It's always so interesting to me when people talk about how to gain fans and followers online. The discourse is always, "Be yourself, be authentic, be real. People want to see the unfiltered, raw version of you." I think this is all bullshit. It's all fun to be authentic until…

Working remotely is awesome. The ability to set up shop anywhere and get paid to work is a freaking dream, and I’m so blessed to have the opportunity to do it. However, remote work is difficult in one distinct way: ergonomics. Doing an entire online job from a small laptop…

Let me preface this by saying that, like most of America's homeless population, I wasn't consistently homeless as a child. We periodically had enough money to rent a room (for a little while), just like we had times when we had enough money for food (for a little while). But…

I recently started a blog. Partly because I moved to a foreign country and desperately needed a hobby that didn’t require me to leave my house and face the fact that I can’t speak the incredibly difficult local dialect. But also, because I’d always wanted to start a blog. …

April 27, 2022 / No Comments I consider myself to be a “digital nomad.” I work and live in different countries, travel the world, and manage my workload completely from my laptop. While digital nomadism is awesome and was always my dream (how amazing to be living your dream!), there…

I thought about this a lot while reading the recently released travel memoir, Nowhere for Very Long. I stumbled upon this book not knowing who Brianna Madia was and I read it before doing any googling. Which is typically how I like to approach media. I like to form my…

I moved to Morocco 6 months ago from the United States and I thought my life would change dramatically. I was obsessed with “antiwork” and the idea that we’re all cogs in a vicious machine, and that I was breaking out of the cruel cycle. I thought my obsession with…

With Covid, a lot of people are doing the work-from-home thing. Many of y’all are considering taking a job in international, which is awesome! I did it, and I’m happy I did. Here is a little bit of advice for digital nomads, or aspiring digital nomads, as they consider taking…