I currently have 19 e-mail accounts set up in my mail app. Most accounts are for various businesses that I run because when I set them up, I always create an info@ account as the general account and then if needed a support@ account linked to my help desk software. Just counting the info@ type accounts, I have 17 for business, a personal e-mail account and finally a family e-mail account for anything related to my children, house, bills etc. For years I have struggled to keep the total number of messages in those accounts below 70.

The latest addition to our family was born just before Christmas last year and I haven’t answered a phone call since.

This morning I woke up in my own bed. Nothing terribly exciting or remarkable there however we’ve just got back from a long weekend away on a boat on the Norfolk Broads. My partner is pregnant and is finding sleeping difficult. That combined with the size of the beds on a boat meant that I spent time sleeping anywhere but in the bed. After a few nights sleeping on the floor of a boat, you come to appreciate the finer things in life – like a mattress and decent pillows!

The internet is full of bloggers and Instagrammers who seemingly travel the world with little more than their passport and laptop whilst earning plenty of money as they do it. This is the dream though, right? You are young, you do not have any commitments, want to visit new places and as a digital native, you can find ways to make money online. With the reduced cost of living abroad, what can go wrong? Plus, it’s much more fun than starting a business at home!