Some people live and work in one place. We get up in the morning and head to the office. At the end of the day, we head home. That’s the way most of us function.

That’s what I did for the first 22 years of practicing law.

Then I stopped going to the office on a daily basis. I started working from home and from nearby coffee shops. I still went to the office for meetings sometimes.

About two and a half years ago, we sold our suburban home and moved to downtown Raleigh, and I got rid of my car (along with a huge amount of other stuff). That change resulted in my going to the office even less. I started doing nearly all of my meetings via phone and Skype.

Now, we’re gearing up to give up the apartment in North Carolina. I’ll work from Florida this winter and we’ve got tickets to Berlin in June. We’ve added 24 extra pages to our passports, and we’re leaving with no plan to return to North Carolina.

We’ll be “location independent” or “digital nomads,” to use two phrases recently added to the vernacular.

I’ll be referencing our digital nomad lifestyle in my writing going forward. I’ll also be sharing the lessons I learn about running a law practice remotely. I won’t be on vacation; I’ll be working from the road. I’ll be location independent. I’m not retiring. In fact, I’m picking up the pace as our law firm continues to grow and thrive.

I’ve added the phrase “Location Independence” to the list of topics here on Divorce Discourse. If you’d like to break free from your location, then you’ll find all my advice on how to make it happen listed under that topic. If you’re happy where you are, then I still hope you’ll join me, in spirit, as I drift around the world. Many of the lessons I learn will likely be useful, regardless of whether you’re on the road or staying in one place.