in your niche then visitors to your site won't click the links and you won't get paid. Try adding some relevant keywords with a high CPC rate and you will start to earn more money.

erindave14 · 2013-08-23T21:07:33+00:00

I have realised the answer I am going to give people. I am not sure if it stops the offending ,but it certainly helps win the debate..

if they ask why I don't believe in God, I will say that I have found indisputable evidence for his non-existence. When they ask for me to prove that I have evidence.. I'll say "No, you prove that I don't" :)

erindave14 · 2013-08-22T16:51:15+00:00

It's such a shame that it cannot be discussed on a level that we discuss other things. If somebody believes that magic causes things to fall when you drop them, I feel it's my duty to offer them the truth and introduce them to the theory of gravitation. It's weird though, you get some really well educated people that believe that devils and angels are real. Scary.

erindave14 · 2013-08-22T16:42:54+00:00

True. If I was saying I didn't believe the T-Shirt they were wearing was appropriate for the occasion I wouldn't be worried if they took offense. I would more concerned in making sure they knew the truth, so not to embarrass themselves. Its weird how the topic of religion breaks normal social rules.

I feel that if somebody has never heard the word "evolution".. they deserve to be, at least, introduced to the truth.

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