Why would a freelancer want to establish herself as a thought leader in her industry or client niche? Well even for the most bashful of us, the day often (and quickly!) arrives when pushing hours for dollars or pounds just doesn’t quite cut it anymore.

I’m not saying everyone will be interested in this path. But if you are, then this article may just become your road map!.Ask yourself:

What if you had an additional option for making money that steadily grew over time, reinforced your freelancing efforts, landed you more clients, and required less and less of your time?

Yeah, it sounded good to me too. That’s why my client projects now take up less than 50% of my time and I focus the rest of my efforts on my own business, which includes establishing myself as a thought leader in my two primary industries: freelancing and women’s empowerment.

This dual focus has given me the success and financial freedom to travel this past year full-time and without paid work. Here’s how I did it and how you can too.

The Freelancer’s Path to Financial Freedom Via Thought Leadership

The following process will help you build a website that you can eventually make money with, either through sponsors or advertisers, or by partnering with fellow experts who have products or services they’d like to offer to your audience.

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Men With Pens

MenWithPens.ca is a design team that one of my so-awesome clients Chris Cade recommended to me. I gave them a whirl this past week for another client’s project and HOLY COW! I love love LOVE these guys! My client had an emergency and needed a full fledged page design with programming to boot, plus some pretty hefty wizard coding on some dynamic tabs. And they needed it designed, coded, tested and live in five days.

I don’t know how many designers you’ve worked with but I’m lucky if I get a logo designed that fast. Websites typically take a month or longer. Not only did James Chartrand and the whole Men With Pens team get us everything before our deadline, they were instantaneous in response pretty much all the time and very easy and enjoyable to work with. Their kick ass design skills at that point are a major perk.

They’re not cheap and they shouldn’t be. These guys seriously over deliver. But if you need a web design that runeth over with personality and professionalism and a team you can actually enjoy working with and depend on… look no further.

I get absolutely nothing for recommending them. They just kick ass and credit is given where credit is due!

Much love!

Jaime

Photo by Luis Sarabia

If you’re at all curious about what makes Jaime Mintun tick, this post is IT for you. What I stand for, why I’m here, and how I hope to contribute.

Over the past months I have immersed myself into a deep and intimate study of the female psyche, neuroscience, evolutionary biology and psychology, male/female dynamics and masculine/feminine energetics. Though this article is particularly addressing what women face, I am not blind to the reality that men face a similar pain.

As we women are faced with contradicting and limiting definitions of femininity men are being overtly masculinized in upbringing while being overly feminized by media. In many ways we both bear the burden of confused identity. However I cannot pretend to know much about what my magnificent male counterparts face so I will talk here about something I do have a bit of experience with…

How to Heal a Woman’s Hurt

Have you ever faced that searing moment where you could choose to be authentic and honest: your true self… or you could choose to be loved?

According to Alice Miller, in her landmark text The Drama of the Gifted Child, she cites this as the moment when most adolescents fracture. She calls it the Sacrifice of Wholeness.

For children and adults alike, we encounter experiences that tell us: If you choose wholeness, choose your true self, they will abandon you. Choose love and approval from others, and you must abandon yourself.

Whether we are aware of it or not, many of us are pressured by our parents, our peers, and by media and society to squeeze ourselves into the limiting model for what “good” and “worthy” is. Call it Beautiful. Call it Skinny. Call it Smart or Appropriate; we are given these models of femininity, of what it means to be women and to be good, and though none of them is necessarily wrong… each is incomplete. None can hold us in our entirety and greatness.

And so we fracture. We become half-whole. And we die to a limited model for what we can be.

As Mary Pipher says in her staggering expose on the psychology and confusion of adolescent girls in  , children disown what is not tolerated. We opt for parental or peer approval and lose our true selves. We stop sharing and expressing anything that is judged to be unsanctioned, unacceptable, inappropriate. In essence we go underground, we fracture into a false face we live out loud and an inner life we squash, deny and shame. And we become so adept at killing off the parts of ourselves that don’t get validated that eventually we forget the trauma and bloodletting we suffered until only a numb sense of loss remains.

Have you ever felt it? That inky discontent that seeps through the cracks of your carefully crafted life? I know I have. And though in my case it took a shocking trauma to snap me out of it and inspire me to heal, we can all heal and become whole again without suffering any more pain… without drudging through the confusion and contradiction alone and unaided.

In fact I believe that healing a woman’s hurt can very much be playful, fun and liberating – if done right.

