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Digital nomad tips: How to survive slow periods as a freelancer

One of the biggest perks of the digital nomad lifestyle is the freedom to choose where you live, and how and when you work. But if you’re working as a freelancer that flexibility comes with unpredictability — especially when it comes to income. Even the most seasoned freelancers experience dry spells.  Budgets tighten at the …

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Month 66: What’s around the corner?

Do you ever get the feeling that everything in your life is about to change, you’re just not sure how yet? Halfway through my sixth (!) year as a freelancing digital semi-nomad, a lull in the work that has given me the freedom to live where, how and when I want has me questioning whether …

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Month 15: Year one in the rearview

It’s no coincidence that my last post here was in August. My freelance writing workload ramped up, which was exciting and satisfying, and blogging fell down my to-do list until it completely slipped my mind. Life happens that way. In August and September I got into a pleasant routine where I would have a leisurely …

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Month seven: Island exploration

The extended time I’ve spent in Barbados is now longer that the original three-month stint I had planned. It’s a striking thought, especially because the days are sliding by at a seemingly accelerated pace. It’s certainly not what I expected when I left London in January with plans to be in my fifth country of …

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Lust list: eyeshadow palettes

Coronavirus lockdown and its socially-distanced aftermath has been the longest period I’ve gone without a daily full face of makeup for a long time. I love to wear bold eyeshadow and I’ve got a weakness for brightly-coloured eyeshadow palettes. One of my go-to everyday palettes is literally Editorial Brights by Viseart. Living in Barbados it’s …

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Travel

Barbados launches visa for digital nomads

The government of Barbados has come up with a unique response to the way coronavirus has upended the lives of so many people. With companies in various countries keeping their employees working remotely for the foreseeable future, so many people forced into self employment by redundancy, and the growing population of digital nomads who had …

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