(If you’re wondering, I didn’t write up Part 1 so you didn’t miss anything.)

Brian and I came up with our Workcation Idea while driving back from the Poconos one weekend:

What if every 2 months, we booked a weekend someplace without Internet and cranked out a bunch of work?

No (or at least, limited) Internet. No distractions. Just work for the weekend.

Brian wanted to work on a screenplay. I wanted to work on my online business, ImMovingtoLA.com, and articles and scripts I’m writing for I WIll Teach and GrowthLab.  

It seemed like an awesome idea so we started research Airbnbs. First we looked at places in the Poconos, but realized we’d be spending around $400 on the rental alone. AND we lost 4 hours of work in the commute alone. So we nixed that idea.

Next, I looked at apartments in NYC. Doing Workcation in NYC cut down on the commute time for sure, but it was just as pricey.

I realized we were being pretty fancy about it, and tried to think simpler: How could we do this without spending so much money?

Then, we remembered Brian’s sister had a condo she wasn’t using (she’s abroad). It was fully furnished, had 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. We just had to turn on the utilities. The best part: She didn’t have Internet set-up.

It was perfect.