Blogging is a workable portable career for expats, requiring only some expertise, a computer and an internet connection. It can be an excellent way to fund your untethered life overseas. Before you get into the technical issues of setting up your … [Read more...] about Making Money from your Blog
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Hot Markets for Teaching English Abroad
Although not as portable in the short-term as some of the other portable expat professions, teaching English is a terrific way to see the world, experience other cultures, and earn a living. Before you plunk down your money for training and … [Read more...] about Hot Markets for Teaching English Abroad
A Digital Family Room for Expats
Many expats create businesses overseas by spotting a need and figuring out how to fill it. Marie Molinet is one reader who turned a source of family frustration into a business that helps expat families. Here's how she explains the creation of the … [Read more...] about A Digital Family Room for Expats
So You Want to be a Travel Writer or Photographer?
Somehow travel writing, photography and the untethered expat life just seem to naturally flow together. What career tools are more portable, after all, than a laptop and a camera? If you can write or photograph, you have the means to support your … [Read more...] about So You Want to be a Travel Writer or Photographer?
How to Work From Anywhere in the World
Guest post by Kathleen Peddicord You know all those millions of jobs lost in 2008, 2009, and 2010? Many of them didn't disappear. They're resurfacing today...online. You can find them if you know how to look...and you can fill them anywhere on … [Read more...] about How to Work From Anywhere in the World
Don’t Wait 31 Days
Early in my blogging career, I joined ProBlogger Darren Rowse and thousands of other bloggers and wannabes. "Give me 31 Days and I'll Give You a Better Blog," Darren promised. Actually, he didn't just promise a better blog, but a dramatically better … [Read more...] about Don’t Wait 31 Days
Let Someone Else Pay for Your Explorations
I've just returned home from my first scouting trip to Panama. My husband and I spent a week traveling the country, from Panama City to David to Las Tablas, to answer these two questions: Can we see ourselves living in Panama? If yes, do we prefer … [Read more...] about Let Someone Else Pay for Your Explorations
Expat Mailbox
Occasionally readers email me with questions about specific places. I thought it might be fun to pop them into an occasional post. A reader recently emailed: "Hi "Myself and a friend are looking to relocate to Barbados. Where do we start ? We have … [Read more...] about Expat Mailbox
New Economic Report Can Help You Find Your Dream Expat Life
The Brookings Institution and the London School of Economics and Political Science have just released their Global Metro Monitor report, The Path to Economic Recovery: A Preliminary Overview of 150 Global Metropolitan Economies in the Wake of the … [Read more...] about New Economic Report Can Help You Find Your Dream Expat Life
Living in the Land of Love
Guest Post by Mike Henry As I write this, the movie Eat, Pray, Love is hitting the cinemas in the United States. I am sure most people are already familiar with the story. The book's author, Elizabeth Gilbert, is frustrated with her life in the … [Read more...] about Living in the Land of Love