The following is an Interview with Cody McKibben, Nomadic Entrepreneur and Lifestyle Designer of Thrilling Heroics! Cody is one of the co-founders of Untemplater and is now Dean of the Digital Nomad Academy. DNA will be re-opening publicly for new student enrollment in the next month, so be on the lookout! Cody has lived abroad since November 2008 and traveled to 25 … [Read more...]
Lifestyle Design: Short Term Sacrifice For Long-Term Success
When my lifestyle business took off a few years ago allowing me to quit my full time job, I decided that I wanted to celebrate the fact in style. So I booked a two week luxury vacation in Cuba. For 14 long days I sat in the sun, swam in the pool and drank cocktails on the beach. Then just three weeks after returning home I headed off to Costa Rica for a month of … [Read more...]
Successful remote workers are power networkers.
Ever since my company opened a new office in Washington, D.C. and I opted to stay in Madison, WI, I've been asked by a lot of people how working remotely is different. My answer is always something simple, like: "It's challenging." I'm intentionally vague because I don't want to tell people that I'm scared. Or that I get lonely and feel isolated. Working remotely is great … [Read more...]
Modern Alchemy
Editor's Note: this is a guest post by Keith Savage, http://www.traveling-savage.com/. What's my story? It had the same plot line as a million others: middle class upbringing in the suburbs, college at a well-respected university, tech job after graduation, marriage – you get it. Time corkscrewed forward, twisted by the green hand of currency. Short vacations burst into light … [Read more...]
Road Magic: Travel Easy by Only Planning the First Day
If you’ve been thinking about traveling but find the logistics just too overwhelming I’ll give you a little hint. Just worry about the first day. Don’t think about day 6 or day 45 or even day 347. Just think about day 1. That’s because day 1 is the hardest day of traveling. When you are home, and have the desire to travel but haven’t taken the plunge, you feel like going … [Read more...]