​A no nonsense look at an expats life in Thailand, 3 years on. The ups and the downs, concentrating on 4 key areas Health, Wealth, Happiness and Relationships.   

​Koh Samet ...a small island off the coast of Thailand near Rayong. Take a look around this beautiful island with Peter and Patarasri.

Click here Take a little look around Koh Chang with my latest destination video... Another one for the Lovely Planet tv archives... Actually 'A Visit to Koh Chang' is the first of two short travel destination videos produced on my recent trip to both of the islands with my little companion Pattarasri.to edit.

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​Become A Writer. Get Published. GetPaid. Hello its Peter here.... I`ve got a question for you.... How do you fancy being a writer? And getting paid for it? Well, Its never been easier than now. The possibilities are now endless. Fiction or non fiction writing, blog writing, content writing, article writing, feature witing, writing a book. Then there`s Self Publishing or publishing the traditional way. There`s just so many opportunities now. And the best bit is... Being a writer and getting paid for it allows you to work from home or anywhere in the world. Say goodbye to the boss and the 9 to 5 grind and start living the laptop lifestyle and the freedom to work on your own terms wherever and whenever you want. So how do you get started? Well, I can make it easy for you! I`ve got all the resourses you need... Just click the link in the discription below this video and join our writers community to recieve writers opportunities plus resources, training, expert tips and advice and a whole lot more on becoming a successful writer. No previous experience required. There’s never been a better time to find freelance writing work. After all, these days, businesses of all-sizes and in all industries are in need of quality content. However, finding freelance work and connecting with legit clients that pay well can sometimes be a struggle - especially when you’re just starting out. When you subscribe you`ll also get my FREE handy list of 50 websites to find the latest writing jobs plus the job boards and marketplaces where frelance writers can find work. http://www.lovelyplanettv.com/get-pai...

​Writers Life is a community of writers and authors, many of which are living the digital nomad lifestyle, that is travelling and experiencing all that the world has to offer and earning an income as they travel. 
Many membes of our community create successful blogs on the internet and write about their travels. Some are authors and write books that they either publish themselves or use agents. 
Whichever way you want to do it, you`ll find all the advice, tips, resourses and so much more at Writers Life.  
With todays technology its never been easier to make an income as a writer as you travel the world and if that`s something you`d like to do, Writers Life can can show you how.  
So come and join us now. Just go to writers life . org , sign up to our newsletter and find out how to get your free writers toolkit. 
Thanks for watching and I`ll see you on the website.
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How To Use The Internet To Be Rich and Successful in 2018 
Its almost 2018 and time to consolidate my experiences of recent years especially since living in South East Asia. How does it all fit together? And how can it help you if you are searching for a different kind of life? Here then is my New Years wish for you. My gift of inspiration to you to welcome you into the coming year. 
Not that labels are important in the great scheme of things but recently I have been labelling myself as an 'English Conversation Coach' However, there`s more to me than that! I would like to think 'English Conversation and Success Coach' be more descriptive of my work. 
I don`t know about you, but I think the definition of rich and successful is changing. Gone are the days when rich meant having loads of money in the bank. Gone are the days of success meaning that you have the latest car, the biggest house, the latest gadgets.
Today, my own evalution of rich and succesful is to be happy. And that all starts in the mind! But of course ones mans happiness may be different to that of another. 
So, from my own point of view, let me expain what happiness means to me in the hope that you might just be on the same wavelegnth and can therefore experience a new rich and successful lifestyle too.
Western culture promotes a treadmill that enslaves society and we normally go along with it beause we are expected to by our parents, our peers, our friends, and , our government and we want to fit in, we want to be accepted. 
Generally speaking, this path follows a route of  education, work or career, marraige maybe and the building up of materialstic possentions.
Many become enslaved by banks and other financial institutions because of the ease to borrow money now and pay later. 
In my opinion, the sooner we realise that we don`t have to fit in with this lifestyle, the better life can become. 
We work on average for 2 thirds of our lives and many find themselves in unasasfacty jobs which they have to do because of this enslavery to the finacial institutions. 
The best thing you can do is get out of debt as quickly as possible, turn your back on what is considerered to be the norm and live life the way you want it to be. 
Today tho, in this age of the internet, we`re consistantly bombarded with the message that we can earn a passive income where work time can be minimised to almost zero by establishing an online business on autopilot. But is that what you really want?
Sitting on a beach on paradise island day after day while your online business runs on autioilot may get a little tiresome after while. 
Experiments carried our in some countries prove that work is not always just about the money. Human beings want to feel as if they`re contributing to society, doing something that they consider to be worthwhile. 
So what we really need to do is find something we are passionate about, something that can be considered as worthwhile and then it really doesn`t matter if you are spending, say 20 or 30 hours a week on it because it is not like work at all. We are doing something we enjoy. 
Fortunately, today, because of technology and the internet, this is very viable option. 