Over the coming months I will be discussing this topic in all its nuances and sharing plenty of tips and tools from what I’ve learned in my own healing and research. Right now I’ll leave you with this:

The 1st Step to Healing Women Worldwide is…

We have to start engaging in a higher conversation.

I see passionate men and women angered by the mass media’s attack on women with its unhealthy and disempowering images of women… I listen to outcries against the messages that encourage women to play small and play by the rules… and though I agree and appreciate their voices, it’s time for the conversation to evolve.

Because their voices aren’t getting heard by the mainstream woman. Instead they’re swept under the carpet, crushed beneath the machine, because they are too militant, angry and they make little effort to bridge the gap between what women are used to digesting and what will better nourish them.

What if empowering women meant exactly what we say it means: that the power lies with the individual woman. That would mean our path to changing the media’s treatment of women lies directly with each woman and her own power.

Imagine that we elevate the conversation to celebrating and educating women to step into their own power and to express their life from a whole and vibrant place… imagine the transformation when a woman focuses less on how others are belittling her and more on honoring her own greatness… that all along the power lies with her!

Mainstream media will never change what is profitable. We know this. But what if the mainstream woman stopped responding to the imagery and messaging that belittles her because the fears and doubts that media preys on no longer exist in her psyche?

What if the entire conversation between company and consumer evolved?

Because it’s a woman’s hurt that makes these messages effective. Healing a woman’s hurt will make such harmful messaging obsolete.

Here’s a celebration of all the ways we are uniquely freelancers… set apart from our cubicle counterparts, yet aware that we are perhaps still not so different. Or are we? Enjoy!

You Know You’re a Freelancer When…

1. You’re starting to grumble about your 5-step commute from the bed to your computer.  The snooze button is soooo much closer…
2. The car stays parked in your garage for days at a time and somehow you continue to grow without sunlight.

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Social media is an excellent way to market yourself as a freelancer. It can also be, in my opinion, entirely overrated and often misused. Every day I see professionals tweeting and updating Facebook with spammy posts and self-important chatter that makes my skin crawl. I also see inspiring social champions who inform, empower and serve their audience.

Here’s a quick rundown of mistakes you want to avoid at all costs when using social media channels for finding work (whether in your marketing/branding or in your personal life), along with a few pointers to kick start your social marketing strategy.

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Photo by Compound Eye

It’s those very things that fracture us that become like glue to deliver us whole and newly made. Let what breaks you reveal the blessing that puts you back together.

The above phrase came to me during my drive today (ironically at the same exact time an earthquake hit here in San Diego, which I didn’t feel because I was driving) and I was abnormally moved to type it into my iPhone’s Facebook app and share it with the world.

{Shhh… don’t tell the California Highway Patrol that I was texting in the car!}

Now this surprises me because one of my staunch social media rules is to never quote yourself or dish out self-proclaimed wisdom from on high like some guru who believes he’s worth more than the toilet paper stuck to your shoe.

But I shared it because it floored me. It brought tears to my eyes. It meant something to me.

I don’t get personal much on my blog anymore… I’m too busy trying to pack epic value into each post so that my mission, purpose and passion are clear to any who happen upon it.

But tonight I feel differently. So here’s to walking my talk, being fully in my vulnerable feminine, and being unapologetically real.

Have you ever had a secret you thought you couldn’t tell anyone?

I have such a secret.

Four years ago it was forced upon me and my wounded journey through living scarred and healing whole inspired the women’s empowerment company I am currently building. This secret has taken over my life. Saving others from its clutches in their own life… is now my mission.

I will not tell you this secret today. I’m not ready yet. But I’ve told a few people close to me (and I was outed to a few thousand people at a Tony Robbins seminar by the big man himself!), and today I made a pivotal decision that I struggled through, wide-eyed and tear-stained, all last night and this morning:

I’m finally going to go public.

Last week I spoke with a writer from a major national women’s magazine who is doing a piece I offered some input on. During our email exchange, and on a random whim I’m still not sure I comprehend, I blurted my secret to him. Intrigued, he asked if he could feature my story in his piece. At first I asked for anonymity, but my gut kept nagging at me… it was time to let go of the fear that silenced me.

And so today I sent him an email detailing at length every nuance of my secret. The parts I was ashamed of, the parts that forced me to pause, curl into a ball, and just hold myself and cry. I’m not trying to be dramatic here – just real. Because I am pretty sure you can resonate with what I’m telling you.

