Do you ever get sick of seeing all these "2022 will be a great year if you just do this" types of content? I sure do. . . I confess, as 2021 has drawn to a close, I've found myself indecisive in ways that I'm not normally. Do I want to go this direction or that? Do I want to travel here or there? Will the trip be worth the aggravation of dealing with COVID restrictions and requirements? In what ways do I want to grow my business in 2022? Nobody who knows me would ever characterize me …
How One Dissatisfied Gen-Xer Achieved Location Independence in Asia
Lou Blaser went from one extreme -- a road warrior flying all over the country all the time -- to another -- a corporate office. Today she's found the location independence she really wanted. Here's how she managed the transition. I was a "road warrior" back when I was in management consulting. That's the term we used for someone regularly heading to the airport on Monday mornings to catch the first flight out to whichever city their client happened to be located. Personal life was …
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Do You Want to Get Better at Creativity AND Productivity?
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the Immersive Van Gogh Experience in Orlando. I knew about Van Gogh, of course. Sunflowers, windmills, starry nights, and cutting off ears. . . but one thing I didn't know was how intensely time limited his painting career was. According to Wikipedia: In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. [Emphasis mine] Two years, to create nearly 2,000 …
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How I Moved to the Netherlands and Built a Wonderful Expat Life
Amanda didn't set out with the intention of creating an expat life, but that's what she ended up doing. Here's her story. I am British born but have been living in the Netherlands since 2000. Since then, I have gained: 1 Dutch husband3 sons2 cats2 rabbitsDutch nationality1 freelance writing and translation career. We live in the Achterhoek in the east of the Netherlands. My expat life began when I moved to the Netherlands because my Dutch husband-to-be had just finished his police …
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Professional Creative vs Creative Professional – So What’s the Difference?
It's just over a year since I relaunched this newsletter as a biweekly, curated message focused on working from anywhere, so happy birthday to us! (You can read the very first issue here). It's been quite a year. . . a year of adjusting to the pandemic, and coming to grips with the likelihood that COVID will always be with us (though not as deadly as it was initially). . . a year of change for me as we moved our home base. . . a year of winding down in some ways as I stopped taking on new …
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You’ll Need These to Get Work Done and Run Your Business from Anywhere
To succeed as an Anywhereist, you have to be able to run your business from anywhere. In our last newsletter, we talked about the part of your business' digital infrastructure - finance and legal - that you really need to put in place before you leave your home country. Now we're getting into the infrastructure you need for actually getting work done and managing your daily life. Hopefully you already have this in place as well, and have been using these tools for a while so you're …
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