i think we all, to some extent or another, go with the flow and don't question whether it's working for us. i'm not the same, necessarily, as the people around me. And when you take a step out of your own comfort son, you're forcing other people to question things because you're not there. That's hunderd percent. Life style change is the hardest thing, because your environment dictates your life style. N that's why me, things hiss interesting. When you move locations, when you move to the othrside of the world, it is a great opportunity to you can choose the people you want to be if you can create your
Hello and welcome to our conversation with Pieter Levels. Peter is the man behind NomadList.com, remoteOK.com, InflationChart.com, rebase.co and more.
Pieter is hard to describe if you’re after an old-world description. He’s most certainly a business guy and a software developer guy but he works remotely, sometimes he charges for his creations, sometimes he doesn’t. He practices radical honesty with himself and others. He’s unafraid to experiment, to play and learned as a student that doing something different can have unexpected and very rewarding consequences.
He works with a few trusted friends but creatively he’s the man.
Neil has been telling me for six months that a conversation with Pieter would be fun and interesting. He was right. Pieter is in charge of himself, he’s not going with the flow unless it serves him. He’s not short of money but doesn’t own a home and his laptop seems to be as extravagant as it gets.
He keeps things simple and for someone so successfully immersed in the world of digital, has a level of self-awareness that ensures he spends time IRLing. For the uninitiated (as I was before this conversation) IRL stands for In Real Life, which means no screens just doing stuff out there in the real world. Amen to that.
Pieter seems to be on a quest to find the joy in life but fully understands that what brings joy today may not be what brings joy tomorrow. It’s all an adventure.
Enjoy - Pieter Levels - Thinking and doing for yourself