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California has always been a popular destination among travelers and is definitely a favorite among beach lovers. Thanks to its warm weather, laidback attitude, and great cities, California is a true gem of a state. And as much as we love all of California, our preferred city is most definitely San Francisco. (more…)
I just realized that I’ve been to Switzerland multiple times, without writing about it before on the blog! Such a shame, it’s such a nice country. (more…)
Traveling around a city can be a fun, leisurely experience, a hurried commute, or a stressful navigation. There are many methods to traveling in a city, and many options available to you. Public transport abounds, as does the use of sidewalks, bike lanes, and roads. However, we all learn very quickly that the population density found in cities can sometimes be difficult to cope with. Travelling could become something that would otherwise be a pleasant time of transit at a time you need to exercise your full powers of concentration to get through.
On top of that, caring for your safety first is one of the wisest considerations to think. Sometimes getting to your destination a little later to ensure this can be more than worth the effort. Even the most experienced and street-wise person can learn a thing or two from brushing up on their safety habits when traveling in a populated area. For the traveler entering new cities and learning new environments, safety tips are absolutely essential.
To learn and know these, bloat will give the opposite intended effect. Practical city dwelling tips must be fast, easy to remember and possible to apply without much practical thought. For that reason we have compiled a small guide to wise and safe city travel, and it is as follows: (more…)
The idea of a “mini-retirement” was first made popular by Tim Ferriss’ in his New York Times bestselling book; the 4 Hour Work Week. This book, despite its title, doesn’t encourage people to just work four hours a week. It’s all about changing their paradigm from one of being a wage slave where more is better, to focus on how to propagate “quality of life” in the sense of having both the time and money to be “free”.
Make sure you read my Beginner’s Guide To F.I.R.E (Financial Independent Retire Early)
One of the core concepts, suggests people should take a mini-retirement at regular intervals throughout their career and explore the world in their twenties, thirties and forties rather than use up the best years of their life working for someone else, feeling exhausted the whole time, barely able to squeeze much juice out of life!
Once upon a time, the vast majority of people subscribed to something known as the 40×40 Plan, which referred to the fact people would get an education then work for forty hours a week for forty years of their life then retire on 40% of their salary.
It was at this point that people would finally begin to travel and explore the world and squeeze the most out of life, but think about that for a second. At sixty fives years old people have very different levels of health, fitness, and vitality than they did in their twenties – thus people aren’t always able to pursue the activities on their bucket list if they wait until retirement.
There’s also the sobering realization that not everyone makes it to retirement. What if you spend your whole life working, thinking that tomorrow will be better, only for tomorrow to be taken from you prematurely.
Today, many people are looking for ways to squeeze the most out of their lives, particularly with regard to travel, as young as possible, and one of the best ways to do this is to take regular mini-retirements.
The emphasis today appears to have shifted from amassing great wealth to creating a “freedom lifestyle”.
In today’s flourishing digital economy the opportunity to work remotely, from anywhere in the world, providing you have a laptop and a decent internet connection is in abundance. For many people, “living the dream” no longer features a corner office, fancy title, and fast car parked in their garage – it’s more akin to jetting off to an exotic location and working from their laptop on a beach whilst drinking from a fresh coconut.
The idea of mini-retirements was first introduced by Tim Ferriss in his New York Times bestselling book, but since then the concept has peaked the interest of bloggers, freelancers and digital nomads alike. This article digs deeper into the idea of mini-retirements and looks at some of the destination choices you might want to consider.
Here are my favorite 20 true crime podcasts and some of the lessons I learned after listening to a dozen true crime podcasts. Lessons about law, police, podcast making, serial killers, mysterious disappearing and myself. Also, my to-listen list of 25+ more true crime podcasts to listen to. (more…)
Travelling is one of those gifts that you can’t ever appreciate until you’ve actually experienced it for yourself. Sure, you can be told some of the most amazing stories of your life, and feel as though you were really there to see it for yourself – but you will never really know until you take that big scary leap for yourself. (more…)
When I stayed in Los Angeles I didn’t really like it. I guess you can blame the fact that I had no car because you kinda need one to survive. It was warm, and I had to take the bus all the time. That was scary haha! But at times I did enjoy the city, especially when I was shooting photos! (more…)
When you’re aspiring to that highly desired digital nomad life, not only do you need to have a business that you can operate from almost anywhere in the world, you need the right tools to make it happen.
From the obvious requirement of an internet connection to some of the trickier aspects of working worldwide, there are a few tech essentials that everyone needs.
To make sure that your brand is on point, that you can get work done and stay productive, these five tech essentials should go to the top of your checklist.
(more…)(Also read: 25 tools I use for my five figure automated digital nomad business)
This might come as a surprise to you, but I planned my first world trip in 2 months. I had an idea, I bought a ticket and I left. This sounds silly because most travel agencies recommend at least 6 months planning for long-term travel, but I did it anyways and I was fine. I’d do it again tomorrow, if only I had enough money… money always seems the problem. So here’s how to save a lot of money for your next weekend trip, world trip or just ANY trip, because these money savers help me to continuously travel all the time! It’s not always about saving money because sometimes it’s hard to even get a job, then it’s more important to travel smarter and learn how to make more money and travel cheaply. (more…)
Freedom means different things to different people; but the common theme appears to be that of having both the time and money to enjoy life on your own terms – to do the things you want to do, when you want to do them… and for a lot of people that is to live a life of travel.
Whether you want to travel the world, and live in a beach hut in Thailand for a few months or simply cruise along the West Coast in a cool convertible staying at hip places like the Hotel Republic San Diego… you’re going to need fuel to get there, and in this sense, fuel is money.
In today’s flourishing digital economy there is the opportunity to work remotely, from anywhere in the world, providing you have a laptop and a decent internet connection! No doubt you’ll have heard the tales of someone giving up their daily grind in order to travel the world… where they exchange the shackles of the nine-to-five for flexible working hours and the congested commute for a pleasant walk from their beach hut to a local coffee shop.
The benefits of this remote working lifestyle are clear… there are plenty of people who, right now, have exchanged their office cubicle for a beach in Thailand, getting a foot massage for a few dollars, whilst working on their iPad.
The opportunity to work remotely, and live the freelancing dream is within your grasp – but unless you’re able to generate a decent income you could end up spending your time pacing the beach in a state of financial stress rather than blissful relaxation!
This article looks at a few tips for making it today as a digital nomad. (more…)
A lot of innovative companies are now realizing the benefits of hiring digital nomads to get various tasks done well, and to a high standard, However, there are still many companies who are wary of hiring someone who could conceivably be in a different location every week. If you’re in the latter camp. It might be time to rethink your position because there are some serious benefits to hire a digital nomad… (more…)
Do you think that traveling is about partying hard, seeing the sights and meeting new people? Well, you are right because that is exactly what happens when you go on a trip of a lifetime!
Still, traveling is not only about making new friends and drinking every night – it’s also about documenting the experience. After all, memories fade but pictures and blog posts are forever. (more…)