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Must Have Tools For Mobile Freelancers

It is obvious to those of us who choose a freelancing career that we favor life as a relatively free person. While we still work a “job” as such, freelancers do have the benefits of being able to work anywhere in the world. Just imagine you wake up on a lovely tropical beach with the sound of the surf and nature being the only things that disturb your sleeping pattern.

Freelancing on the go is certainly one of my ultimate dreams; I couldn’t think of a better way to spend my passion for travel. However, with a simple Internet connection, life as a mobile freelancer isn’t the easiest. In fact we require tools that make our life on the road easier, providing us with the latest in technology for faster and fuss-free connections.

After just coming back from an overseas trip, I realized that sometimes trying to work mobile is not always as easy as it seems. Thinking I would be suitably covered to jump online at will after buying a membership to Mobility Pass left me actually stranded in 2/3 of my destinations. The reason being; I was in the sticks (for those of you who prefer rural, so it was).

Despite living in a modern world, connecting to the Internet is not always possible. Especially when we wander off the beaten path – unless of course we fork out a fortune for satellite connections. But even those are not up to standards to guarantee a fault-free performance.

The following are tools I deem necessary to indulge in a mobile freelancing career. The next time I hit the road I will not be caught without them.

 

 

These tools are really all I ever need to run my business from the road. They allow me to travel uncluttered and get online whenever I need to. Best of all, if my netbook dies a sudden death, I can still access all my files and emails by keeping them safely online.

I’d love to hear from you and what tools you absolutely must have when you are on the road. Let us know in the comments!

Written on 1/15/2009 by Monika Mundell. Monika Mundell is a passionate freelance writer and pro-blogger. Her blog Freelance Writing helps new freelance writers to get started in this exciting industry. If you like to work with Monika, feel free to visit her Portfolio site. Photo Credit: hamron
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