Has being an independent Webmaster really changed your life?

and I mean really changed it....

[workingNOMAD]

Well it has certainly changed mine.

My office used to be at the end of a boring 1 hour commute on an overcrowded train.

Now my office is exactly where I want.

Over the last 7 months while traveling through Southeast Asia, Australia and NZ my office has been a beachside bar, a mountain hut and a seat at 30,000 feet.

Being a webmaster has changed my life beyond my wildest dreams and although I still probably spend too much time online, I am having a great time and really living life to the full.

Being a webmaster has given me the ultimate freedom and I urge anyone who is has the hunger for the same to go for it and never give up on that dream.

[httpwebwitch]

LOL!
I was "independent" for quite a while, but it's funny how I *didn't* find myself working from a tiki bar on a lush tropical beach while sipping margaritas.

I'm captively employed now, and get out of the house 5 times a week which is more than I could say when I was "independent". I think our definitions of independent don't overlap...

[donovanh]

I've been self employed for just over a year, and I don't miss the 9 to 5 just yet.

Like the original poster I was able to spend over a month travelling, and for a time my office was any internet cafe in whatever town I happened to be in at the time. Not that I spent all day working of course.

However the biggest change derived from being a webmaster has been the ability to purchase my own house, instead of renting.