​With a positive mindset, a set of skills and the ability to speak English, we can now take control of our own lives. No longer are we constrained by location and hours of work. We, you and I, are now on control! It`s our world anyway!
Building an online business which runs on autopilot is not easy, is very time consuming in the early days and may lead to boredom after you`ve been sitting on that beach on paradise Island for a few years. 
However, it is not the only way to succeed as an online entrepreneur... 
Depending on your interests and skillsets you can build up income streams online which allow you to work from anywhere with a decent internet connection. For example: I now present videos for Writers Life, create courses on Skillshare, Voice Overs for various clients through Upwork and coach students around the world on English Conversation (and positivity) via Cambly and Italki. And now I have discovered another interesting and not too time consuming project... It is called 'Emotion Mining' - You get paid for watching short video extracts and indicating the 'emotion' of the person speaking on the video. Computers cannot understand how to read emotion but humans can and so this is important research for future technology. If you are interested in this income stream (as an additional stream because you could not live on the income from this stream alone), here is the link

And here are links to the other of my present income streams:
Cambly 
Italki
Upwork
Skillshare
Thanks for reading this and if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me. 
Happy New Year :-) 

Learn how to travel and earn money by watching my video class, FREE for a limited time on skillshare. 

"My dream was to live in a paradise, working online doing something I could be proud of. And now that dream has come true. My only regret is I wish I had done it earlier on my life."  - Peter 'Quest' Crooks. online English Conversation Coach, Film Maker and Digital Entrepreneur.

Have you ever dreamed of giving up everything and traveling the world making a living with your laptop?

Well today it is a distinct possibility that you can! I can confidently tell you this because I am doing exactly that now. And I`m over 60 years old, so there`s no excuse for you younger guys.

In these 4 bite sized video lessons, I`ll show you exactly how I did it...

• How I chose where to go and why.
• How I found accommodation and meals for free.
• Which online resources I use.
• How I make money with my laptop.

And much more.

With loads of online resources at your disposal, many of which are mentioned in this video class, there is no better time like the present to pack that bag, book that flight and go travel the world. 
Experience other cultures, open your mind to a new way of living, live the life you`ve always wanted to live.

​Watch this class and you`ll discover just how easy this can be.

This video class is free to watch for a limited time on Skillshare by using this link: ​http://skl.sh/2yv2R9M

Some of my video footage captured during the last 12 months or so, edited and sequenced to bring you a taste of paradise...
It`s not only the delicious food that makes Thailand memorable to all who visit. Take a sprinkling of tranquility, add a little excitement and top with a generous dash of local culture and entertainment and here we have a mix of ingredients that makes Thailand Awesome!

The Age of the Digital Nomad - How we can work together to bring about success.

​"At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter how old you are. You can still do all the things the younger guys can do, in fact, because of your lifes experiences, you can possibly do them better." 

My travel website / video blog is for the adventure traveler who is, like me, over 40 but still young at heart. Not exclusively of course. Age has nothing to do with it really. It's just that the majority of travel websites and travel blogs seem to be created by and written for the younger guys. There is however an older, more experienced in life, kinda digital nomad too. I know because I`ve met a few of them during my travels. 

At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter how old you are. You can still do all the things the younger guys can do, in fact, because of your lifes experiences, you can possibly do them better. 

So, maybe you`re of a more mature age, shall we say. Infact I`m now 62 and I didn`t begin to travel and follow the digital nomad lifestyle until I was 59. 
Here then is a description of what I would imagine to be my ideal website / blog follower. 
You are over 40 (but it doesn't matter if you`re 18 or 80). And it doesn't matter if you are male of female.

​You love travel and learning about other cultures. You have an adventurous spirit and are not afraid to take well considered risks. 

You would love to earn money as you travel so that you can keep on traveling, experiencing new things, meeting new friends and living life as an adventure. Life is too short not too!