We all have that secret. That pain. That fracture.

I don’t know if he’ll run the story. If and when he does, I will also go public on my blog and share the story here as well. You’ve been with me from the start; it seems only fair. This story is built into my women’s empowerment brand so I always knew this day would come. It’s just so true that we’re never truly ready when the day does come.

Right now I just want to say that I have experienced a measure of grace, an overwhelming self love and healing today, in simply embracing authenticity in the part of me that scares me most… enough to go public with my most deeply traumatic secret in a major f’in publication! Yeah way to come out of the woodwork, Jaime!  But it’s just my style.

I thought long and hard on this these past days. It wasn’t an easy decision to come by. But in choosing this: choosing to be open, choosing to love myself enough to share my wounds and the ugly bits so that others can benefit… I was faced with the magic in all this. I am really understanding how the very things that will save us, make us whole, deliver us bliss – are always and forever made of the things that wound us, break us, fracture and terrorize us.

And I couldn’t be happier for that knowledge! Even as I’m a bit baffled by it.

So here’s to being in wonder, being in the process, and being just a tad bit easier on ourselves.

You can consider this the quintessential ballad every rockstar must include on her album.

Oh and gratitude and love to Rachel Rofe who helped me through this over the past 24 hours. Your help and gracious love and understanding are deeply felt and appreciated, Rachel! I love you dearly.

After more than 10 solid months on the road I’ve recited the following diatribe more often than Chicken Little thought the sky was falling. I’m not at all complaining here – I get a real kick out of the look on a person’s face as they realize that 1) I’m not crazy, 2) Nope, not lying either, and 3) I really DO travel for a living. What people love best is the fact that I’m doing it because I want to… but I can work along the way when I choose to.

Pretty much sounds like freedom doesn’t it? In many ways it is. And I want to help you achieve this kind of freedom because it’s easier than you think. Especially for freelancers.

The Ultra-Condensed Guide to Perpetual Travel via Freelancing

Now don’t expect me to unearth the Holy Grail here because I can’t. There’s a lot that goes into crafting this lifestyle and traveling perpetually pretty much plants you squarely in the unknown on a daily basis. However, in my case, that’s exactly why I do it! And whether you want to just get up and go one day for however long you decide… or you just want the freedom to take little trips whenever you choose… don’t wait until you have it all figured out. Just get up and go and trust that the universe will fill in the gaps with exactly what you need along the way. Ain’t that a trip!

Books to Read

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4 Hour Workweek is an excellent and real-world actionable primer on how to travel and work anywhere (even with a 9 to 5 job!)

Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously gets to the soul of the matter: that so much freedom and newness can certifiably scare the crap out of you. It also explains how to deal. HIGHLY recommended… this book was my bible while traveling.

Eat, Pray, Love (and it’s masculine equivalent is available for our fabulous men!) kept me sane and entertained during the more troubling and soul-searching episodes of my trip {insert nervous breakdown here}. A great story that informed and inspired every major leg of my travels so far, I highly recommend it!

Mobile Lifestyle Gear for the Road

Creating a mobile lifestyle isn’t just for perpetual travel. Perhaps you want to attend industry events, network, and pick up clients out of town. Or heck maybe you want to actually take a vacation once in a while! In all cases, you need to mobilize your lifestyle.

Here are the tools and accessories I never leave home without. And the funny thing… it’s the tiny little things that have absolutely saved my ass on the road.

(Everything listed below is on my Gear Page under “Work Anywhere Gear.” Please visit there for pictures and links. You can also get most of it at your local Best Buy or Target)

