Anywhereist

Explore life. Create anywhere.

Blog

Browse the Blog to find a selection of articles dating all the way back to 2009 (including quite a few about Panama).

How I Moved to the Netherlands and Built a Wonderful Expat Life

By

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 …

Continue Reading about How I Moved to the Netherlands and Built a Wonderful Expat Life

Are You a Professional Creative? Here’s Why You Should Use Milanote

By

If you're a professional creative, here's a planning and productivity tool designed with you in mind. Milanote bills itself as "the tool for organizing creative projects." At its most basic, it's a note-taking app, but where something like Evernote or OneNote is designed to be read, Milanote is designed to be seen. It's the difference between viewing a list of ingredients (eggs, butter, flour) and a picture of the mouthwatering finished product. Milanote is like the digital bullet …

Continue Reading about Are You a Professional Creative? Here’s Why You Should Use Milanote

Boost Your Business: 4 Freelance Professionals to Hire

By

If you’re a solopreneur focused on growing your business, you may have realized just how challenging it can be to tackle your entire to-do list by yourself! And when you’re building a location-independent business inspired by Anywhereist, you also have to learn your way around new technology. After all, creating passive income actually takes a lot of work. But what if you could simply hire freelance professionals and save your energy? Here’s how working with expert freelancers can help you …

Continue Reading about Boost Your Business: 4 Freelance Professionals to Hire

7 Planning Steps Bridget Jones Can Teach Anywhereists

By

"Earth to Bridget Sodding Jones!" yells Bridget's boss. As the sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary opens, lucky Bridget has been chosen to try skydiving -- on camera -- to see if it's great fun or a terrifying risk. After being forced out of the plane, forgetting to pull the ripcord (prompting the above exclamation from boss) and finally drifting along, chute open, Bridget starts daydreaming about her boyfriend. To come to earth with a bump -- literally -- facedown in a large …

Continue Reading about 7 Planning Steps Bridget Jones Can Teach Anywhereists

How to Cope When a Travel Injury Interrupts Your Plans

By

What do you do when your delightful location-independent arrangements are interrupted by illness or a travel injury? I found out the hard way on my recent Panama trip. In early February, I spent a delightful week traveling around Chiriqui Province in Panama with Jackie Lange and her Panama Relocation Tours bus. I was seeing what I wanted to see, in the company of interesting and enthusiastic people. But my plans for my time in Panama were suddenly, seriously derailed. I left the …

Continue Reading about How to Cope When a Travel Injury Interrupts Your Plans

How I Survived the 2019 Polar Vortex

By

While friends and family were in the grip of record-breaking winter cold during the 2019 polar votex, I was basking in the sun and sea breezes on Panama's Azuero peninsula. (That's a picture of the beach - crowded because it was a Sunday! - where I stayed.) If you listened to the latest Anywhereist Podcast (and if you haven't, why not???), you heard my concerns about the difficulties of getting from Panama City to where I planned to stay. You see, I arrived in Panama in the midst of the World …

Continue Reading about How I Survived the 2019 Polar Vortex