You feel that there is an alternative to the normal way of living in the 9 to 5 rat race and maybe feel that you can live a more fulfilled, satisfying life learning about other cultures and helping others. 

You are generally of a happy disposition, quite outgoing, sociable and have a positive outlook. 
If this is you (whatever your age), then this website should be right up your street. 
Why?

Because what I have described above is me! (in fact, its probably you too - except for the age thing).

In the past few years I have followed a digital nomad lifestyle. In early 2015 I travelled from the UK to South East Asia where, to cut a long story short, I am now based and have been for the past 2 years. 

And this is why my take on digital nomadism may be a little different to what others perceive it to be. I have a base. An apartment in Bangkok. But from that base I still travel and can earn an income during my travels. I guess then  I`m maybe more of a Digital
Entrepreneur than a fully fledged nomad. But we are all in this together, whatever we call ourselves.

Following my departure from the UK, I travelled around Malaysia, Cambodia and Thailand. In the early days I mostly did voluntary work because, although I had a small private pension, I wanted it to last as long as possible and the voluntary work provided me with free accommodation and meals.  

I knew that I couldn't get my UK state pension for another 5 years and that my private pension would run out before it kicked in. As indeed it eventually did. And I still have 3 more years to go! This is one of the reasons I chose to come to SE Asia. I had done my research and found out that the cost of living is much cheaper here and therefore my money would go further. 

You may be thinking that voluntary work has to be physical. Well, I can tell you that it doesn`t. I had a lot of experience as a videographer and enjoyed social media. I therefore combined the two and helped overseas charities and other businesses with their social media presence by creating films for them focussing on their aims. 

I also enjoy English language teaching so I then enrolled on a course in Bangkok as a teacher of the English language and, after a short spell in a Thai primary school,  I eventually began to tutor online as an English Conversation Coach so that I could continue to travel.

Meanwhile, during this time, I was also building up my online skills in those areas I had experience in or was enthusiastic about. This allowed me to create a number of other possible online income streams. 

Whatever your skills are and, particularly where your passions are focussed, you will find there are plenty of opportunities online to be able to utilize these as a possible income stream. 

For instance, I had experience as a radio presenter and actor so I found platforms to sell my services as an online voice over. I also enjoyed making videos and found which platforms to promote this service on. 

You may be more into website design, app creation, proof reading, translation, website testing, photography, writing or any one of the many hundreds of services or products that are in demand and can be delivered online.

So, how do I currently make my income?  As previously stated, I tutor online. But I also create video courses and sell video clips. I've also been attempting to improve the contend on this (my) website, which is based around my travel experiences through video and travel resources for independent travelers. You`ll see a few travel related adverts on the site also which brings me onto the subject of Affiliate Marketing. 

Affiliate marketing is another avenue of income I hope I will eventually succeed at and this is something anyone with an ounce of determination can do if they have a website or blog. It is just a case of building up the number of regular visitors to your website or blog, creating trust and, of course, finding great products or services that will be of use to your visitors. In short Affiliate Marketing is where you advertise other products or services on your website or blog for a commission if they sell. 

In order to do that, to build a loyal following of regular visitors, one has to find a niche. Travel is such a large subject and so a niche is vital to your success. 

And this is why I started off this article with my reference to age. My uniqueness is that I can identify with you 'more mature' independent adventure travelers and my experiences, as an mature traveler, may be of interest to you. Of course, even if you`re younger, there are many things we can learn from each other. 

You see, I`ve also learned the importance of networking. Finding others with similar mind sets, hopes and dreams, particularly in the realm of Independent travel and how to make an income with a laptop. 

With this in mind I have created a 'guest blog' page on my website with the aim of sharing links and promoting each others work. 

Please take a moment to visit http://www.lovelyplanettv.com/lovely-planet-guest-blogs and if you want to join with me in this joint initiative to help each other out I`d love to hear from you. Just drop me a line. Why work alone when together we can achieve even more. 
While you`re there, take a look around. Maybe there`s something on my travel resources page or one of my videos which might interest you. 

Thanks for reading this. And I hope to hear from you soon. 

Peter 

(62 going on 26 and getting younger everyday).  
:-) 


"At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter how old you are. You can still do all the things the younger guys can do, in fact, because of your lifes experiences, you can possibly do them better."