So I haven’t written for a hot second – at least that’s what I’m calling the last eight months – and I hate that work + life has gotten in the way! It coincided with starting improv classes at Second City, which also had me auditioning for an ensemble and…
It’s difficult not to be aware of the limitations of working from home: No professional spot conference room to host clients, and sometimes, they themselves don’t have the space to share when we need to meet. What with the real estate shakeup that Airbnb has caused, it seems inevitable that hourly…
This post by Lauren Rees of Last Fiasco Run is one of a series of interviews with digital nomads, and their experiences (good and bad). If you’d like to be interviewed, check it out! I have never been good with money, that’s why it took me so long to finally leave…
I love finding digital nomads to share their stories! Here’s Jessica with Jetlag’s take on working remotely by teaching English. Want to write a guest post? Shoot me an email. I first left the UK because I had a job abroad. I’d been studying for 18 years and needed out,…
Living in Chicago, it’s easy to get used to all the tall buildings, amazing restaurants and endless list of things to do. To be bored of it, even. After a weekend at Loews Chicago it’s much simpler to revise this opinion. Loews is located between Navy Pier and Michigan Avenue, so it’s a…
It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve blogged, and I wish I could blame it on the usual: Too much to do, and I haven’t traveled much. Both are true, but they’re also wrong. Too much to do. True, I’ve been deadline after deadline, plus site hackings, day-to-day work and…
Being a digital nomad is hard. That’s probably the simplest way to put it. Though I’ve worked in some amazing cities, the reality of it is a bit different. Still, I’m not giving it up. Here are my takeaways after seven months and seven cities: I didn’t pick inexpensive cities. Toronto, NYC,…