1. Domestic or International Wireless Laptop Air Card: Don’t count on the internet your hotel promises or that the cafes in the area will have free wireless. I can’t count the number of times I get caught without internet – free or otherwise. Having a wireless air card is essential to maintain even a sporadic traveling/vacation lifestyle where you’re bringing work with you.
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   Just check with your cell phone provider or any other cellular provider for options on laptop air cards. You pay a monthly fee for the service, as well as a one-time fee to purchase the air card, and you’ll have internet access anywhere you get cell phone reception.
2. 3-plug outlet extender: This allows you to turn those rare and hard-to-come by outlets in restaurants and cafe’s into a bevy of outlets for you and your fellow patrons. This little guy (costs less than 5 bucks) has saved me more times than I can count when I have to charge all my electronics on a stop between destinations, or when no outlets are available and I can politely ask someone if we can use the extender for our mutual charging needs.
3. 3-prong adapter for 2-prong outlets: Another little guy you never think of that can literally save your professional life! Imagine my surprise and horror when I arrived in Bali to discover that their promised USA adapters only allowed 2-prong electronics. I couldn’t plug my laptop in! The only thing that saved me was using this priceless gem to convert my 3-prong charger into the 2-prong adapter.
4. Kindle or similar ebook reader: Whether it’s your swanky new iPad, the Kindle, or another ebook reader of choice, if you’re planning extended travel – domestic or international – if you’re an avid reader like me or you must conduct research for your freelance work, this will save you added weight charges on your luggage and keep your purse or man-bag nice and light. I personally resisted getting a kindle for the longest time because many of the academic books and other obscure psychology, ancient language, and spiritual texts were not available on the kindle.
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   However after traveling with roughly 50 books in my trunk and back seat (along with everything else I owned that was stuffed in my car) I realized that trading in for digital would be a necessity. Especially when I traded my car in for a suitcase to go abroad.Surprisingly I have fallen in love with the kindle, not just for saving space, but I read so much faster and it’s easier to find my notes and bookmarks for each book. And lucky for Amazon, I also buy way more books.
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   Oh and extra plus: Free international 3G internet access - The kindle’s interface sucks for surfing the net but if you’re caught without internet and you need to check email or otherwise reach a certain website, the kindle can quickly save the day. It’s happened to me more than once!
5. All-in-one international travel adapter: If you plan for any international travel, save yourself the headache and just keep one of these handy. It will allow you to plug any country’s plug into any other country’s outlet. All in one little device. I LOVE IT. Too bad I forgot it when I was in Bali!
6. Portable iPod Dock: Music is a must-have for me and though many hotels are starting to carry iPod docks in their rooms, I was shocked at how many 4-stars and resorts were still behind the times. Not to mention all the hostels or motels you may stay in along the way! Of course many opt to use their laptop speakers and throw on Pandora or iTunes, but I like quality music enough that it was worth the extra space to lug my iPod dock around. I HEART my iPod Dock.

There are many other items I recommend traveling with that you can see on my Gear Page, however those are my Mobile Lifestyle essentials that I find few people consider.

How to Go Mobile

Taking a voluntary working vacation can be daunting the first time you do it. Though I must say, planning ahead to work while you travel can be empowering and exciting – you can plan to travel longer knowing work will be handled, and you simply organize your time so you have ample adventure alongside your projects.

ONE. I recommend if you’re still getting used to the mobile lifestyle, that you start with just working outside the house. At least three days a week, work at a local cafe, at the beach, at a wine bar or restaurant. Plan your to-do list before you arrive or as soon as you get situated and review how your productivity there matches up with your productivity at home. You may be surprised to find you get MORE done!

Working at cafes gives me the bustle, human connection and peripheral activity I miss when I’m home alone. Not to mention bottomless tea and easy food choices! Just watch your budget.

This is also good for flexing those *focus* muscles before challenging yourself with too much newness. Because there’s a lot vying for your attention when you’re in a new place. The people, the sights, the urge to explore… you can quickly lose yourself in your travels, finding your projects left undone, unless you get used to balancing the two beforehand.

TWO. Take a small vacation or road trip to somewhere exciting but perhaps familiar. I did this when I gave up my home began perpetual traveling. Though I was already taking 2-week vacations every 30 to 60 days, the idea of traveling full-time was still daunting. I eased into it by going first to Scottsdale to visit my best friend, and then on to Sedona and Flagstaff where I had been on two previous trips.

Try to make the vacation at least 5 days. I like 2 weeks. Go ahead and take the family too if you can. Use Ferriss’ 4 Hour Workweek book for tips on convincing your spouse’s boss to let him or her telecommute for a few days (the first step to securing 100% work-at-home status for the 9-to-5er!). Give yourself a basic outline for the trip – dedicate certain daily hours to working or dedicate entire days (my preference) so that the rest of the time is clearly marked for fun and adventure.

Do this at least once every 60 days until you feel comfortable.

THREE. Then stretch yourself into a 30-day working sabbatical! You can find wonderful home-exchanges or furnished sublets all over the world via Craigslist. Also refer to my post on staying in resorts for motel prices for tips on luxurious budget travel for the long-term.

Also don’t forget to consult with your tax advisor on how your travel expenses can be written off as part of your business expenses! The world is your oyster, rockstar!

