Out of Office

Gillian Rose couldn't quite find her calling as she went down the traditional path while also fighting her ongoing battle with depression. Her imperfect journey led to her dropping out of college and trying out a handful of odd jobs including working at a music store, a pizza parlor, and becoming an Upper East Side nanny. Her later return to school to study music led her to remote life and work abroad in Spain as an English teacher, and later a career as an audio book narrator.

Aline Dahmen identified a huge need in the digital nomad community with the challenges travelers faced in building meaningful romantic connections on the road. She built a community online for like-minded individuals to interact and plan their international meet-ups. When she sought out a co-founder with experience developing mobile apps, the Nomad Soulmates brand was born. The app will launch globally on February 14, 2018, and today Aline and I talk love and friendship as part of a nomadic lifestyle.

Alyssa DiFolco had just graduated from university and while her classmates were gunning for internships, polishing their resumes, and trying to land spots in graduate programs - Alyssa took a less than conventional path South to Santiago, Chile.

When given the opportunity to be an Au Pair instead of taking a traditional office job, Alyssa knew she needed time to see the world and explore her passions. We totally nerd out talking minimalism, sustainability, travel, all-natural beauty routines, and podcasts.

Anna Sabino ditched her stressful job on Wall Street when a glass-blowing hobby turned into the launch of her now successful jewelry company, Lucid New York. Through the creation and management of a brand with 100 stores worldwide and features in magazines like People, Cosmopolitan and VOGUE, she learned the fast track to financial independence through an artistic and creative career.

Now Anna wants to help other aspiring entrepreneurs through her new book, Your Creative Career. On today's episode we'll talk about the launch of Anna's jewelry brand, what it means to live a creative life, how to get your next book published, and the secrets to financial freedom.

Award-winning designer, blogger, and brand strategist Salma Sheriff grew up in a small town in Southern India where most women weren't encouraged to seek higher education or start their own businesses. But Salma did both. And it all started with a love for crochet and all things beautiful.

Today Salma runs a successful brand strategy and design business where she empowers other female entrepreneurs to build their own six-figure businesses. We discuss branding, sales funnels and becoming a social media influencer.

Belinda Irvine, an entrepreneur and SEO expert, uprooted herself from her home and corporate job in Australia to live in new parts of the world as required by her husband's job. She quickly sought out a creative outlet or passion project and found that in an online forum and blog about dogs. 

While driving traffic to her blog and online forum, Belinda was able to apply her skills and knowledge from previous jobs with her own research and passion for driving web traffic to help local clients with their SEO needs. A few accounts here and there turned into a global client base and a team of experts while Belinda runs her empire from her boat in Fiji. 

Welcome to the Out of Office Podcast where I your host, Anna Grymes, bring together kick ass remote workers and location-independent entreprenuers building real online businesses that allow them to custom design their lives to work whenever and wherever they want.

On today's first episode, I'm sharing my own journey of building my location-independent business, ditching my corporate job, and traveling across the world. No desk. No boss. No BS. Just life on my own terms. And it only took six months to completely reinvent my unconventional life.

Through inspiration from people like Dan and Ian on The Tropical MBA Podcast and Terry Crews from The Tim Ferriss Show, I paved my own path on the road less traveled by evaluating the potential of regrets and changing my mindset around what it means to climb the corporate ladder.

I talk about what you'll come to expect from the guests I'll bring on to the podcast, and how together we hope to inspire you to live the life you always dreamed of.