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How I Became a Digital Nomad

Jenny Smedra / March 17th, 2022 / 2 Comments

I am not what you would define as your typical 9-to-5 laborer. Although I once tried to find my place in the corporate world, I quickly realized that I wasn’t cut out for an office job. Over the last 15 years, I have pursued higher education and international positions looking for the right career path for me. After several ventures and failures, I discovered the perfect job was right under...

Posted in: Career, Online Income, Travel Tagged with: digital nomad

You Can Live in Barbados for a Year Right Now – Here’s How

Allen Francis / August 15th, 2020 / No Comments

Sometimes, the only way to make sense of, or escape, the suffering in one’s life is to become a spectator to it. What does that mean? Well, sometimes you need to focus on the cause of the suffering as much as the suffering to find a solution. For example, the coronavirus pandemic of early 2020 caused a forced unemployment crisis not seen since the Great Depression. We know live in a world with,...

Posted in: Business, Career, Career and Work, Money, Online Income, Personal Finance, Travel Tagged with: Barbados Welcome Stamp, telecommute

Sin City Set To Reopen Businesses On June 4

Allen Francis / May 28th, 2020 / No Comments

On April 22, CNN’s Anderson Cooper interviewed Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman about the city’s closing down in early March. In April, Mayor Goodman already began advocating for reopening. By the time of the CNN interview, where Mayor Goodman infamously offered up local residents as COVID-19 test cases for a cure, over 45,000 Americans had died. Now, as that number hits 100,000, local...

Posted in: Business, Career and Work, Education, Entertainment and Leisure, Environment and Envrionmental, Family, Health, Money, Travel Tagged with: covid-19, gambling, las vegas, Las Vegas reopens business

Now May Be the Best Time to Invest in the Airline Industry

Allen Francis / March 25th, 2020 / No Comments

I am a grown man, but I am not afraid to tell you that I am terrified. Probably just like the rest of the world right now. The COVID-19 pandemic slowly engulfing the world is shutting down almost every area of industry. Major sports seasons have been suspended or canceled. The retail and service industries have ground to a halt causing the layoffs and firings of millions. It seems like we live in...

Posted in: Business, Education, Money, Personal Finance, Philosophy, Travel Tagged with: airline industry, investment