When trying to organise a location, independent business or way of making money, I made the mistake of I kept switching from one thing to another rather than just picking something and sticking to it. But do be honest with yourself about what you want to do or are prepared to do that you don’t hate. There’s no point trying to force yourself into some kind of working lifestyle that just isn’t gonna work for you. Best of luck.

@Adriana Lockey exactly 👍

I just flat out don’t listen to anything that is fear based anymore unless it’s literally impacting me immediately. Your most important commodity is your attention. Energy flows where attention goes. I’ve had so many weird things lineup in my life over the past six months things completely outside of my control. Yes, I do believe in the Multiverse. 😁 I actually can see a lot of good things happening in the world right now. Just remember the observer effect. Consciousness is primary. All of us affect our experience with our thoughts what we focus on and our emotions. From a practical point of view, I think not being overly reliant on any one particular country and being mobile is the play at the moment. Don’t worry about all this, honestly.

@Toby Barnes oh interesting I will have to check that out

I love this post. Yes, a huge amount can shift in a year. About seven months ago, I set myself a ridiculous goal and I’m not far off achieving it. Choose one thing and stick to it. Don’t try and force yourself to like something that isn’t suitable for you. Practice every day repetition is everything. You need a reliable, repeatable system. And you really do become what you think about most of the time. I cut out social media that was such a game changer. Except YouTube which I watch purposefully when I want to learn something or immerse myself in some travel or business thing I’m looking at. 2025 has been the most productive year of my life and I can’t wait for 2026. Happy New Year, everybody. 😎

@Adriana Lockey absolutely 👍

I only realised recently that retirement was going to be even possible for me. My eventual pot that I’m now aiming for ended up being about 1/10 of what I thought it needed to be because I will still be able to trade with 50% of my initial amount. So not only will that sustain me, but I can also continue adding to the other half of the pot in long-term investments. And that will only be with having to trade one day a week (which will be treated as private investing). So it’s difficult to say exactly when but within 1 to 2 years, I will have that money. I’ve only just worked that out over the holidays. I’ve also realised that I’m not sure that Thailand is going to be for me. I’m actually looking a lot closer to home. The biggest draw of Thailand honestly is the large British expat community there. So funny this happened last time I had a business too. I wanted to do all this travelling and then when it came to it, I ended up going to Cornwall ha ha.

@John K. Yes, absolutely John. To be honest, I think I’m gonna go to Italy. Will be testing it out in my couple of digital nomad years as far as my schengen Visa will allow me. Will also be seeing Thailand, Australia and French Polynesia as well. Gotta check them all out for myself. But I’m pretty certain I’m gonna settle in Italy eventually after a couple of really cool travelling years. Great food and great beaches my friend. Like Thailand but closer to home and more olive oil, LOL. 😁

Happy Christmas from the UK where I've been spending the holidays alone to keep sharpening up my trading skills. A few drinks etc inbetween of course. 4 April I'm leaving the UK, its booked lol. I honestly just didn't care less about Christmas this year even though normally I'm someone who loves it. Will be joining all of you lot travelling around very shortly... Best wishes for 2026 everyone. 😎