Work From Anywhere 6 January 2026
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Most conversations about working from anywhere start with location.
Where are you going?
How long will you be away?
What happens if the connection drops?
Those questions make sense, but they start in the wrong place.
For me, the starting point is continuity.
Work is the constant
My role doesn’t change because I cross a border. My responsibilities don’t pause because the view outside the window looks different. The people I work with don’t suddenly need less from me because I’m not in the same country.
The work remains the same.
That’s the mindset this series is built on. Location is something that changes around the work, not something that defines it.
When continuity is the goal, travel becomes a planning exercise rather than a risk assessment. You don’t ask whether work will still happen. You design things so that it does.
Location is just another variable
Distance has always existed in work. Teams have always been spread across offices, cities, and countries. What’s changed isn’t the reality of distance, but how visible it’s become.
Today, I work with colleagues in multiple countries and time zones as a normal part of the day. Collaboration already spans borders. Meetings already happen across continents. Availability already depends on planning, not proximity.
Seen through that lens, working from another country isn’t a break from routine. It’s simply another expression of it.
The workday doesn’t disappear. It relocates.
Continuity is something you design for
Continuity isn’t only something to think about when you travel. It matters just as much when you work from home.
A home office isn’t immune to disruption. Power cuts happen. Fibre connections go down. Maintenance windows overrun. None of that is unusual, and none of it should be a surprise.
That’s why continuity has to be designed in layers.
At home, I assume my primary connection might fail. I have a main fibre internet connection, a secondary backup via Starlink, and a third option using a 5G router. Each exists to remove urgency rather than add complexity. If one fails, the workday continues.
If things are genuinely bad, I don’t panic. I relocate. Local hotels are often reliable, and places like McDonald’s, Costa Coffee, and Starbucks can work in a pinch.
That doesn’t mean every task fits every environment.
When I’m working in public spaces, privacy and confidentiality matter. Calls and meetings aren’t always appropriate, so I’ll rebook when needed and focus instead on work that suits the setting. Writing, planning, presentations, documentation, and updating internal knowledge bases all work well without putting anyone at risk.
This is what continuity looks like in practice. Not avoiding disruption entirely, but removing the stress from it. When the plan exists, there’s no need for heroics. You move to the next option and carry on.
(For readers who want the detail behind my home setup and redundancy planning, I’ll cover that separately in a dedicated post.)
Continuity over presence
Reliable work doesn’t happen by accident. It comes from clear expectations, well-understood responsibilities, and tools that support consistency rather than novelty.
Platforms like RingCentral are built on that assumption. Collaboration, calling, messaging, and meetings are designed to work across locations as a baseline, not as an exception. Office use can evolve, but the work itself remains consistent.
That distinction matters.
Working from anywhere isn’t about pushing boundaries. It’s about removing unnecessary dependencies on a single place.
Normality is the goal
This series isn’t about squeezing work into travel. It’s about keeping work normal while life moves around it.
A normal start to the day.
Normal meetings.
Normal expectations.
Normal outcomes.
When things are designed well, very little feels remarkable. And that’s exactly what I’m aiming for.
Some days, there won’t be much to write about. Nothing broke. Nothing was rescued at the last minute. The day simply happened, as expected.
That’s not a lack of content. It’s the result.
What this means for the rest of the series
Everything that follows is guided by one principle:
Work continues. Locations change.
Before the journey begins, I’ll write about how I prepare for continuity. Not in configuration detail, but in mindset and experience.
Once travel starts, I’ll share short notes from the road. Where I am. How the workday unfolded. What stayed the same. What needed adjusting.
The aim isn’t to prove that working from anywhere is possible. That question has already been answered.
The aim is to show that it can feel normal.
