3-Why
10 Reasons we love hiking
Today I decided to write about all the reasons we love hiking because as it goes well beyond the fact that it is a really affordable activity that can be done anywhere.
3-Why
Are we entering the era of Digital Nomads?
As we look forward to a brighter 2021, we are going to discuss what mostly positive changes we think we can expect to see about remote work, why digital nomadism is about to become more popular than ever and what impact this will have on the travel industry in general.
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9 months Stuck in Taiwan during the pandemic – Did we break the bank?
We are very grateful for the outstanding work that Taiwan has done to keep all its residents safe during this unprecedented global pandemic and we are also grateful that we as nomads can choose where we want to stay.
In this article, we won’t go over all the wonders of Taiwan that we already covered at length. Instead we will be digging into our expenses in Taiwan – during the pandemic for the past 9 months!
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10 Surprising Things You May Not know About Taiwan
Taiwan is so much more than the Taipei 101 building and the label “Made in Taiwan”. More recently, Taiwan is deservingly getting more attention for its 220+ days without a local transmission of Covid-19.
Now that we’ve been in Taiwan for more than 250 days, we’ve learned a few interesting tidbits that we felt were worth sharing.
In this article we share 10 surprising things you may not know about Taiwan.
Uncategorized
Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals on our favorite essential items (2020 Edition)
As aspiring minimalists, we don’t extensively buy stuff and rather focus on experiences. However, we are savers that can’t pass on a good deal especially for an essential item we needed to buy anyway. This makes Black Friday sales the perfect time to make these thoughtful purchases as they are usually heavily discounted. The key here obviously is “essential item”.
Since everyone will likely be looking at deals online (especially in 2020 – a big year for online deliveries), we decided to put together a list of our favorite slow travel essentials items that we have found discounted as part of the 2020 Black Friday season.
Interviews
[Interview #020] How to Have Your Cake and Eat It Too! Choose Work You Love and FIRE by 40+
Tara and Squash live on the outskirts of a large urban county in the western United States. While Squash can trace at least three generations back to his home state, Tara is a second-generation American whose parents immigrated to the US in the 1970s. She have been a financial independence/retire early (FIRE) adherent since 2015. Squash joined her in its pursuit after they were engaged to be married. While she is a social worker by profession, she currently is employed in higher education administration. Squash is employed as a programmer analyst in a research institute.
In this interview you will learn how they are on track to reach financial independence and retire from their job in their 40s while choosing work they love. What does a typical day in their life look like for them today vs before, what inflection point led them to decide to change their life trajectory, what were some of the limiting beliefs that hold them back, how much they spent per year and so much more!
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The true cost of healthcare as nomads
In this article, we go over all the health-related care we have had since we became nomadic and the experience associated with each of them. We look at how much money we spent on medical care over the past 2+ years and draw some conclusions from it.
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3 Day Biking Itinerary: East Coast Taiwan (from Hualien to Taitung)
In this article, we share our 3-day itinerary where we explore part of the lovely east coast of Taiwan by bike! We cover where we went, where we stopped, how we rented our bikes, how much we spent and everything we learn along the way!
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, by Greg McKeown – A Book Review
Do you ever feel busy but not productive? Do you easily say yes simply to please & without really thinking about it? Do you wonder: “Why did I sign up for this?”. Maybe you should then consider reading Essentialism!
In this article, I will be going over the book from Greg McKeown that I read in March 2020. I discuss what the book is about, what is my take away from it, and the specific action items I implemented in 2020 after reading it.
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Tainan Day Trip: Biking through the countryside of Houbi, Taiwan
In this article, we will cover one of them: the countryside town of Houbi and share the itinerary we took as it is really worth visiting if you have the opportunity to visit Taiwan.