Sunrise in Poipu at the Grand Hyatt Kauai

My recent vacation to Hawaii reinforced two things: I love to travel and I really enjoy what I do working online.  90% of my 5 day trip was spent doing normal Hawaii stuff: hiking, visiting local landmarks and relaxing.  But the other 10% of the time, I was busy responding to comments on my blog, dealing with advertisers and working on new articles.

Most mornings I would wake up around 7 am as the sun was rising(seen above) and lay in bed checking e-mails until I was ready to bust out my computer and get some real work done on our ocean view lanai(free upgrade of course!).  Accompanying me on this journey was my cup of coffee and light breakfast(usually fruit and/or pastries).  I’m not going to lie, it was a pretty awesome office to work out of for 5 days and it barely felt like work when I was working. [Read more…]