With a tiny bit of planning, it can be effective to remote work from anywhere, even the Maldives. Okay… who the heck am I kidding? I can’t speak authoritatively on working from the Maldives. I may be the last travel blogger on the planet who has not been to the Maldives (and I have no…
Today I’m going to talk about the concept of a personal blind spot as well as give an omnibus update on what’s going on in my world (and also my plan to eventually get over my hump and start catching up on my travel talk again). For the last month I’ve been working through Baron…
The more things change, the more they stay the same. That’s the mantra I’m repeating this morning. Repetition isn’t a bad thing. In many ways, its healthy. Or rather, its the basis from which healthy habits are formed. I woke up this morning to an interesting Fast Company article in my inbox this morning that suggested…
It was quarter past dawn… All the Whos, still a-bed, All the Whos, still asnooze When he packed up his sled, Packed it up with their presents! The ribbons! The wrappings! The tags! And the tinsel! The trimmings! The trappings! Three thousand feet up! Up the side of Mt. Crumpit, He rode with his load…
This past holiday weekend was a whirlwind of deja vu… Wandering the canals in Venice and accidentally stumbling into a cicchetti bar and saying yes, “I think I was here before”. Experiencing an international flight cancellation and trying to get back to the US on an overbooked Thanksgiving weekend and saying yes, “I am pretty sure I was…
“I was in five different states this week.” “I forgot I was driving my own car and kept looking for the beige Toyota in the parking garage.” “I haven’t had anything but condiments in my refrigerator in the past two months.” “I can’t remember what its like to not have jet lag.” All of these…
If you have found yourself here at the Jetsetter’s Homestead, chances are fairly good that you landed here either because you read a lot of travel blogs already or because you are researching upcoming travel (and thus will soon be buried in the world of travel blogs). It seems like everyone has a travel blog these…
I’m squatting down on the floor of the casino gift shop, hoping to hell that no one calls security. I’m clutching my iPhone, set on speaker mode and mute, and giving the evil eye to anyone who dares to walk within three feet of me. Yes, I’m working. Really, I am. It might not seem…
Do you ever get in a rut? A travel pattern that becomes habit either through intentional repetition or accidental momentum? Do you catch yourself saying “I always stay at this hotel” or “we cruise to the Caribbean every April” or “this is what I do every time I arrive at the airport”? It could be a…
I’m in week five of one of my busiest travel quarters in over a decade. I’m starting to feel the strain of the push/pull of several small trips running together (tomorrow will start my fourth weekend in a row to be gone) that are intermixed with lots of short weekday trips. All of these have…
Many of you know that I don’t really spend much – okay ANY – time talking about credit cards here. It’s not really my wheelhouse (heck I still haven’t figured out exactly how to eat a vanilla-scented bluebird) and I chose to pick a few unique affiliate partners instead of offering credit card links. So I was…
Some of my friends believe that I’m permanently on vacation. I can see where the misconception comes from – I’m constantly in airports and hotel rooms, catching another flight, eating in restaurants, and engaging in social media activities at odd hours – just another typical travel day for me. The reality is, work – and…