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Options and Choices — Expats have More

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Our goal in moving to Panama was to live within our income following the big financial meltdown in the US. We've met that goal easily – and so much more! Life is all about options and choices – that's true whether you're an expat or not. But by embracing the options available to us as US expats in Panama, we found much more than just financial benefits. I believe that widening your options by choosing to live outside your home country is a smart thing to do. Choosing to live in a new …

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How I Survived the Polar Vortex

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It's early January, 2014, and while the New Year brings sunshine and skin-caressing warmth to Anywhereists like us, family and friends are freezing their bippies. This horrendous cold snap is now known as the Polar or Arctic Vortex. My oldest son, who lives in Vermont, found thick ice coating everything when he arrived home after Christmas. It took them nearly two days to get the ice off their cars and get the driveway cleared. In Toronto, tens of thousands of residents were without power for …

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Don’t Turn Your Social Media into an Epic Fail

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If you're creating a portable career to support your overseas lifestyle, you'll probably be involved in social media. And if you're doing social media, you need to learn to do it effectively. Like any other part of managing a business (and that's what your portable career really is), you need a plan. Recently I had a situation that gave me a great example of one company using social media -- in this case, Twitter -- beautifully for customer service and another demonstrating an epic …

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