So fellas… want to know what a woman really wants?

Well it’s not what you typically hear. Women do NOT really want you to be more like them and less like you.

However, sometimes what comes of thinking that’s what we ladies want gets pretty comical. Like this post I came across at my friend Vishen Lakhiani’s FinerMinds Blog.

I really enjoyed the photo spread. You’ll enjoy it too… male or female. And come back here to let me know what you think. I’d be curious to hear. I’m preparing a post on what women REALLY want based on my research into feminine energy, the female psyche, psychoanalysis and life experience. And you ladies out there will appreciate that post too. Because I found (and all men already know this…) WE don’t know that these are the things we want!

So enjoy! More on this topic coming soon.

Photo by Lawrence Lew

Take it from a recovering workaholic: when passion strikes, my butt gets really good at staying firmly planted in my seat. {READ: I don’t remember to cook, exercise, sometimes even eat}

So here’s some easy and great tasting foods and recipes (as well as some great organic whole food supplements) I keep in my kitchen to maintain my health, amp my energy and boost productivity for the long haul – and without any nasty side effects!

If you believe it isn’t possible, consider this: I used to need coffee and caffeine supplements to survive launch time when I had to pull all-nighters and 72-hour writing stints at the computer. Now I can endure those grueling launch-time hours without caffeine and its jittery side-effects.

Anything that can survive THAT test wins my vote.

Organic, Whole-Food Vitality Supplements

Here’s what I personally take on a daily basis to maintain overall energy and mental focus. {Conduct your own research to make your own educated decision about what is right for you.}

• Rhodiola: Said to enhance physical and mental performance, reduces stress on mind and body, also said to prevent fatigue.
  
• New Chapter Organics Unbounded Energy: I am a huge fan of New Chapter Organics’ line of products as I can feel the results and they use organic ingredients sourced from whole foods and vegetarian capsules.
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  Specifically, I love Unbounded Energy. When I first started taking it I was wondering where the immediate bout of energy was. On around day 2 or 3 I started realizing I was pretty much bouncing off the walls without the jittery bouncing. In other words, I had all this mental and physical energy, endurance and excitement without any of the typical side-effects I associate with ‘manufactured’ energy: no jitters, no heart palpitations, no wired brain-on-acid feeling where I can’t sit still or think straight.
  
• Marine Phytoplankton: It’s the only 100% bioavailable food on the planet and is the sole food source for the largest mammal on earth: the Blue Whale. (Yeah I know, they eat krill as well – krill eat phytoplankton, i.e. they’re another source of phytoplankton )
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  The key here is that this ultra-nutritious food is so jam-packed with nutrition, minerals and stuff that we haven’t been able to even identify everything it is and has! It’s expensive but you only need one to a couple drops a day. And it’s worth it. First time I took phytoplankton I only took a single drop and I literally had to break out of the house and run around. I felt like a little kid again! Ah that boundless energy…You’ll find the phytoplankton I buy either at Ultimate Superfoods or on my Gear Page under the Health category.

Instant Energy Recipes

Here’s two fantastic recipes for that instant dose of energy you need to get through a long day (again, without any nasty side effects or caffeine!)

“Million Dollar Rockstar” Yerba Mate Tea

Easy to make, with few ingredients, this is the best instant jolt I’ve discovered that is entirely organic, infused with superfoods that nourish the body, and tastes great (as long as you like herbal teas with a bitter flavor). Plus you get the added anti-aging and de-calcification benefits of its ingredients!

Brew loose leaf yerba mate tea in your coffee maker (like regular coffee) or with a french press

Pour the tea base into a mug that has 1/2 tbsp shilajith powder and 1/2 tbsp MSM powder

Sweeten to taste with Stevia, Zero Wholesome Sweetener or Truvia (or any organic, natural sweetener with zero sugar – stay away from Agave)

For some, the bitter taste may take getting used to. If this is the case, start out with half the shilajith and MSM powder and build up over time. Also feel free to increase them over time.

Where to Get Ingredients:

Yerba Mate Tea Leaves: at your local health food store or online at Ultimate Superfoods

Shilajith and MSM powder: you can learn more about, and purchase them, also at Ultimate Superfoods

Sweeteners: at your local health food store in the natural sweetener and/or supplement sections (it’s VERY important that you use sugar-free sweeteners that have NO ARTIFICIAL ingredients. Otherwise your blood sugar will crash and you’ll defeat the entire purpose of this recipe)

For another great recipe (with way more ingredients but WOW do they amp your energy!), check out this other superfood recipe post.

