Unfortunately, most clients, bosses, and associates have this weird assumption that we should work during the day.

I don’t share this view.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m a hard worker. But my productive hours aren’t during the industrial-aged idea of a 9-5, Monday-Friday workweek.

I’m at my best during the later hours of the day and into the night.

Since most of the time I’m working on my own projects, no one is the wiser of when I’m working, when I’m sleeping, and when I’m playing. However, the secret is out when I send emails.

It’s hard to be perceived as normal when people see an email timestamp of 4:07am.

Until now…
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I spent the past weekend with this view. It was gorgeous!

But this view came with a cost more important to me than money…

It was deep in the woods of Northern Wisconsin. Which meant there was no Internet and no cell phone coverage.

No Internet! What the hell am I thinking!?!

If you’re like me, the thought of no connection to the outside world for a couple days is torturous. But I knew the weekend would be fun and it would be a great opportunity to get away. So I joined a group of my buddies at a lake cabin.

And at first it was nice.

Unfortunately, though, it got depressing fast. Because it made me realize how dependent I am on being constantly connected to the world. And rightfully so. This is after all the essence of being a digital nomad. The ability to work anywhere at anytime is essential for this lifestyle design.

However, after I got through the moments of wondering what I should do with my life, I realized that no Internet connection didn’t matter.

We all need a break from work!

Luckily, it doesn’t take travelling to the middle of the woods to escape work for a while.

By using the following five strategies, you’ll be able to easily separate work from your personal life:
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My receipts from one weekend while traveling!

If you’re like me, I bet you wish you could throw your receipts away while traveling for business?

If you’ve ever traveled a lot for business you unfortunately know this scenario:

You’re meeting a client while on the road, and having just paid $50 for the meal at a restaurant, you need to keep the receipt for expense and tax purposes. You briefly scribble down the meeting details and fold the receipt into your pocket. Easy right?

But later that day as you empty your pockets for the night, you realize that you cannot find the receipt anywhere. Unknowingly, you had dropped it while at a store.

And with no receipt, there’s no deduction, no reimbursement, no nothing. You are without proof of a $50 expense.

There’s got to be a better way!?!

Thankfully, there is!

How to Instantly Throw Receipts Away

The other day I found an amazing strategy for combating the never ending nightmare of receipts piling up while traveling.

The Overview: By integrating two free software offerings together and using the camera on your phone, you can instantly snap a picture of your receipt, click a couple buttons, and instantly throw your receipt away!
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