The Remote Hive Podcast

In this episode, we take a look at 10 side hustle ideas to make money online. Creating a side hustle will help you save money so you can eventually quit your job to become a remote worker, or, give you the opportunity to learn a new skill that will make you more employable. What is a side hustle? Basically, it's a job you do on top of your 9-5, corporate job, in the evening, weekend or whenever you have any spare time. We go into detail what the best ideas are and why you might be able to take advantage of them.  

In this week's episode of This Remote Life, I share what are the 3 biggest mistakes to avoid when finding remote jobs. It's important to realise that you have a global audience applying for remote jobs, compared when you apply for a local job, only people who live within the city will apply. Take time to show case your skills, network with people who can help you find a remote job and be pro-active when it comes to the search.  If you would like to receive my FREE guide on how to find a remote job,, please subscribe to The Vine, a free monthly email to help people transition from the 9-5 and corporate life to becoming a remote worker.  Send your questions for future episodes to hello [at] hivevine.com to get them answered. 

After a week break, I am back with a new episode, and today the topic is the importance of a daily routine. Being productive and having a work-life balance is important as a remote worker so you can be productive in work but also have the time to enjoy your passions and interests in life. In the episode, I discuss about why it's important and also what experiences I've had transitioning after quitting my job and employer of 24 years to a remote worker who travels around the world.  Also in the episode, I also three really important questions, so please listen to the end. 

This episode is sponsored by Hivevine.com, a learning community that helps people transition to remote working.  

In today's episode, we go through why remote working is so hard and take a look at the solutions to some of the issues that remote workers face. The reason for focusing on the negative aspect of remote work is so you are forewarned and can plan for these events as they are mistakes that many people make when they are starting out either as a freelancer, contractor or building their online business. Please take a moment to check out my new learning community, called Hivevine which helps people transition from the 9-5 life to becoming a remote worker. 

If you are struggling to make the decision to quit your job to become a remote worker, in today's episode I talk about five benefits of working from home. Also in this episode, I talk about the general cost of living for Hong Kong, one of the world's most expensive cities. Finally, I answer two questions from listeners which are worth listening to the end for. 

In this episode, I take offer some tips on how to make the decision to quit a job based on my own experiences doing exactly this. It'll be one of the biggest decisions that you will make in your life and it's important that you make the right decision for you. The last thing you want to do is quit a job, become a remote worker, travel and realise that you hate it.  It's not a decision that you should take lightly and it needs thought and planning. 

In this episode we take a look at the traits needed to help you decide is working remotely the right move for you. Even if you are lacking in some of these traits don't worry, because you can change. Prior to working remotely, I hated routine and would fight against it wherever possible, but after a few weeks of travelling it became apparent that having routine was going to be the solution for the perfect work-life balance.

In this episode, of This Remote Life, I tell the story of my journey so far - transitioning from the 9-5 Office Life to remote working while travelling.  I felt it was important to share where I have come from and how the last 4 years have progressed.  It's important to me that these episodes are thought provoking and offer actionable tasks that you can implement into your life.