{"id":759,"date":"2008-06-10T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2008-06-10T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/10\/living-a-completely-digital-life\/"},"modified":"2019-03-07T14:21:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T22:21:43","slug":"living-a-completely-digital-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/10\/living-a-completely-digital-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Living a Completely Digital Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Recently, I shared my goals for life<\/a> with the readers of this website. The first on the list was being able to live a completely digital life. Although I\u2019m sure I haven\u2019t invented the term, I don\u2019t see it used too frequently. In fact, aside from a small subculture of blogs and books, the idea of \u201cdigital living\u201d isn\u2019t even imagined by most people.<\/p>\n

What is a Digital Life?<\/h2>\n

I\u2019m going to take the initiative to define a digital life as:<\/p>\n

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  1. One where the primary source of income is detached from any location.<\/li>\n
  2. All or most assets you own are stored as bits and bytes on a computer.<\/li>\n
  3. You can earn your income fully from anywhere you can bring a laptop and receive satellite phone\/internet connections.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    At first glance, this doesn\u2019t seem incredibly appealing. The American Dream is a four bedroom house, two cars and a driveway in the suburbs. Why is the Digital Dream of having most the things you own stored on a hard drive desirable?<\/p>\n

    The reason is that a digital life enables you to live in a way that would otherwise be completely impossible, perhaps even unimaginable. Here are a few things you could do, living entirely with 1’s and 0’s:<\/p>\n