Curious about the financial independence or digital nomad lifestyle? Here are real life accounts of both.
Last month, I tracked my time in 15-minute increments for a week and published the humiliating results. Afterwards, I opened this email from a reader: “You gave me a realistic view of what life might be like when I become an entrepreneur -– I could potentially face some of the same challenges that I do…
As a child, Chris Guillebeau loved learning about planets and astronauts. He also loved burgers. When grown-ups asked “What do you want to do when you grow up?,” then-six-year-old Chris gave two answers: he wanted to either become a NASA astronaut or flip patties at Burger King. I can relate. When I was a child,…
Flights into Vegas are fascinating. Most of my fellow passengers are exuberant about their upcoming weekend of debauchery. They order beers after takeoff, slosh their way across the airspace and holler crazy-isms like, “if I win big, I’m upgrading to first class coming back!” (Don’t they know it “stays in Vegas”?)
My co-host Jay used to be a workaholic. He took pride in grueling 70-hour weeks. But after Jay and his wife started having children, his priorities shifted. He works fewer hours. He earns less money than he used to. He spends more, due to the cost of childcare. In this episode, he shares specific details…
If I’ve been conspicuously quiet on this blog lately, there’s a solid reason: I’ve been traveling nearly nonstop. One of the benefits of no longer Working for the Man is the ability to do whatever the heck I want, and “what I want” usually involves airfare. Life hasn’t always been this way. There are three…
My 72-year-old dad just announced that he’s learning to drive a stick-shift. Why? Because he wants to drive – instead of relying on taxis or buses – when he travels to countries that only have manual transmissions. And he goes to a lot of other countries. Last year he and my 72-year-old mom flew to…
Here’s a recent reader question that grabbed my heart. One reader said: “I am a single woman with children who believes I can live a great life traveling and making life grand, in spite of the statistics out there. Do you think its possible? Can you offer some saving/investing tips?” I’m so glad you wrote…
Today is the 20th anniversary of the day I learned I was adopted. On the afternoon I learned the news, I sat in a beige office in a government building. My dad sat to my right; my mom was perched to my left. An Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) bureaucrat sat on the opposite side…
Time for Answer the Reader’s Mail: “See the World” Edition! Today’s question comes from Sophia, a 27-year-old financial planner in Minneapolis with a desire to travel the world. Sophia says: “I’m a world traveler … My husband and I went to Thailand at the beginning of the year and we loved it!” “The more I…
Today we have a question from the Reader Mailbag: Travel Edition. Today’s question comes from Maggie. She asks: “Please could you give more details on how you were able to afford to travel the world. “What your planned budget was ahead of time, how you earned money ahead of time, how you saved money while…