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Let this be a round up of sorts. I've been traveling solo since 2013 and I've made purchasing mistake after purchasing mistake. I've learned the expensive way. I only share tried and true items that actually enhance my travels because honestly less is more. If you are going team carry-on in 2023,...
I could have sworn I just finished an epic Christmas celebration in Mexico with some amazing travel friends, but here we are almost a year later. If you're a traveler or you have some avid travelers in your life, you know gift shopping is hard because "there just isn't space for more stuff in my...
I hear it all the time, "I'm looking for a remote job, but all the job posts are spam." Or, "the jobs aren't actually remote." Complaint after complaint. And the reason? You aren't searching in the right place.
Best Place to Find Remote Jobs
LinkedIn and Indeed are great job boards. We can't deny...
Ahhh, money. The topic alone can make us cringe and I may make severe detour to begin this post and say, we (collectively) need to work on our money mindset.
We tend to have money stories that we carry with us throughout our lives that we don't recognize until we're crying in the middle...
This is a short one, but it is oh, so important. I am laying out my best career break advice over the next several paragraphs.
If you’re not familiar with my philosophy on career breaks to travel, here are a few of the basics from someone who has been there and has some edits.
How...
There is a Difference Between a Sabbatical and a Career Break
Oftentimes you'll hear people using these terms interchangeably, indicating they are take a period of time away from work; however, there is a difference.
A sabbatical is an agreed upon absence with your employer, paid or unpaid. Even...
Will a Remote Job Help Me Travel More?
Ahhh, the million dollar question. We are entering a unique time in the history of the workforce. Some companies are requesting your presence back in the office, while other companies, like Airbnb, are giving the people what they want, more freedom and...
Career Break vs. Remote Work
Ahhh, the age old question. Ok, let's be real. This is a new problem to have. It honestly isn't something a ton of people had been considering, but thanks to the pandemic we finally realize we have options. We finally realize jobs don't need to be done from an office....
A career break, an adult gap year, a sabbatical, a quit your job to travel the world…whatever you want to call it, it is a planned exit from the corporate world with the intention of doing something non-work related. Career breaks can be taken to go back to school, to raise a family, to...
Ok, ok, so if you follow me around on Instagram or in my Facebook group or on Clubhouse, you know I talk about career breaks, like a lot. And now here I am writing an article tossing an additional word in front of career break. Intentional. Why did I do that? Is this different than what I...
How to Make Travel a Bigger Part of Your Life
So you want to travel more…I totally get it. Coming from the USA, land of limited vacation, I feel like we may even want it MORE due to less opportunity for time away. Additionally, social norms in the US dictate that we graduate from college...