Wow, it's been over a month since my last post! What happened? Well, I went to Poland, and then... work swallowed me up. Today is my first day off in over a month. And that's good, because in the life of a freelancer, the old adage of "time is money" is more true than anywhere else. I've planned to write about my trip to Poland, other plans and other places, almost on a daily base, and wondered, how do many people manage to blog almost every day?

Easy: a lot of the digital nomads in the travel blogging world earn at last part of their income via blogging, many most, and many also go on sponsored trips. I'm not saying that this is bad, but it's not for everyone.

I love to write and have been published a couple of times, but learnt early in life that I don't enjoy it as much when it's a "must".

I write this blog because there are places and issues that I am excited about and that I want to share, not to deliver content to a certain target group, amp my readership and get free invitation from hotels.

The good news? You don't have to have the entrepreneurial spirit (or have to use it for travel writing) - there are many many other ways to be more independent and travel lots, or even full time, than with a traditional 9 - 5 job

I do make some money from travel writing and marketing, but mostly this comes from working with certain clients and has more of a marketing background. My background is in event management and marketing, with a healthy dose of cultural journalism and copywriting, plus business translation school. I work freelance with a variety of clients, and mostly, my income comes from business translations and people who want to localise their digital marketing content to German.

Actually, most people who travel lots don't fit into the "travel writer entrepreneur" niche. Here are some other unconventional options from people I've met:

There are many others options - just like "make money through blogging", "negotiate a sabbatical" is not a practical one for most of us, unless you've worked with the same employer forever and they have a scheme already set in place for this.

Which unconventional career choices do you make to have the time (and money) for travel?

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