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First, apologies for the lax posting schedule and server issues recently!

Last week I had the chance to take a mini-surf trip down to Tortola in the British Virgin Islands for a few days and with the end of the north swell season upon us I could not refuse.

As far as my self-imposed AnyWired-Middlebrook Make Money Online Challenge goes, I think I am about to shift gears. During the past year I have been given a LOT! I quit my job, purchased a small business, etc… As such, I began to feel a little greedy when reading the category “Make Money.”

So my plan as it stands now will be to investigate some online [SOCIAL] entrepreneurial ideas that I have. In that way I can pay forward some of the good karma that I have received and learn about the ins and outs of making money online while generating funds for some humanitarian agencies that I would like to support. I have NO idea where this will go, or if anything will get off the ground but will certainly keep everyone posted!

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Editor’s note: This is a FANTASTIC guest post from Doug Mayle. He and his wife recently quit their jobs and relocated their lives to a sailboat so that they could pursue their dream of a global sailing adventure. Currently, they can be found in the Caribbean.

Living the dream

When I look out my window, only a few feet away, I see beautiful turquoise water glowing in the illumination of a tropical sun. I have to pinch myself to be certain that I am not dreaming. The pinch makes me realize that I am quite awake and that this dream-like existence is now my reality.

My window is actually a porthole, because we live on a sailboat in the Caribbean, present location: Culebra, Puerto Rico.

How did they do it?

Three years ago, my wife and I lived a life more typical of the norm in the United States. We were a dual income couple, no kids, with a three-bedroom house in the suburbs. Our journey from there to here is a fine example of goal setting and lifestyle re-design.

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(Editor’s note: This is the first [brief] post in a series of articles that I am going to be writing on how to take your first extended trip. Also, an update, out of the gates Jarkko Laine is way ahead of me in the Make Money Online Challenge but I will have a full post of my ideas before the end of the week.)

 
image source: ruvjet 

Do you long to take a trip that is longer than one or two weeks?

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When I first decided that I wanted to change my work and lifestyle one of the first things I knew was that I wanted to include travel, exotic travel, as part of my experience. After a few extended trips to various countries and witnessing livelihoods like I had not experienced before, I also knew that I wanted to try and make a difference.

Many people who want to go on extended travel, I believe, would also like to give something back, if you are one of them here are 5 organizations that can help you do just that.

United Nations Volunteers UNV http://www.unv.org/

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