Revitalizing Foods to Maintain Energy

The number one thing that saps your energy is digestion. And indigestion. When your body can’t optimally assimilate, break down and eliminate the foods you take in, guess what – it gets overtaxed and you get tired. So when you need that maximum energy for a big project try not to run for those fast food joints. I know it’s tempting but saving time that way will cripple your actual energy to use that time wisely.

Instead, here’s some quick and easy fixings to keep around the kitchen that will minimize the stress on your body and nourish you with everything you need to keep chugging along during those long hours:

• Sprouted nuts, grains, breads and cereals: When grains and nuts are sprouted (when purchasing rice, it’s often referred to as “germinated”), their enzymes are activated and available to your body, along with the nutrition packed into their little bodies.
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  Enzymes are what your body needs to break down food, yet any cooked or processed food has been stripped of all its enzymes. This forces our bodies to use our stored enzymes (metabolic enzymes). Over time we become enzyme deficient which leads to weight gain, metabolic freeze, fatigue and what you may have heard of as “Syndrome X.”So it’s vital that you’re eating foods that have their enzymes available to your body so you can digest them properly.
  
• Smoothie Ingredients: A great way to save time and literally jam a full day’s nutrition into a 10-second shake is to keep superfood powders, frozen fruits and a good raw vegan protein powder on hand. I go into each of these ingredients in detail in the above-mentioned superfood recipe post, however it’s worth mentioning here. These smoothies save my life!!
  
• Juice Your Veggies: If you’re like me salads are akin to little green gremlins. I’m not too keen on the whole deal. So how to get your veggies that will saturate your body with much-needed minerals? Just Juice It! Mix in a bit of fruit and you’ve got a great tasting beverage. You can’t even taste the veggies. (you can also add veggies to your smoothies!)
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  Get yourself an Omega or Greenstar Juicer (you can grab them here) and keep your kitchen stocked with juiceable veggies and fruit like cucumber, spinach, celery, parsley, beets, melons, apples, bell peppers and anything else you can think of. I’ve also got some great juicing books I look to for yummy recipes (just check out the Health section of my Gear Page).
  
• Nothing is more important than the water you drink! This one’s a doosy, and the one thing no one ever thinks about. Your body is 80% water and that water is responsible for hydrating your cells so they reproduce properly. Proper water has been shown to slow down aging, keep you healthy, keep you full so you eat less of the bad stuff, and plenty more.
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  So what kind of water should you drink? Well there are plenty of opinions out there and tons of options – most are very expensive. What I found to be the most affordable option for someone like me who doesn’t want to commit to an in-home water filtration system that I can’t take with me on the road, is to find a local place that sells Reverse Osmosis or similar filtered water (no flouride, particles, chlorine, etc. including all the nasties no one likes to talk about… did you know that antibiotics and toilet paper are the top particulates found in tap water? Gross.)
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  Just call around local raw food, vegan, vegetarian, organic restaurants or juice bars and ask if they know where you can purchase bulk reverse osmosis, alkaline, or otherwise filtered water. Then purchase a couple 3 or 5-gallon jugs from the water retailer or at your local Target, along with a water dispenser of your choice.
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  But don’t stop there. Reverse Osmosis is a great step, but it’s still acidic water. We want our bodies to be alkaline because an acid environment is a breeding ground for disease, speeds up aging (kills energy), and a whole mess of other problems.There are expensive ionic re-mineralization systems you can buy to alkalize your water, however the affordable way to go is to visit your local Whole Foods or health food store (or somewhere online) and ask for a trace minerals supplement like “ConcenTrace Trace Mineral Drops.” A single 8oz bottle will last you 192 gallons of water. Add it to your water jug before placing it on the dispenser (it won’t go bad in the water or anything) and you’re set!

All that said, remember when you’re bursting at the seems with energy and vitality… take a break and smell the roses every once in a while!

Ahhh it’s a good life, ain’t it?

Photo by Beatriz AG

This playful and informative blog article I just stumbled upon would say so…

It’s got some good tips and it’s fun to read. Of course it says staying up and working late isn’t a good idea. Ummmm… it’s 4:30am and I’m still chugging along.

I’m working on it! You should too. Enjoy this article over at 1stWebDesigner.com:

Click Here to Read “10 Most Common Health Hazards of Freelancing”