Recently I mentioned on the podcast that my wife and I were moving to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Well we’ve finally arrived and are starting to feel settled in.
I want to say thank you to the dozens of people who emailed me with well-wishes for this new adventure in our life. It’s cool to feel connected to so many people through social media. In addition, I’ve had several people from Buenos Aires who listen to my podcasts who emailed me to meet up. That is a pretty amazing phenomenon to me.
I’ve had a number of people express interest as to why we chose to move abroad and specifically to Buenos Aires. So I wanted to post some information about our decision and how podcasting and internet business helped get us here.
Ever since Melanie and I got married we’ve wanted to live abroad. Employment, our previous rock band or school have always determined where we’ve lived until now (Salt Lake City followed by Manhattan).
When Melanie finished grad school last Spring, the possibilities were wide open to us. We had nothing tying us to NYC (other than friends and a bit of family of course). Even though we love NYC, now is the ideal time to live abroad since we still don’t have kids.
The main reason I got into internet business is because I can do it from anywhere. As long as I have an internet connection, I can create and publish online content. I can can connect with my community and work with my students/clients. This kind of freedom is a key element for me to have to feel fulfilled in life.
On Internet Business Mastery we encourage people to decide what they need for fulfillment in life and then to pursue it. One of my life pursuits is to provide information and encouragement to help others achieve the lifestyle of their choosing.
In the spirit of freedom of location, we started looking for a place to live abroad. Our first choice was Paris since I have lived their before and Melanie wants to learn French. Unfortunately the current conversion rates for the euro put a damper on that. We wanted to live in a country where the US dollar would go a long ways allowing us to really enjoy the experience there.
Reading the Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss planted the bug in my ear about Buenos Aires, Argentina. We started our research and quickly realized why Tim likes it so much. In the end we chose Buenos Aires for several reasons.
- We have a brother-in-law from Buenos Aires whose parents still live here.
- We have a few Spanish speakers in our extended families now and thought it would be useful to learn the language.
- Argentina is just a great country with lots of interesting things: plains, mountain, a city much like Paris, rain forests, huge waterfalls, etc.
- Buenos Aires fits the urban lifestyle that we prefer right now.
- The USD goes a long way here. Last weekend I had the best steak I’ve ever had for $8 USD. The subway is 30 cents USD per ride! Granted, this kind of currency leveraging requires that you have a means of making money in US dollars or something of equal or greater value. Internet business and my podcasts allow for that.
- It has only snowed here once in the last 90 years.
We’ll see where things take us next. We plan to be here for the next several months.
Have you lived abroad? Where did you live? Where should Melanie and I live next?
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Maybe you can put together a blog entry or a podcast or an ebook describing the steps you took to relocate. I’ve also been interested in living in Argentina but really wouldn’t know where to start in terms of finding a place to live, etc. especially without speaking Spanish.
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